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Early Warning® · 9 hours ago

Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Digital Assets

New York City

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$289K/yr - $372K/yr

15+ years exp

Early Warning Services is a trusted name in payments, partnering with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services. As a Sr. Distinguished Engineer, you will lead the technical design and development of the next-generation cross-border consumer money movement platform, utilizing advanced technologies to ensure secure and compliant global transfers.

Financial ServicesFraud DetectionPaymentsRisk Management

No H1B

Responsibilities

Own the architecture for Early Warning’s cross-border money movement solution, designing for scalability, security, and regulatory compliance

Design and implement key components, from wallet management and transaction orchestration to liquidity and settlement services

Collaborates closely with Engineering leaders, Architecture, Security, and external partners

Lead the technical evaluation and integration of blockchain technologies, stablecoin protocols, and digital asset service providers

Build and advocate for engineering best practices around smart contract security, transaction traceability, and system observability

Identifies opportunities to ship value to Production quickly and in incremental chunks to avoid “big bang” delivery; complex environments benefit from incremental delivery

Provides new code solutions (likely POCs) and/or makes coding changes to resolve critical issues in existing application code base; this is an individual hands-on skill requirement

Builds and delivers well-considered scaling solutions via strong relationships with key stakeholders in the Data, Architecture and Operations organizations

Ensures software development follows effective quality guidelines and best practices in line with the rest of the Engineering organization

Ensures accurate/reliable information is provided within company standards including all service level agreements, and audit regulations

Ensures solutions are built following our Engineering best practices (e.g., Quality, CI/CD, scalability, etc.)

Keeps executive-level leaders informed of progress and problems. Balances technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices. Makes recommendations at a critical level

Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained

Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data

Qualification

Blockchain technologiesDigital asset infrastructurePayment systems architectureCloud systems engineeringContainerizationCI/CDAutomated testingSmart contract securityBusiness acumenTechnical leadershipMentoringInterpersonal skillsCommunication skills

Required

Education or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience

Minimum 15 or more years of progressive software engineering experience; recognized as a technical expert with demonstrated experience mentoring and leading large-scale deliverables and processes in a Technology organization

Minimum 10+ years of leading efforts or processes in a Technology organization, with deep experience architecting or scaling payment systems, digital asset infrastructure, or blockchain-based settlement solutions in regulated environments

Minimum 5 or more years of software engineering experience dealing with large scale systems in the cloud

Minimum 5 or more years of experience implementing application solutions/ services in Cloud using Containerization, CI/CD, Automated testing and in compliance security guidelines

Recognized in the industry as a technical expert in their field through published works, patents and/or industry speaking engagements

Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through large-scale system designs, upgrades, and releases

Demonstrated ability to mentor and energize people showcasing technical and leadership skills

Demonstrated experience with state- of- the- art technology, architecture, and design concepts, open-source operating systems, database systems, computer networking, and security

Possesses a deep understanding of executing highly scalable, distributed applications in cloud environments

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups and generate results

Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Must convey responsiveness and competence when dealing with internal customers, staff, peers, senior management, and vendors

Superior leadership presence with strong business acumen

Background and drug screen

Preferred

Master's Degree; additional related education and/or related work experience preferred

Industry authored content around applicable area of expertise

Experience with large-scale enterprises scaling out operations in Amazon Web Services is highly favorable

Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions

Experience; with migrating application & data services from on-prem to Cloud

Deep hands-on technical expertise in at least one major technical area: large scale full stack development, building complex distributed systems, designing massive global networks

Benefits

Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.