Turnkey - Director of Engineering, Product
Requirements
• Proven experience managing engineering managers and/or leading a multi-team engineering org (not just individual teams) • Deep understanding of modern application architectures and security-critical systems (e.g., HSMs, TEEs, key management), with the ability to lead in-depth technical discussions and make final calls on tradeoffs • A track record of shipping security-critical or developer-facing products (key management, signing infrastructure, APIs, or SDKs) at scale • Excellence at holding a high bar on software quality and engineering process, even while moving fast • A healthy amount of paranoia :-) • Style Points • Prior experience working in fast-paced crypto/web3 and/or FinTech companies, especially with exposure to custody, key management, or HSM/enclave-based systems • Experience scaling an engineering org through a significant growth stage (e.g., Series B → C, or comparable) • Actively tracking developments in the crypto ecosystem and opinionated on where it's going
Responsibilities
• Strategic Vision and Leadership • Own the engineering strategy and technical vision for Turnkey's Product Engineering organization, spanning key management, the APIs and interfaces built on top of it, transaction processing, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable. • Build, manage, and grow a high-performing engineering org, including hiring and developing engineering managers and senior ICs • Partner closely with Product and Design leadership to translate customer and market needs into a clear technical roadmap • Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in web3 and guide their integration into our product • Contribute to company-wide strategic planning and technical decision-making as a member of the engineering leadership team • Organizational & People Leadership • Define and evolve the org structure, leveling, and career paths for the Product Engineering team as it scales • Drive recruitment, onboarding, and retention of top engineering talent across the org • Set and uphold engineering rituals (planning, incident review, on-call, etc.) that keep the org fast-moving and accountable • Coach and develop managers and senior engineers, building a durable leadership bench • Architectural Oversight & Technical Direction • Provide technical guidance across security-critical product systems, ensuring intelligent architectural decisions that scale with customer demand without compromising trust • Oversee the design and implementation of TEE- and HSM-based key management and signing systems, the APIs, SDKs, and dashboards built on top of them, transaction construction and broadcast systems, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable • Ensure the scalability, security, and reliability of product infrastructure, addressing the complexities of decentralized systems and adversarial threat models • Define and drive processes that ensure quality and consistency across product development, from design through deployment
Benefits
• $250,000—$290,000 USD
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