Engineering Manager, Custody & Staking

Location: New York

Overview

Falcon

X is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, Falcon

X addresses the industry's foremost challenges:
Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, Falcon

X operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Falcon

X is hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our Custody and Staking engineering team, a core part of our Prime Brokerage platform. In this role, you will be deeply involved in the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and reliable blockchain infrastructure supporting multiple chains and protocols. You will work side-by-side with engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship, while helping the team deliver high-quality systems that directly impact the business.

This is a technical-first role where your contributions—both as a builder and as a leader—will be critical to the success of our custody products and the broader vision of an open financial system.

Impact

At Falcon

X, you’ll help create a more open financial system. In building trading, credit and custody infrastructure, we are enabling thousands more institutions to enter the market and support a more open and accessible financial system. The world’s largest financial institutions from Wall Street to Silicon Valley will turn to you for products that provide unparalleled seamless, efficient and secure access to the cryptocurrency sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small, high-caliber engineering team, setting and maintaining very high engineering standards and accountability.

• Actively contribute to the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and reliable custody and staking infrastructure.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to prioritize initiatives, treating customer pain points and urgent issues as top priority.

• Drive architectural decisions, promote best practices, and ensure systems meet high standards for reliability, security, and performance.

• Personally tackle complex, high-impact technical projects that require deep problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.

• Work closely with team members on coding, code reviews, and problem-solving to ensure fast, thoughtful, and high-quality delivery.

• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, and operational excellence across the team.

• Rapidly iterate to support new blockchain features and protocols while maintaining stability and scalability.

• Troubleshoot critical technical issues and lead decision-making that directly impacts business outcomes and customer experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or management role.

• Strong technical background with hands-on experience building scalable, secure backend systems.

• Proven ability to drive engineering excellence and accountability within a team.

• Experience leading small, high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced, high-urgency environment.

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Type Script, or Go

• Experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, or high-availability infrastructure.

• Familiarity with digital asset custody, wallets, or blockchain infrastructure is a plus, but not required.

• Ability to prioritize customer-facing issues, treat critical problems as P0, and deliver reliable solutions quickly.

• Track record of tackling complex technical challenges with ownership and excellence.

• Strong problem-solving skills, balancing hands-on coding with leadership and strategic decision-making.

Compensation

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $213,000 and $288,000 in the New York City and San…