Head of Engineering (NYC / MIA)
Crossmint
Head of Engineering (NYC / MIA)
About Crossmint
Crossmint is the leading enterprise-grade, all-in-one stablecoin and wallet infrastructure platform enabling fintechs and enterprises to integrate stablecoin rails and smart wallets with speed, compliance, and scale.
Backed by Ribbit Capital, Franklin Templeton, NYCA, First Round, and Lightspeed Faction, with $23.6M raised in 2025. Trusted by more than 40,000 clients including global leaders such as MoneyGram, WireX, Toku, and more, Crossmint provides embedded smart wallets, on/offramps, cross-chain stablecoin orchestration, tokenization, and other blockchain primitives through simple, developer-friendly APIs that integrate in minutes and scale to millions of users.
In January 2026, Crossmint secured MiCA authorization from Spain's CNMV, becoming one of a select few stablecoin infrastructure providers fully licensed to operate across all 27 EU member states and held to the same regulatory standards as traditional financial institutions. Crossmint also powers the Republic of the Marshall Islands' first digital UBI program, backs MoneyGram's new stablecoin cross-border experience launching in LATAM, and recently partnered with WireX to expand multichain stablecoin payment infrastructure to non-EVM networks like Stellar.
The future of finance is stablecoin-native. Crossmint makes it easy to get there.
Location
New York City or Miami
Type of Employment
Full-time
Salary range
$315,000 - $400,000
Note: Final level and compensation are determined during the interview process based on experience and fit.
About the Role
We are hiring a senior engineering leader (Head of Engineering / VP Engineering / CTO) to own the full engineering roadmap and execution for our product suite infrastructure. You will sit at the top of engineering, work closely with founders and the leadership team, and build the engineering leadership layer as we scale.
This is a high-impact role: From architecture decisions to developer experience, compliance, delivery and scaling. You shape our technical foundation and long-term velocity.
What You Will Do
Technical strategy & architecture
Be the main decision maker for long term technical architecture decisions, from smart contracts to infrastructure and engineering processes
Establish platform abstractions and boundaries to enable rapid iteration without compromising architecture
Be the ultimate reviewer for all engineering design docs and architecture docs
Over time - propose novel products, protocols and infrastructure solutions for our customers problems proactively
Delivery & execution
Drive end-to-end delivery from design through launch and iteration
Implement and enforce engineering processes: planning, estimation, incident response, post-mortems and continuous improvement
Ensure systems meet high SLAs, security standards and regulatory requirements
Team building & engineering culture
Lead and develop engineers and engineering managers and help the transition into an AI native team
Build a culture of ownership, learning, psychological safety and high performance
Design leveling, growth paths, feedback and review systems
Coordinate with HR to define and execute recruiting, interviewing and onboarding processes for all engineering
Developer experience & product integration
Collaborate with Product and Developer Relations to deliver high-quality APIs, SDKs, documentation, sandbox environments and integration tooling
Engage with strategic customers (fintechs, enterprises) to support deep integrations, onboarding and scaling
Cross-functional leadership
Work closely with Compliance, Risk and Legal to ensure regulatory output is reflected in architecture and product design
Partner with Go-To-Market and Finance teams to support product positioning, pricing, and strategic growth
Represent engineering in board/investor conversations when needed
About You
10 years of coding experience (professionally, or hacking at home)
Proven experience managing teams of at least 25 engineers
Proven track record leading teams in critical payments or fintech infrastructure, where an engineering mistake can be existential for the company
Polymath with problem solving skills of at least national math or programming olympiad level.
Ability to get really deep in any technical conversation, to be able to effectively review any design doc from the company (leveraging AI, if needed)
Up to date with all the latest agentic coding tools (claude code/Codex/…)
Proven track record building and operating large-scale backend systems, ideally in payments, fintech or crypto infrastructure
Ability to hire, mentor and grow high-performing engineering teams
Good communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Nice to have
Strong understanding of developer platforms: APIs, SDKs, integrations, documentation and observability
Previous experience as early or founding engineering leader in a startup
Direct experience with stablecoins, custody, liquidity, wallets or blockchain-based payments rails
Experience managing distributed or remote-first engineering teams
Why Join Crossmint?
In this role, you will:
Lead the engineering organization and define the technical foundation of a company building core stablecoin and payments infrastructure
Shape how businesses integrate programmable money rails, potentially impacting global commerce, cross-border payments and financial inclusion
Build and mentor a growing engineering team and shape long-term culture, tooling, processes and architecture
Operate at the intersection of fintech, regulation, crypto and dev-first infrastructure. A rare, high-leverage opportunity
Benefits
Extensive access to leading AI tools and subscriptions, with AI actively encouraged and integrated into daily workflows.
Stock options program.
We conduct two performance reviews annually. The first addresses performance ratings, bonuses, and promotions. The second encompasses these elements along with salary adjustments reflecting inflation and market conditions.
Unlimited, flexible PTO.
Flexible work schedule.
Company laptop and allowance for any necessary home equipment.
Daily stipend for commuting to the office.
Company-paid trips for annual off-sites and onsites.
Insurance covered by Crossmint.
401(k) Plan.
Our Principles
Results and delivery: Ship high quality work fast.
Build for the long term: Build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions. Use AI.
Extreme Ownership: Be an effective Directly Responsible Individual (DRI). Be proactive.
Be a team player: Be an effective and kind colleague providing credible challenge. Be present and reliable.
Talent research indicates that women are often less inclined than men to apply for a role unless they have experience in 100% of the listed skills. However, this list is only a guide. We welcome your application even if you feel you meet around 75% of the requirements. At Crossmint, we believe skills can be learned, and diversity makes us stronger.
We work to foster a respectful environment where each person can be their authentic self, free from harassment, racism, and any form of discrimination. We proudly uphold our commitment to diversity and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer, and this policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.
Please note that Crossmint never conducts AI-based interviews, and all of our processes include an initial video call with a team member. Crossmint will not request your personal identification documents or any payment at any point during your interview process. Please stay vigilant about potential fraud. If you receive an email that claims to be from Crossmint but ends with any domain other than @crossmint.com, @crossmint.io or @paella.dev, it is not from us. We own these three domains listed before, and they are the only legitimate ones.
Please let our Talent Team know if you need any assistance completing any forms, or participating in the process.
Who will be in contact with you
Our People Ops team will be joining you throughout the entirety of the interview and onboarding processes. Feel free to reach out if you need anything!
Adolfo Fernández - Recruitment & People Ops
Gloria Alogo - People Ops, Onboarding & Benefits
Jon Eichhorn - Head of HR
⚠️ Please note that these are the only members of our People Ops team. Please remain vigilant and watch out for impersonators.
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- Locations
- New York City, Miami
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time