Head of Engineering, Archax
+ Discretionary bonus
Digital securities exchange, broker and custodian
Be an early applicant
Digital securities exchange, broker and custodian
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Discretionary bonus
21-100 employees
Company mission
To kickstart the digital securities market in the UK and beyond.
Role
Who you are
- Candidates should have a strong development background, be natural polyglots, ambitious, bright, motivated, and have substantial experience in a highly technical management role
- In addition to their development and management skills, the candidate should be a subject matter expert in crypto/WEB3, with significant understanding of CeFi exchanges
- They should also have exposure to traditional finance and understand the full capital markets lifecycle of multiple asset classes
- Archax is a highly regulated fintech scale-up, so experience working in a rapidly evolving, fluid company is vital
- The successful candidate must have experience in a firm that has delivered products to external customers and be willing to get involved at all levels and on a wide range of subjects
What the job involves
- Archax is at a pivotal growth stage and is seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to join our team
- This role involves leading and managing a geographically diverse development team, working on a wide-ranging product set with a diverse technology footprint
- The successful candidate will report to the CTO and be part of the IT Management Team
- This position is a gateway to the CTO role after a successful 12-18 months."
- The successful candidate will manage and own the engineering function within Archax, including Development, QA, DevOps, and Application Support
- The department consists of four development teams: one front-end, two back-end (JavaScript & Java), and one C++. Each team is led by a lead developer and includes 1-3 developers. The developers are supported by QA and DevOps teams, following an Agile development methodology
- Managing the core team of developers: Setting/enforcing/managing best practices and standards that embed a delivery mentality
- Running a secure software development lifecycle
- Being responsible for code quality
- Capacity and velocity management – working with the product team to ensure the correct amount of work is allocated
- Liaising with Product to ensure they are aware of any technical requirements that need resource budgeting for (technical debt)
- Hiring/managing/coaching/training
- Evaluating and championing new development technologies and technical strategies
- Evaluating and championing new development methodologies
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Archax is a London-based global digital securities exchange, brokerage and custodian. The company builds an exchange designed for institutions and uses existing and proven exchange infrastructure integrated into the institutional trading workflow.
Archax notably stands out as the first firm to receive FCA authorisation as a digital securities exchange. Founded by a team of experts from traditional capital markets and backed by an experienced advisory board, Archax has a deep understanding of how to successfully bridge the blockchain landscape with the existing investment space.
The company received investment from Bitrock Capital, Tezos Foundation and UK asset manager abrdn in 2022, which will be used to launch its institutional digital asset exchange, covering both cryptocurrencies and digital securities. As a strategic investor, abrdn will provide new users with access to its services as well as creating new tokenised products that will trade on Archax’s marketplace.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2022
$28.5m
SERIES A
Sep 2021
$4.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $45.1m
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday, raising up to 30 days with years of service
- Career opportunities to grow and scale with a startup company
- Be a part of an exciting, fast-growing, and future thinking industry
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Andrew Flatt
(CTO)Previously served as CTO for Omni Partners, Systems Analyst for Infinity Capital Markets, Infrastructure Engineer for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Support Analyst for CACI.
Graham Rodford
(CEO)Previously acted as CCO and later as a Partner for Omni Partners, Head of Operations for HSBC, COO for Caliburn Capital Partners, Finance Officer for Leo Fund Managers, and as a Financial Accountant for Coutts Bank.
Matthew Pollard
(Director)Previous experience as CFO for Omni Partners. Has also worked in Fund Accounting and Operations for Davide Leone & Partners Investment Company and for Mansard Capital Management.
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