Engineering Manager, Fiat Rails

About Paxos 

Today’s financial infrastructure is archaic, expensive, inefficient and risky — supporting a system that leaves out more people than it lets in. So we’re rebuilding it.

We’re on a mission to open the world’s financial system to everyone by enabling the instant movement of any asset, any time, in a trustworthy way. For over a decade, we’ve built blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes, custodies, trades and settles assets for the world’s leading financial institutions, like PayPal, Venmo, Mastercard and Interactive Brokers. 

About the team 

The Fiat Rails Engineering team is the backbone of Paxos' financial infrastructure, responsible for building and maintaining fiat infrastructure for the entire platform. Areas of focus include expanding our payment rail network to support new methods of value transfer, establishing and maintaining integrations with global banking partners, and developing our platform's fiat payment APIs. Our team works at the intersection of traditional finance and modern technology, building scalable solutions that enable seamless fiat transaction handling for our clients.

About the role

As an Engineering Manager for the Fiat Rails team, you'll lead a team of engineers building next-generation financial infrastructure that processes billions of dollars in annual transaction volume and supports our multi-billion dollar tokenization infrastructure. You'll be responsible for both technical leadership and people management, ensuring your team delivers high-quality solutions for complex challenges including real-time payment processing, integrating with global banking partners, and building scalable APIs that enable instant money movement.

What you’ll do 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, fostering their technical and professional growth
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations
• Build and maintain a high-performing team culture focused on collaboration and excellence
• Partner with recruiting to hire top engineering talent and scale the team
• Create an environment where engineers can do their best work and deliver impactful results

• Drive technical strategy and architectural decisions for the team's roadmap
• Ensure delivery of scalable microservices for processing fiat transactions with high throughput and reliability
• Oversee the development of robust APIs that enable seamless integration with banking partners and internal systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement new features for fiat money movement
• Champion engineering best practices, code quality, and system reliability across the team

• Work closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to align on priorities and deliverables
• Communicate technical concepts and project status to stakeholders across the organization
• Represent the team in engineering leadership meetings and strategic planning sessions

About you 

• 7+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Strong technical background in full-stack web development, with expertise in modern frontend frameworks and backend systems
• Experience building and scaling customer-facing applications with complex authentication, authorization and workflow requirements
• Track record of successfully delivering large technical initiatives while managing stakeholder relationships
• Excellent communication skills with ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business teams
• Experience implementing engineering best practices, monitoring, and operational excellence in a high-growth environment
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor and grow engineering talent
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve how you work
• Previous experience in fintech or regulated industries is a plus

Pay and benefits