Engineering Manager, Custody & Staking

We are entrepreneurs. Many in our company have been founders or have aspirations to eventually start their own company. We take these ambitions and experiences to bring a solutions-oriented mindset to the problems we encounter day-to-day.

We are experienced. We have been fortunate to have learned from mentors and peers at institutions such as Google, LinkedIn, JUMP Trading, Citadel, PEAK6 Investments, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Carnegie Mellon, IIT + more.

Impact

At FalconX, you’ll help create a more open financial system. In building trading, credit and custody infrastructure, we are enabling thousands more institutions to enter the market and support a more open and accessible financial system. The world’s largest financial institutions from Wall Street to Silicon Valley will turn to you for products that provide unparalleled seamless, efficient and secure access to the cryptocurrency sector.

FalconX is hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our Custody and Staking engineering team, a core part of our Prime Brokerage platform. In this role, you will be deeply involved in the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and reliable blockchain infrastructure supporting multiple chains and protocols. You will work side-by-side with engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship, while helping the team deliver high-quality systems that directly impact the business. This is a technical-first role where your contributions—both as a builder and as a leader—will be critical to the success of our custody products and the broader vision of an open financial system.

Responsibilities

1. Lead and mentor a small, high-caliber engineering team, setting and maintaining very high engineering standards and accountability.
2. Actively contribute to the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and reliable custody and staking infrastructure.
3. Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to prioritize initiatives, treating customer pain points and urgent issues as top priority.
4. Drive architectural decisions, promote best practices, and ensure systems meet high standards for reliability, security, and performance.
5. Personally tackle complex, high-impact technical projects that require deep problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.
6. Work closely with team members on coding, code reviews, and problem-solving to ensure fast, thoughtful, and high-quality delivery.
7. Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, and operational excellence across the team.
8. Rapidly iterate to support new blockchain features and protocols while maintaining stability and scalability.
9. Troubleshoot critical technical issues and lead decision-making that directly impacts business outcomes and customer experience.

Preferred Qualifications

1. 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or management role.
2. Strong technical background with hands-on experience building scalable, secure backend systems.
3. Proven ability to drive engineering excellence and accountability within a team.
4. Experience leading small, high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced, high-urgency environment.
5. Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, TypeScript, or Go
6. Experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, or high-availability infrastructure.
7. Familiarity with digital asset custody, wallets, or blockchain infrastructure is a plus, but not required.
8. Ability to prioritize customer-facing issues, treat critical problems as P0, and deliver reliable solutions quickly.
9. Track record of tackling complex technical challenges with ownership and excellence.
10. Strong problem-solving skills, balancing hands-on coding with leadership and strategic decision-making.

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $213,000 and $288,000 in the New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. 

This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, qualifications