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, mentoring a team of developers, and collaborating with product and project managers. You will design, architect, and implement scalable, secure wallets and libraries, working with Web3 technologies. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software engineering experience, including leadership experience in building crypto wallets and DeFi protocols. This fast-paced, high-growth environment demands excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Tether offers the opportunity to work remotely and contribute to a revolutionary platform.

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. Experience building Native addons in NodeJS is great to have
• 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

Desirable to have experience in building peer-to-peer (P2P) applications or distributed systems and decentralized communication models