Director of Engineering, Onchain

As Director of Engineering, Onchain at Mesh, you lead the Full-Stack Web3 team building the products and infrastructure that power our crypto payments platform. You own the technical strategy for wallet connection flows, dashboards, backend transaction processing, multi-chain infrastructure, and on/off-ramp systems. Mesh enables consumers to pay and be paid with any asset, bridging the gap between tokenized assets and everyday commerce. You'll manage a team of mainly senior to staff level engineers, set technical direction across the entire stack, and represent engineering at the executive level.

What you'll do

• Own the technical strategy for Web3 initiatives, translating company priorities into a multi-quarter plan executed across your team.
• Build, manage, and grow a team of mainly senior to staff level engineers by hiring, coaching, and setting career paths.
• Lead the design and technical direction for complex workflows spanning wallets, transactions, settlements, and on-chain/off-chain orchestration, partnering closely with your managers on execution.
• Own planning, execution, and delivery of multi-chain integrations, wallet infrastructure (self-custody and MPC/custodial), RPC node management, and on-chain transaction monitoring at the organizational level.
• Partner with Product, Design, Compliance, Legal, and other cross-functional and external teams to turn ambiguous requirements into a coherent technical roadmap.
• Represent engineering in executive-level planning and reporting, influencing company-wide roadmap decisions and resourcing.

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams with a track record of scaling teams and organizational structure.
• 8+ years of overall engineering experience, including production experience across frontend, backend, and on-chain components in a Web3/blockchain context.
• Hands-on (or recent hands-on) experience with Web3 building blocks including wallet connectivity/integrations, dApp development, blockchain RPCs and indexing, and/or on-chain/off-chain payment and settlement flows, with comfort going deep on technical tradeoffs.
• Familiarity with DeFi primitives such as DEXs, swaps, lending, and trading platforms, and how they operate in production systems.
• A strong understanding of the transaction lifecycle (signing, submission, execution) and a security-first mindset you can instill across an organization.
• Experience setting engineering standards and technical direction across a stack spanning modern frontend frameworks (TypeScript, React), backend services/APIs (Go, Rust, Java/Scala, Node.js, or similar), and smart contracts/on-chain interactions (Solidity).
• Solid fundamentals in building scalable, reliable, observable distributed systems (monitoring, logging, tracing, performance) and a track record of holding teams accountable to reliability standards.
• Comfort operating in the ambiguity of a fast-moving, regulated fintech environment, able to navigate cross-functional and cross-border collaboration across Mesh's teams in North America, Europe, and India.

What we offer

• Base salary range of $210,000 to $300,000 USD (excludes commission if applicable, equity, and benefits; adjusted for geographic location outside New York or San Francisco).
• Competitive equity that grows as you and the company grow.
• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Dedicated learning budget for courses, conferences, and certifications.
• Remote-friendly work with in-office expectations of at least 40% of the time (approximately two days per week) for employees based in San Francisco, New York, and Bangalore hubs; expectations may vary based on role, team, and business needs.
• Top-tier tools and equipment to do exceptional work.

About Mesh

Mesh is building the infrastructure for consumers to pay and be paid with any asset, making crypto payments reliable, useful, and ubiquitous. The company combines a powerful orchestration engine with a seamless consumer app to unlock liquidity globally. Backed by PayPal Ventures, Paradigm, and Galaxy Ventures, Mesh is headquartered in San Francisco.