Technical Lead - Wallets

Summary

Join Tether, a global leader in digital finance, and become a Technical Lead spearheading the development of cutting-edge crypto wallets. This role involves hands-on leadership of a team of backend and wallet developers, ensuring adherence to best practices and technical excellence. You will design, architect, and implement scalable, secure wallets and reusable wallet libraries, collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position requires strong experience in building and deploying crypto wallets, DeFi protocols, and working with Web3 tech stacks. Tether offers the opportunity to work remotely and contribute to a fast-growing company in the dynamic Web3 space. This is a chance to make a significant impact on the future of digital finance.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2–3 years in a technical leadership role
• Strong experience building and deploying crypto wallets, DeFi protocols, and working with Web3 tech stacks (e.g., EVM, Solidity, ethers.js/ web3.js)
• Strong NodeJS and React Native mobile development experience with experience launching and maintaining successful applications
• Good C++ development experience and understanding of OS, Cryptography and Networking primitives
• Solid grasp of software architecture principles, system design patterns, and API integrations
• Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience working in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Backend and Wallet developers, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and technical excellence
• Design, architect, and implement scalable, secure wallets and reusable wallet libraries
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product and design to deliver end-to-end technical solutions
• Work with a project manager to define technical roadmap, prioritize tasks, and drive sprint planning to ensure timely delivery of project milestones
• Identify technical risks early, propose effective solutions, and ensure continuous improvement of the system architecture
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in developing peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, ensuring efficient data synchronization, decentralized communication, and network resilience
• Perform regular code reviews, architectural reviews, and optimization initiatives for both performance and scalability
• Stay ahead of emerging Web3, blockchain, and DeFi trends and integrate relevant innovations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Native addons in NodeJS is great to have
• Desirable to have experience in building peer-to-peer (P2P) applications or distributed systems and decentralized communication models