Head of Off-Chain Engineering

Mesh Connect; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Mesh Connect is seeking a Head of Off-Chain Engineering to own exchange and fiat integrations that power crypto and money flows. You will set strategy, build the org, and stay close to code to ensure reliability and competitive advantage.

You will lead engineering across exchanges (US/EU) and fiat (India), define strategy, review designs, and drive major incidents while building scalable platforms, observability, and testing harnesses. Strong leadership and crypto/payments expertise are required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in engineering with director-level experience leading multiple teams.
• Deep crypto and payments experience with live exchange or payments systems.
• Highly technical yet able to present design decisions to executives.
• Operates with operational rigor: on-call and postmortems.
• AI-native track record improving team workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own off-chain engineering across exchanges (US/EU) and Fiat (India): reliability, velocity, roadmap, and org.
• Define the off-chain strategy and present it to the exec team; translate into charters, metrics, and plans.
• Stay hands-on: review designs, dig into code, and lead major incidents.
• Define and hit SLOs for connection and transfer success across major exchanges.
• Build the integration platform, observability, and testing harnesses for rapid onboarding of new exchanges.
• Hire, develop, and lead managers and engineers across time zones.
• Build direct technical relationships with exchange and payments partners.
• Partner with Product, Partnerships, and Customer Success to prioritize client impact.

Skills

Leadership

Crypto context

People management

Strategy

AI-native

Job description

Overview

Mesh connects 300+ exchanges and wallets to companies like PayPal, Revolut, and Kalshi so their users can move crypto and money seamlessly. As Head of Off-Chain Engineering, you’ll own the exchange and fiat integrations that power those flows. You’ll set the strategy, build the org, and stay close enough to the code to make reliability our competitive advantage.

What You’ll Do

• Own off-chain engineering across Exchanges (US/EU) and Fiat (India): reliability, velocity, roadmap, and org.
• Define the off-chain strategy and present it to the exec team; translate it into clear charters, metrics, and plans.
• Stay hands-on: review designs, dig into code, and lead from the front in major incidents.
• Define and hit SLOs for connection and transfer success across the world’s largest exchanges.
• Build the integration platform, observability, and testing harnesses that make new exchanges fast to add and existing ones hard to break.
• Hire, develop, and lead managers and engineers across time zones.
• Build direct technical relationships with exchange and payments partners.
• Partner with Product, Partnerships, and Customer Success to put client impact first.

Who You Are

• 12+ years in engineering, including several years at Director level or above leading multiple teams and managers.
• Deep crypto and payments context: you’ve built or run exchange, brokerage, custody, or payments systems that move real money.
• Very technical and still hands-on. You design for third-party failure and can go deep with senior engineers.
• Equally comfortable in a design review and in front of the exec team or board presenting strategy and trade-offs.
• You run teams with operational rigor; metrics, on-call, and postmortems are how you lead, not overhead.
• AI-native, with a track record of changing how teams build with AI.
• Bonus: experience at a crypto exchange, payments processor, trading firm, or fintech aggregator.

The total annual compensation for this role is up to $600,000-$900,000, in New York or San Francisco. The compensation range provided may span multiple career levels and will be narrowed during the interview process based on factors including a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. For candidates outside of New York or San Francisco, compensation will be adjusted to reflect the applicable market and location-based pay band. The base salary range listed excludes commission (if applicable) and benefits. The pay range represents the minimum and maximum target for new-hire compensation. Actual compensation may vary and may be higher or lower depending on individual circumstances.