FOUNDING ENGINEERING MANAGER - CRYPTO & DIGITAL PAYMENTS

Location: Remote (APAC) | Open to candidates in the Philippines, Singapore, and Hong Kong We're partnering with a well-funded digital financial services company to hire a Founding Engineering Manager for a brand-new crypto and digital payments initiative. This is a unique opportunity to join at the earliest stage of a new business, leading the technical direction, building the engineering team, and delivering secure, scalable financial products in a regulated environment. What You'll Do • Lead the end-to-end engineering delivery for a new crypto and payments platform. • Build and grow the founding engineering team, setting a high bar for hiring and engineering excellence. • Define technical architecture and make key build-versus-buy decisions. • Design and implement integrations with third-party platforms and infrastructure providers. • Partner closely with Product, Design, Compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions. • Establish engineering best practices, CI/CD, observability, and modern software development processes. • Mentor engineers while remaining hands-on with architecture and technical decision-making. What We're Looking For • 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years leading engineering teams. • Experience within crypto, blockchain, digital assets, fintech, digital banking, or payments . • Proven experience delivering production systems in regulated financial environments. • Strong software engineering background with modern backend or full-stack technologies (Java and/or Python preferred) . • Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native applications. • Ability to build and scale high-performing engineering teams. • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Nice to Have • Wallet, custody, or blockchain infrastructure experience. • MPC, HSM, or digital asset security knowledge. • Experience with KYC, AML, fraud, payments, or ledger platforms. • AWS cloud and serverless architecture. • Experience building greenfield products or leading engineering teams in high-growth environments. Why Join? • Founding engineering leadership opportunity. • Build a new product and engineering organisation from scratch. • High ownership with significant influence over technical strategy. • Competitive compensation package, performance bonus, and equity. • Flexible remote working within APAC. • Opportunity to work on innovative products at the intersection of fintech and digital assets. If you're passionate about building scalable financial products and leading engineering teams in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.