Head of Engineering - Web3 Apps jobs in United States
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Decruit · 4 hours ago

Head of Engineering - Web3 Apps

Decruit is an early-stage consumer crypto startup founded by repeat entrepreneurs. They are seeking a Head of Engineering to take end-to-end responsibility for the engineering organization, including recruiting, managing, and scaling the team while driving engineering objectives and delivery cadence.

Staffing & Recruiting

Responsibilities

End-to-end responsibility for the engineering organization: recruit, hire, onboard, manage, and scale the team
Ship production code daily. This is a maker/manager role, not a meeting-heavy position
Define and drive engineering objectives, roadmaps, and delivery cadence with quality metrics
Make architecture-level decisions across our stack: Go, Rust, TypeScript, Next.js, React Native
Partner directly with the founding team to translate product strategy into technical execution
Establish engineering standards, processes, and practices that enable fast, safe shipping

Qualification

Hiring engineering teamsCrypto/Web3 conceptsGoRust proficiencyTypeScript proficiencyNext.js experienceReact Native experienceAsynchronous communicationFast trade-offsIntegrating AI coding assistantsShipping consumer productsPrior founder experience

Required

Proven experience hiring, managing, and scaling engineering teams at early-stage startups
Deep familiarity with crypto/Web3 concepts such as prediction markets, token dynamics, wallets, and on-chain mechanics
Strong hands-on coding skills; you ship reliable production systems
Solid technical fluency with Go or Rust, TypeScript and web/mobile frameworks (Next.js, React Native)
Track record of owning objectives and delivering results on schedule
Excellent written and asynchronous communicator who can align stakeholders and leverage team to produce clear documentation
Experience making fast trade-offs (build vs buy, infra vs product) in a high-velocity environment
Comfortable integrating AI coding assistants (for example, Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) into the dev workflow while maintaining security and code quality

Preferred

Experience writing Solana or Ethereum smart contracts
Background shipping consumer-facing products with rapid release cycles
Prior founder or technical co-founder experience

Benefits

Equity/tokens

Company

Decruit

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At Decruit, we help frontier tech companies hire the engineers, researchers, and operators who move fast and build real things.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
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