Foundry is hiring a

Web3 Chief Technology Officer

DESCRIPTION:

The Chief Technology Officer is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and passionate individual to join the team at Foundry, a subsidiary of the blockchain industry’s most prolific and active investor, Digital Currency Group. Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Technology Officer be a key member of the senior management team and manage a quickly growing team of engineers.

This is a rare invitation to join a small, highly professional entrepreneurial group, with the backing of the most established player in the fast-growing crypto space.

This position is based at Foundry HQ in Rochester, NY.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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

ABOUT YOU:

Minimum Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 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

Preferred Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Technical Skills:

• 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

Personal Attributes:

• 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

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