Paxos
Director of Engineering, Assets & Issuance
$284K–$326K
Remote - United States (East Coast) · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years leading engineering teams; the posting says career pattern matters more than exact numbers.
About the job
Leads the engineering organization responsible for Assets & Issuance, setting technical direction and delivering reliable systems for issuing and moving assets.
What you'll do
- Own the technical strategy, roadmap, and delivery for Assets & Issuance.
- Guide architecture and technical decisions for systems such as wallets, key management, ledgers, settlement, and blockchain integrations.
- Build and lead engineering teams, set operational standards for incidents, and partner with Product, Security, and Compliance.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years leading engineering teams; experience managing managers.
- Experience building systems from scratch and scaling technology and an engineering organization.
- Experience building and operating complex distributed systems where correctness, reliability, and security are critical.
- Meaningful depth in several areas, including distributed systems, blockchain infrastructure, MPC or key management, high-availability systems, or security-sensitive financial software.
Nice to have
- Money-moving infrastructure experience; exceptional builders from other high-stakes systems are also considered.
- Experience in startup and scaled-company environments, regulated environments, or with blockchain protocols or smart contracts.
Pay
$284,000 – $325,650 USD base salary
Tools
blockchain, MPC, key management, wallets, ledgers, settlement, smart contracts
AI focus
Use AI and modern tools to improve how software is built, tested, and operated.
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