Chief Technology Officer

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) position at Foundry, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join a small, highly professional entrepreneurial group in the fast-growing crypto space. Reporting to the CEO, the CTO will be responsible for managing a growing team of engineers and driving a culture of innovation and technological advancement. The CTO will also play a key role in developing the company's technical strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals, and communicating technology strategy to partners and investors. This position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role, preferably in a financial services or tech company, and a strong passion for technology and interest in Bitcoin and blockchain.

• Manage 10+ cross functional product and platform teams, driving a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and technological advancement
• Provide visionary leadership to both the Product and Engineering org
• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with business goals
• Implement best practices and guidelines to continually improve performance, scalability and security
• Build quality assurance and data protection processes
• Monitor KPIs to assess product and technological performance
• Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to our products and technology platform
• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors
• Help to build out, mentor, and develop the engineering team and build a strong engineering culture
• Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure
• Lead the evolution of our SDLC
• Proactively stay informed about market trends, opportunities, risks, new projects, and competitors
• Architect and enhance a data platform that consists of event streams, data lakes, ETL tooling, and dashboard/reporting
• Automate deployment, validation, and quality control processes across the entire company
• Build services and infrastructure that help to automate the deployment of blockchain network infrastructure
• Lead capacity planning
• Implement and administer network infrastructure to servers
• Deep technical expertise and insight; knowledgeable and curious
• Passionate about leading high performing teams and driving positive culture
• Proactive self-starter with a solutions-focused, positive attitude
• Team player, willing to pitch in wherever needed
• Organized, detail-oriented, and resourceful
• Reliable time management skills and method for tracking objectives and tasks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort adapting to changing situations and priorities with a high sense of accountability and urgency
• Appreciation of input and candid feedback

• 5+ years experience in a CTO, VP of Engineering, or similar leadership role, preferably with a financial services or tech company
• Knowledge of large scale distributed systems
• Experience operating in a SOC compliant environment
• Ability to architect and enhance a data platform that consists of event streams, data lakes, ETL tooling, and dashboard/reporting
• Passionate about technology and interested in Bitcoin and blockchain
• Strong people management, developing, and mentoring skills
• Well-versed in current technological trends
• Experience with Software Product Life Cycles
• Experience working in a startup - high sense of urgency, ambiguous environment - is a plus
• Some understanding of token economics and incentive models is a plus
• Experience with cloud environments
• Experience running and managing high availability infrastructure
• Experience running and managing bare metal infrastructure within our own data centers
• Data driven managing of team performance DORA metrics (or similar) Experience in operating mining, staking, or running validating node efforts is a plus
• Automate deployment, validation, and quality control processes across our entire company
• Build services and infrastructure that help to automate the deployment of blockchain network infrastructure
• Experience leading capacity planning
• Knowledge of data protection, recovery, failover procedures
• Experience in containerizing modern applications such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Ability to implement and administer network infrastructure to servers
• Experience interfacing with custom hardware and firmware is a plus
• Deep technical expertise and insight; knowledgeable and curious
• Passionate about leading high performing teams and driving positive culture
• Proactive self-starter with a solutions-focused, positive attitude
• Team player, willing to pitch in wherever needed
• Organized, detail-oriented, and resourceful
• Reliable time management skills and method for tracking objectives and tasks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort adapting to changing situations and priorities with a high sense of accountability and urgency
• Appreciation of input and candid feedback

• Chance to work in a fast-paced and fun start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• Learning environment with opportunities to dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
• Competitive base salary, bonus, and incentive compensation
• Unlimited PTO / Flexible time off
• Professional development budget for personal and professional growth
• Outstanding health insurance for employee, partner, and dependents
• Life insurance, short-term & long-term disability coverage
• 401K plan with company contribution (Bermuda: Private pension plan with company contribution)
• Flexible spending programs for medical and dependent care (Not available for Bermuda positions)
• Paid parental leave