Director of Engineering – Digital Assets

Responsibilities

• Own the technology strategy for Digital Assets, ensuring alignment with Clear Bank’s wider platform and technology strategy.
• Partner with the Head of Product for Digital Assets to define and evolve a clear, credible roadmap covering near‑term delivery and longer‑term technical direction.
• Provide domain leadership and technical challenge, supporting informed decisions on build, buy, and partner options as the capability matures.
• Provide senior oversight of an existing Digital Assets engineering team, ensuring delivery remains on track as the product moves from early testing through to go‑live.
• Ensure strong engineering fundamentals, including resilience, scalability, security, and operational readiness, appropriate for a regulated bank.
• Support the transition from initial capability to a broader, high impact portfolio of services in the digital assets ecosystem.
• Guide architectural decisions for integrating with digital asset networks while maintaining Clear Bank standards.
• Define the technical direction of travel for digital assets, including how the platform could evolve to support additional capabilities.
• Ensure digital assets integrate effectively with Clear Bank’s existing services.
• Lead and develop engineers and engineering managers within the Digital Assets domain.
• Set clear expectations, provide coaching, and build a culture of ownership, learning, and delivery.
• Communicate clearly with senior stakeholders on progress, risks, and trade‑offs in a complex and evolving domain.

• Senior technology leadership experience (Director or equivalent) within payments, financial services, or adjacent regulated domains.
• Demonstrable experience owning and evolving complex platforms or payment rails from early delivery into live operation.
• Strong domain understanding of digital assets or stablecoin‑based systems, sufficient to lead strategy and challenge technical decisions (deep blockchain specialism is not required).
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Product leadership to shape and deliver long‑term strategy.