Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Assets

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

The Sr. Director, Engineering – Stablecoin will lead the engineering organization responsible for building Early Warning’s next-generation cross-border money movement platform. This new solution will extend the trust, speed, and security of Zelle® to international payments, leveraging stablecoin and modern distributed ledger technologies to deliver fast, compliant, and reliable global transfers.

This leader will drive the end-to-end engineering strategy—building scalable, secure, and regulatory-compliant systems that power real-time cross-border transactions. The role requires deep technical expertise, operational rigor, and the ability to build a high-performing team focused on delivery excellence and innovation.

• Lead the engineering strategy and execution for the cross-border payments platform, ensuring systems are designed for scalability, security, and regulatory compliance.

• Define the technical roadmap in collaboration with Product, Architecture, and Security leaders. Champion cloud-native design, resilient infrastructure, and modern software development practices to support global expansion.

• Partner closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Operations teams to deliver production-ready, compliant financial systems. Establish shared goals and accountability across disciplines to meet business and regulatory expectations.

• Build scalable engineering processes for uptime, observability, and reliability. Partner with SRE and Cloud Operations to establish world-class monitoring, CI/CD, and incident management practices.

• Recruit, develop, and mentor top engineering talent. Foster a high-performance culture grounded in technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement. Serve as a visible and inspiring leader who elevates technical standards across the organization.

• Keep senior leadership informed on progress, risks, and strategic tradeoffs. Provide clear visibility into program execution and technical decisions that impact business outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).

• Typically, 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 7 years leading large-scale technology organizations.

• Experience with blockchain, stablecoin, or digital asset infrastructure (e.g., wallet management, settlement, or tokenized payments).

• Proven experience architecting or scaling payments, banking, or blockchain-based systems in highly regulated environments.

• 3+ years of experience delivering cloud-based systems using containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and security-compliant DevOps.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical design and delivery for mission-critical, distributed systems with global reach.

• Superior leadership and management skills with strong business acumen.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across executive, technical, and external stakeholder audiences.

• Demonstrated track record of building and leading high-performing teams in fast-moving, complex environments.

• Background and drug screen required.

• Experience migrating or scaling enterprise systems in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Prior experience partnering with financial institutions, regulators, or global payment networks.

• Deep understanding of secure system design, encryption standards, and regulatory compliance for financial technology.

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.
 

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ in USD per year is: $206,000 - $275,000.
San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $280,000 - $340,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.
This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness 

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.