Custody Lead - Software Engineering

Location: Remote (US) 

Number of Openings: 1

Salary Type: Annual USD

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the custody platform that secures user assets across the exchange, wallet, and browser extension.

• Define and enforce security best practices, threat models, and compliance requirements for all custody‑related services.

• Collaborate with product, compliance, and ops teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into technical specifications.

• Mentor and guide a growing engineering team, fostering a culture of code quality, continuous improvement, and rapid delivery.

• Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of custody features, from prototype through production, including performance tuning, monitoring, and incident response.

• Drive automation of testing, deployment, and security scanning pipelines to ensure robust, repeatable releases.

• Represent the engineering team in external audits and regulatory reviews, providing detailed technical evidence and documentation.

• Stay current with the evolving crypto landscape, emerging threats, and industry standards to continuously enhance platform security.

Essential Qualifications

• Custody experience is a MUST

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years leading or owning critical security‑focused services.

• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, Rust, Java, or C++) and deep understanding of system‑level programming.

• Demonstrated expertise in cryptographic primitives, key management, and secure storage solutions.

• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Solid knowledge of compliance frameworks relevant to crypto (e.g., AML, KYC, GDPR, FCA, MiFID II).

• Proven track record of building, scaling, and operating high‑availability, low‑latency services.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Desired Experience

• Experience in the cryptocurrency or fintech industry, particularly with custodial solutions or exchange infrastructure.

• Familiarity with hardware security modules (HSMs), multi‑party computation (MPC), and threshold signatures.

• Background in security engineering, penetration testing, or incident response.

• Contributions to open‑source security or blockchain projects.

• Experience leading distributed, remote engineering teams.

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