VP of Engineering

Role Overview

The VP of Engineering will lead the migration of Crystal's platform to a new AI-native data pipeline, ensuring no disruption to customer SLAs and continued product roadmap delivery. The role requires 10+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years leading platform, data, or infrastructure organizations.

What You Will Do

Own the platform migration end-to-end, lead the integration of the new data pipeline into all Crystal products, sequence the migration to preserve revenue and customer trust, and drive architectural decisions and trade-offs.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate has a track record of building accountable, high-ownership engineering organizations, and direct experience in one or more relevant domains such as blockchain or crypto, fintech, payments, fraud or risk platforms, regulatory technology, or large-scale data platforms.

Requirements

• 10+ years engineering experience
• 5+ years leading platform, data, or infrastructure organizations as VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, or equivalent
• Led at least one major platform migration or large-scale rebuild, with continuous customer service maintained throughout
• Operated low-latency, high-availability distributed systems with multi-tenant SaaS workloads at production scale
• Production experience integrating AI into engineering workflows, including agent-assisted development and AI-driven automation
• Strong product partnership instincts
• Track record of building accountable, high-ownership engineering organizations
• Direct experience in one or more relevant domains: blockchain or crypto, fintech, payments, fraud or risk platforms, regulatory technology, or large-scale data platforms

Benefits

• Remote work
• Full-time employment