Job description

About Us Machines will make decisions, move value, and coordinate on behalf of organizations, instantly, autonomously, and at unprecedented scale. But the systems that govern today’s economy weren’t designed for that world. Turnkey is building the infrastructure for this future: programmable guardrails that enable autonomy without sacrificing control. Founded by the team that scaled Coinbase Custody to $100M+ in ARR and secured more than $100B in crypto assets, we know how to move at pace without ever compromising on security. Our mission is to help the world operate an economy on autopilot, safely. We're low-ego, high-agency, and deeply technical. Our team consists of experts in cryptography, security, and systems who believe great infrastructure is invisible. We're building the trustless, programmable foundation for the autonomous economy, and we're hiring people who understand what that requires. We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our Product Engineering organization, the team responsible for Turnkey's core product. This spans our TEE- and HSM-based key verification and signing systems, the APIs, SDKs, and interfaces built on top of them, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable. This is a senior leadership role reporting to our CTO/Co-Founder Jack Kearney, owning both the technical direction and the people leadership of the org. If you're excited about the potential that web3 has to radically change the world for the better and have a sincere desire to help facilitate that change, join us as we redefine decentralized development. What You'll Do Strategic Vision and Leadership Own the engineering strategy and technical vision for Turnkey's Product Engineering organization, spanning key management, the APIs and interfaces built on top of it, transaction processing, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable. Build, manage, and grow a high-performing engineering org, including hiring and developing engineering managers and senior ICs Partner closely with Product and Design leadership to translate customer and market needs into a clear technical roadmap Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in web3 and guide their integration into our product Contribute to company-wide strategic planning and technical decision-making as a member of the engineering leadership team Organizational & People Leadership Define and evolve the org structure, leveling, and career paths for the Product Engineering team as it scales Drive recruitment, onboarding, and retention of top engineering talent across the org Set and uphold engineering rituals (planning, incident review, on-call, etc.) that keep the org fast-moving and accountable Coach and develop managers and senior engineers, building a durable leadership bench Architectural Oversight & Technical Direction Provide technical guidance across security-critical product systems, ensuring intelligent architectural decisions that scale with customer demand without compromising trust Oversee the design and implementation of TEE- and HSM-based key management and signing systems, the APIs, SDKs, and dashboards built on top of them, transaction construction and broadcast systems, and the infrastructure that makes our security guarantees independently verifiable Ensure the scalability, security, and reliability of product infrastructure, addressing the complexities of decentralized systems and adversarial threat models Define and drive processes that ensure quality and consistency across product development, from design through deployment What We're Looking For Proven experience managing engineering managers and/or leading a multi-team engineering org (not just individual teams) Deep understanding of modern application architectures and security-critical systems (e.g., HSMs, TEEs, key management), with the ability to lead in-depth technical discussions and make final calls on tradeoffs A track record of shipping security-critical or developer-facing products (key management, signing infrastructure, APIs, or SDKs) at scale Excellence at holding a high bar on software quality and engineering process, even while moving fast A healthy amount of paranoia :-) Style Points Prior experience working in fast-paced crypto/web3 and/or FinTech companies, especially with exposure to custody, key management, or HSM/enclave-based systems Experience scaling an engineering org through a significant growth stage (e.g., Series B → C, or comparable) Actively tracking developments in the crypto ecosystem and opinionated on where it's going Turnkey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. Compensation range $250,000 — $290,000 USD

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Strategic Vision and Leadership
Build, manage, and grow a high-performing engineering org, including hiring and developing engineering managers and senior ICs
Partner closely with Product and Design leadership to translate customer and market needs into a clear technical roadmap
Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in web3 and guide their integration into our product
Contribute to company-wide strategic planning and technical decision-making as a member of the engineering leadership team
Organizational & People Leadership
Define and evolve the org structure, leveling, and career paths for the Product Engineering team as it scales
Drive recruitment, onboarding, and retention of top engineering talent across the org
Set and uphold engineering rituals (planning, incident review, on-call, etc.) that keep the org fast-moving and accountable
Coach and develop managers and senior engineers, building a durable leadership bench
Architectural Oversight & Technical Direction
Provide technical guidance across security-critical product systems, ensuring intelligent architectural decisions that scale with customer demand without compromising trust
Ensure the scalability, security, and reliability of product infrastructure, addressing the complexities of decentralized systems and adversarial threat models
Define and drive processes that ensure quality and consistency across product development, from design through deployment
Proven experience managing engineering managers and/or leading a multi-team engineering org (not just individual teams)
Deep understanding of modern application architectures and security-critical systems (e.g., HSMs, TEEs, key management), with the ability to lead in-depth technical discussions and make final calls on tradeoffs
A track record of shipping security-critical or developer-facing products (key management, signing infrastructure, APIs, or SDKs) at scale
Excellence at holding a high bar on software quality and engineering process, even while moving fast
A healthy amount of paranoia :-)
Style Points
Prior experience working in fast-paced crypto/web3 and/or FinTech companies, especially with exposure to custody, key management, or HSM/enclave-based systems
Experience scaling an engineering org through a significant growth stage (e.g., Series B → C, or comparable)
Actively tracking developments in the crypto ecosystem and opinionated on where it's going

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