Head of Engineering, Staking and Blockchain Software Services

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Requirements:

• 10+ years of hands-on technical leadership experience across full tech stacks, software design and architecture, software development processes, and multi-year technical strategy evolution to meet challenging and rapidly-growing business objectives.
• 5+ years of experience in building and managing high-performing and innovative software development teams from scratch; including recruiting, developing, and retaining top tech talent.
• Experience designing, building, and scaling API servers, with strong knowledge of RESTful API design principles, security practices, and API performance optimization.
• Exceptional technical experience in designing and building scalable, high-load, fault-tolerant, secure, and highly-available software services and systems.
• Proven senior management of tech managers, tech leads, and tenured senior individual contributors.
• High tech depth and comfortable in diving into complex design and code.
• Proven experience working and challenging product management leaders to align technology resources with product priorities and ensure effective execution and business growth.
• Expertise in setting and driving technical best practices in engineering design/implementation and operational excellence for complex technical products, with extremely strict client SLAs.
• Experience in frugal agile budget planning and resource allocation to optimize team and organizational performance.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD, containerization (e.g., Docker), and cloud infrastructure (e.g., OCI, Google Cloud, AWS, Bare-metal).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong background in blockchain technology, especially in staking services and consensus mechanisms.
• Deep understanding of blockchain protocols (e.g., Ethereum, Polkadot, TON, Bitcoin, Cosmos) and decentralized applications.
• Public engagement and collaboration with leading blockchain protocols; including Ethereum.
• Knowledge of blockchain security, including potential vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies.
• Experience engaging with the blockchain research community, participating in discussions, and establishing relationships with protocol developers.
• Prior experience with smart contract development and auditing is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement a technology-first strategy that achieves business competitive advantage and multi-year evolution and exponential scalability.
• Oversee the design, development, and implementation of staking and blockchain-related products, ensuring high standards of quality, scalability, and security.
• Ensure API services are reliable, resilient, and capable of handling high throughput and complex blockchain stateful cases, with robust authentication and security measures in place.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers, smart contract developers, and tech managers.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the software development teams.
• End-to-end hiring process, performance management, and competency growth of engineering teams.
• Partner closely with product managers for resource planning and maintaining alignment between technology and product needs.
• Ensure performance and operational excellence by establishing robust monitoring and alerting standards, incident management, and continuously improving platform reliability.
• Oversee engineering processes, manage the technological stack. Drive the adoption of new engineering practices to ensure continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, operations, and security) to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.
• Oversee budget planning for engineering, balancing costs with performance and strategic needs.
• Engage with the broader blockchain community, particularly key protocols such as Ethereum, to establish p2p.org as a trusted and knowledgeable player in the industry.
• Build and maintain relationships with leading blockchain protocols, contributing to discussions, sharing insights, and staying informed about developments in staking and blockchain infrastructure.
• Represent p2p.org at industry events, conferences, and forums, presenting on technical topics and participating in panels to raise the company's profile.
• Collaborate with industry partners on joint initiatives, technical integrations, and pilot programs, ensuring alignment with protocol upgrades and ecosystem changes.