Team Lead (Performa)
EMCD is a top global crypto infrastructure platform.
Performa is our B2B solution bridging crypto and fiat for international payments, payroll and OTC operations.
We are seeking a Team Lead to scale our engineering organization, stabilize delivery processes, and drive the next phase of platform growth.
About the Role:
This is hands-on engineering leadership role in a fast-paced crypto-fintech environment.
You will drive team management, product delivery and operational stability while collaborating with product and infrastructure stakeholders.
Time Split:
60–70%: People leadership and delivery management.
30–40%: Architecture reviews and technical support.
Responsibilities:
Manage and develop a team of engineers working across multiple product streams
Establish predictable delivery processes and maintain a healthy engineering rhythm
Conduct regular 1:1s, support career growth, and improve team performance
Lead hiring processes including interviews, technical coordination, feedback collection, and hiring decisions
Partner with Product Managers to align roadmap priorities and balance engineering investments with product delivery
Coordinate cross-functional work with IAM, Infrastructure, Accounting and Release Management teams
Drive operational excellence including incident management, postmortems, and on-call quality improvements
Maintain visibility into delivery risks, technical bottlenecks, and organizational challenges
Participate in architecture and system design discussions
Review critical pull requests related to compliance-sensitive systems, money movement, and infrastructure reliability
Provide technical guidance and unblock the team during high-pressure situations or production incidents
Maintain sufficient technical depth to effectively support and challenge engineering decisions
Requirements:
Experience leading engineering teams in fintech, crypto, payments, or high-scale backend environments
Strong understanding of software delivery processes and engineering management practices
Experience managing engineers through growth, organizational change, or team restructuring
Ability to balance delivery execution, people management, and technical leadership
Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering initiatives involving multiple teams
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Hands-on engineering background with the ability to participate in architectural and technical discussions
Experience with incident management, operational processes, and production support environments
Comfort working in fast-changing, high-uncertainty startup environments
Nice to Have
Experience building financial infrastructure, payment systems or crypto products
Understanding of compliance-sensitive systems including KYC/KYB/AML workflows
Experience scaling engineering teams during periods of rapid growth
Background in distributed systems, backend infrastructure, or platform engineering
Experience working in remote-first international team
What We Offer
Remote-first environment
Opportunity to help build and scale an international crypto-fintech platform
High ownership and strategic impact during a critical growth stage
Fast-moving international engineering environment backed by EMCD infrastructure
Direct collaboration with senior leadership and product stakeholders
Compensation in USDT
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Performa is our B2B solution bridging crypto and fiat for international payments, payroll and OTC operations.
We are seeking a Team Lead to scale our engineering organization, stabilize delivery processes, and drive the next phase of platform growth.
About the Role:
This is hands-on engineering leadership role in a fast-paced crypto-fintech environment.
You will drive team management, product delivery and operational stability while collaborating with product and infrastructure stakeholders.
Time Split:
60–70%: People leadership and delivery management.
30–40%: Architecture reviews and technical support.
Responsibilities:
Manage and develop a team of engineers working across multiple product streams
Establish predictable delivery processes and maintain a healthy engineering rhythm
Conduct regular 1:1s, support career growth, and improve team performance
Lead hiring processes including interviews, technical coordination, feedback collection, and hiring decisions
Partner with Product Managers to align roadmap priorities and balance engineering investments with product delivery
Coordinate cross-functional work with IAM, Infrastructure, Accounting and Release Management teams
Drive operational excellence including incident management, postmortems, and on-call quality improvements
Maintain visibility into delivery risks, technical bottlenecks, and organizational challenges
Participate in architecture and system design discussions
Review critical pull requests related to compliance-sensitive systems, money movement, and infrastructure reliability
Provide technical guidance and unblock the team during high-pressure situations or production incidents
Maintain sufficient technical depth to effectively support and challenge engineering decisions
Requirements:
Experience leading engineering teams in fintech, crypto, payments, or high-scale backend environments
Strong understanding of software delivery processes and engineering management practices
Experience managing engineers through growth, organizational change, or team restructuring
Ability to balance delivery execution, people management, and technical leadership
Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering initiatives involving multiple teams
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Hands-on engineering background with the ability to participate in architectural and technical discussions
Experience with incident management, operational processes, and production support environments
Comfort working in fast-changing, high-uncertainty startup environments
Nice to Have
Experience building financial infrastructure, payment systems or crypto products
Understanding of compliance-sensitive systems including KYC/KYB/AML workflows
Experience scaling engineering teams during periods of rapid growth
Background in distributed systems, backend infrastructure, or platform engineering
Experience working in remote-first international team
What We Offer
Remote-first environment
Opportunity to help build and scale an international crypto-fintech platform
High ownership and strategic impact during a critical growth stage
Fast-moving international engineering environment backed by EMCD infrastructure
Direct collaboration with senior leadership and product stakeholders
Compensation in USDT
Apply To This Job