Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zygo People is building the infrastructure layer for programmable private credit, and they are seeking a Head of Engineering / Tech Lead. This role involves owning the application architecture, leading the engineering organization, and remaining hands-on with coding and system improvements.
Responsibilities
- You'll own the application architecture end to end: backend services, APIs, authentication, database design, event-driven systems, and infrastructure, with the goal of evolving the platform into something that can support institutional financial infrastructure at scale
- Day to day, that means leading the engineering organisation (standups, sprint planning, prioritising technical debt, mentoring developers) while staying hands-on yourself: refactoring legacy code, simplifying architecture, improving test coverage, deployment pipelines, and observability
- You'll also own engineering security practices, from secure coding and authentication to dependency management and code review standards, because financial software doesn't get a pass on discipline
- You'll get deeply familiar with every part of the platform: the smart contract protocol, digital asset lifecycle, vault architecture, secondary marketplace, workflow engine, identity and compliance, and payment orchestration, so you understand how the whole system fits together and can keep improving it
Skills
- 8+ years professional software engineering experience, including leading engineering teams, ideally in a startup environment
- Strong TypeScript and Node.js, with Express.js and Next.js
- PostgreSQL or similar relational databases, plus experience with modern API architecture and distributed systems
- Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and solid Git workflows
- Blockchain application experience: EVM ecosystems, wallet integrations, smart contract interactions, RPC providers, indexers, and transaction lifecycle (Solidity expertise not required)
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