Paxful is the world’s largest people-powered market, connecting over 14 million customers throughout 140+ international locations to maneuver, save, and retailer cash – even with no checking account. Based in 2015 and primarily based in the USA, Paxful gives secure, quick, and dependable entry to the worldwide economic system by way of cryptocurrencies purchased and bought on a borderless peer-to-peer fee community. With over 500 fee strategies for accessing Bitcoin, USDT, and different in style digital and native currencies, Paxful is constructing a monetary system permitting all customers to take part within the digital economic system.
Paxful is in search of a seasoned Director of Software program Growth to steer and oversee a number of engineering groups in delivering high-quality, scalable, and safe options. This function requires a powerful technical chief with a confirmed capability to handle cross-functional groups, implement environment friendly growth processes, and ship leads to fast-paced environments.
As Director, you’ll collaborate with engineering leads, product managers, and stakeholders to make sure that Paxful’s platform stays dependable, progressive, and customer-focused. You will play a key function in optimizing engineering processes, driving technical excellence, and constructing a tradition of accountability and innovation throughout the group.
This place is right for somebody with expertise in constructing complicated programs, particularly these involving blockchain, distributed architectures, or high-security environments.
What’s going to you do:
- Lead and handle a number of growth groups (Backend, Frontend, Cell, Blockchain) to ship progressive and user-friendly options.
- Collaborate with engineering results in align growth efforts with the product roadmap and firm aims.
- Oversee growth initiatives requiring safe and scalable architectures, with a concentrate on person expertise and reliability.
- Guarantee adherence to Paxful’s software program growth lifecycle (SDLC), together with agile methodologies, Jira-based workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive technical excellence by selling finest practices in structure, coding, testing, and deployment.
- Work intently with DevOps to make sure infrastructure stability, scalability, and safety throughout AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), and Terraform-managed environments.
- Foster a high-performing workforce by offering mentorship and constructing a tradition of collaboration, accountability, and innovation.
- Monitor rising applied sciences and traits to establish alternatives for enhancing Paxful’s platform and providers.
Who you’re:
- Experience in managing distributed programs, microservices, and scalable software program architectures.
- Robust technical information in blockchain-based programs, together with pockets integrations and safe transaction processing.
- Proficiency in designing safe, high-performance programs that prioritize person security.
- Distinctive management and communication abilities, with the flexibility to encourage and handle various, distributed groups.
- Demonstrated capability to ship initiatives on time whereas balancing high quality and safety.
- Strategic considering and problem-solving abilities, with a concentrate on reaching long-term objectives.
- Expertise with fraud detection, transaction monitoring, or danger administration programs.
- Data of compliance necessities within the cryptocurrency business, reminiscent of AML/KYC requirements.
- Arms-on expertise with blockchain frameworks and libraries (e.g., Solana’s Anchor, Ethereum’s Web3.js).
- Familiarity with DeFi protocols or self-custody pockets designs, even when not directly.
- Robust understanding of monitoring and logging instruments (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack).
- Contributions to technical communities, open-source initiatives, or thought management in blockchain or fintech.
Interpersonal and Management abilities:
- Efficient communication abilities, each written and verbal, for collaborating with cross-functional groups and explaining technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.
- Management expertise, together with the flexibility to information, mentor, and encourage junior builders.
- Robust problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities to deal with complicated points and supply steerage to the workforce.
- Expertise working in Agile growth environments, collaborating in dash planning, every day stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Time administration and organizational abilities to prioritize duties and handle a number of initiatives concurrently.
- Adaptability and a steady studying mindset to remain up-to-date with the most recent business traits, instruments, and applied sciences.
- Skill to supply constructive suggestions throughout code critiques and promote finest practices and coding requirements inside the workforce.
- Empathy and endurance to grasp the challenges confronted by junior builders and supply the mandatory assist and steerage for his or her progress and growth.
Necessities
What we’re on the lookout for:
- 8+ years {of professional} expertise in software program growth.
- Minimal 5 years in a management or administration function main 20+ engineers.
- Confirmed monitor document of managing cross-functional engineering groups in dynamic environments.
- Expertise with blockchain applied sciences, together with pockets programs, transaction processing, and safe structure design.
- Proficiency within the following core tech stack:
- Backend: PHP 7.4 (monolith), Python, Go, Java (microservices).
- Frontend: React & Laravel / Blade.
- Cell Growth: Native Android and iOS apps.
- Blockchain: Familiarity with UTXOs, multi-signature wallets, Lightning Community, and different blockchain-related applied sciences.
- Robust understanding of cloud-based infrastructure and instruments (AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, Vault).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and supply code administration utilizing GitLab (self-hosted).
- Deep information of safe software program growth practices, significantly in finance or blockchain programs.
Advantages
We encourage a remote-first method for geographically distributed groups, being open to expert professionals from around the globe. Past that, we’re dedicated to transparency, openness, and supporting one another to construct nice issues collectively.
You may anticipate:
- Aggressive Wage and Fee package deal for the chosen candidate.
- Absolutely distant work setting
- Alternative to work with cutting-edge applied sciences on impactful initiatives
- Collaborative, progressive, and supportive work tradition
- Skilled progress and growth alternatives
Notes
We’re a completely distant, distributed workforce. Nonetheless, we’re at present unable to supply visa sponsorship for employment.
Upon submitting your software, you consent to obtain future communications. The communication will rely upon the alignment of your {qualifications} with this place. Solely eligible candidates will obtain correspondence.
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