Republic Crypto is accelerating the growth of Web3 by supporting its most ambitious builders and investors. We are looking for a hands on VP of Engineering to help build and oversee the technical direction of Republic’s Crypto Engineering team The VP of Engineering will demonstrate advanced Blockchain technology programming experience while scaling a fast-growing, globally-distributed team. This individual also enjoys and thrives in a high-paced environment with a large variety of projects and initiatives at any given time. What you'll do

Provide hands-on technical leadership for blockchain engineering excellence Define strategy for team growth and project deliverables Continue to build, mentor and grow an engineering team that is responsible for first in class software and blockchain projects Set and maintain efficient and secure development processes Write clean, well tested blockchain smart contract and JavaScript code Develop a hiring plan that allows the team to achieve growth targets Help design of blockchain and token solutions and make recommendations on security, cost, performance and reliability Providing high level collaboration and technical guidance for both internal and client team members Organizing new and at times unexpected projects in a way that manages expectations of team member and clients Contributing to various Republic Crypto internal engineering initiatives Engaging partners, prospective clients and current clients of Republic crypto Preparing presentations and decision support documents for executive staff

Our ideal candidate

5+ years experience as a senior software engineer 3+ years experience as a people manager Experience developing, managing and growing a geographically dispersed engineering team Hands on technical and product experience in Crypto, Blockchain and or Web3 ecosystem Knowledge of popular blockchain protocols (L1 and L2), their consensus mechanisms and asset standards (Ethereum, Algorand, Avalanche, Polygon, Bitcoin, Solana, Polkadot, etc.) Technical working knowledge of blockchain assets, smart contracts, blockchain interoperability, blockchain consensus mechanisms, blockchain data securitization, etc. Experience writing/debugging and deploying Smart Contracts Familiarity with Solidity EVM or Rust smart contract programs, Node.JS and React Experience deploying smart contracts to the Ethereum, Solana and other blockchains mainnets Experience developing, facilitating, and delivering executive-level presentations Experience presenting and representing a company to partners and at conferences