Engineering Director, Backend

We are looking for an Engineering Director to join our team in New York. You will work to lead the delivery of key business initiatives, improve existing architecture and services, and design large-scale data-intensive applications.

Requirements

• Leadership responsibilities for an engineering team
• Owning the end-to-end roadmap for key business initiatives from product discovery, to system design, all the way to feature launch
• Take an active, hands-on role in developing backend services in Java as part of your day-to-day responsibilities, leading by example in code reviews and technical design
• Use your managerial skills to scale a team and drive forward a complex roadmap
• A strong culture of code and architecture review
• Work on large-scale data-intensive applications with cutting edge techniques in: Real-time transaction decisioning, Stream-processing, Machine learning, Evolving the company standards for engineering excellence by helping to improve architecture, testing, and monitoring practices
• Helping Current’s users access new decentralized financial systems for wealth creation

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity in the form of stock options
• 401(k) plan
• Discretionary performance bonus program
• Biannual performance reviews
• Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100% for you and your dependents
• Flexible time off and paid holidays
• Generous parental leave policy
• Commuter benefits
• Fitness benefits
• Healthcare and Dependent care FSA benefit
• Employee Assistance Programs focused on mental health
• Healthcare advocacy program for all employees
• Access to mental health apps
• Team building activities