Head of Engineering - Hands-on Fintech Payments Leader

Revenue3; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 320.000 - 420.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity ownership

Performance bonus

Health benefits

Ownership of delivery

Descripción de la vacante

Revenue3, a next-generation payments platform, is seeking a Head of Engineering in Chicago to lead the engineering team and own day-to-day delivery in a highly regulated fintech environment.

You will stay hands-on in critical payment paths while mentoring engineers, setting architecture, and driving reliability and security. This role requires strong IC capabilities, ownership mindset, and experience scaling early-stage fintech infrastructure.

Formación

• Senior engineering leader who is still a strong, current IC and can hold their own in the codebase.
• Track record owning delivery for a team: shipping real product with accountability.
• Experience building process without bureaucracy; avoid unnecessary overhead.
• High bar for reliability, security, and correctness in regulated settings.
• Direct communicator; clear written communication and transparency.

Responsabilidades

• Write, review, and ship production code on critical payment paths; stay hands-on.
• Debug production incidents, reliability gaps, performance and correctness issues.
• Set the technical direction and make architecture calls that matter.
• Mentor engineers, level up the team, and manage performance and growth.
• Own delivery: break work down, sequence it, ensure it lands.
• Manage and grow engineers: 1:1s, feedback, hiring, and hard conversations.
• Own the process: clear requirements, project ownership, and feedback loops.
• Be the point of accountability for the team’s output to the founders.
• Report to the CTO on personnel matters.

Conocimientos

Senior leader

IC contributor

Delivery ownership

Regulated environment

Direct communicator

Blockchain experience

Early-stage startup

Descripción del empleo

Revenue3, a next-generation payments platform, is seeking a Head of Engineering in Chicago to lead the engineering team and own day-to-day delivery in a highly regulated fintech environment.

You will stay hands-on in critical payment paths while mentoring engineers, setting architecture, and driving reliability and security. This role requires strong IC capabilities, ownership mindset, and experience scaling early-stage fintech infrastructure.