Director of Engineering, Web3 Security & Platforms

Turnkey; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Turnkey is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead its Product Engineering organization, owning the technical direction for key management, APIs, SDKs, and signing systems built on TEE/HSM foundations. This senior role reports to the CTO and focuses on strategic vision, people leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will build and grow a high-performing engineering team, partner with Product and Design, and drive a security-first roadmap

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing engineering managers and/or leading a multi-team org.
• Deep understanding of modern application architectures and security-critical systems (e.g., HSMs, TEEs, key management), with the ability to lead in-depth technical discussions and make final calls on tradeoffs.
• A track record of shipping security-critical or developer-facing products (key management, signing infrastructure, APIs, or SDKs) at scale.
• Excellence at holding a high bar on software quality and engineering process, even while moving fast.
• A healthy amount of paranoia :-)

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering strategy and technical vision for Turnkey's Product Engineering organization, spanning key management, the APIs and interfaces built on top of it, transaction processing, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable.
• Build, manage, and grow a high-performing engineering org, including hiring and developing engineering managers and senior ICs
• Partner closely with Product and Design leadership to translate customer and market needs into a clear technical roadmap
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in web3 and guide their integration into our product
• Contribute to company-wide strategic planning and technical decision-making as a member of the engineering leadership team
• Define and evolve the org structure, leveling, and career paths for the Product Engineering team as it scales
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, and retention of top engineering talent across the org
• Set and uphold engineering rituals (planning, incident review, on-call, etc.) that keep the org fast-moving and accountable
• Coach and develop managers and senior engineers, building a durable leadership bench
• Provide technical guidance across security-critical product systems, ensuring intelligent architectural decisions that scale with customer demand without compromising trust
• Oversee the design and implementation of TEE- and HSM-based key management and signing systems, the APIs, SDKs, and dashboards built on top of them, transaction construction and broadcast systems, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable
• Ensure the scalability, security, and reliability of product infrastructure, addressing the complexities of decentralized systems and adversarial threat models
• Define and drive processes that ensure quality and consistency across product development, from design through deployment
• Turnkey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job description

Turnkey is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead its Product Engineering organization, owning the technical direction for key management, APIs, SDKs, and signing systems built on TEE/HSM foundations. This senior role reports to the CTO and focuses on strategic vision, people leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will build and grow a high-performing engineering team, partner with Product and Design, and drive a security-first roadmap