Head of Engineering
Xapo Holdings Limited operates the Xapo Bank business, a regulated Gibraltar-based private bank for Bitcoin holders. Its services include Bitcoin and USD savings, custody, Bitcoin-backed loans, investments, global payments, debit cards, and inheritance planning.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About Xapo Holdings Limited
Xapo Holdings Limited operates the Xapo Bank business, which provides regulated banking and digital-asset services from Gibraltar. Xapo Bank offers members integrated Bitcoin and USD accounts, Bitcoin custody, savings products with Bitcoin payouts, Bitcoin-backed lending, access to stocks, ETFs and selected altcoins, global fiat and Bitcoin transactions, debit cards, and beneficiary planning. Services are aimed at private and institutional clients seeking to store, grow, spend, and manage Bitcoin and fiat wealth.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
This function-level leadership role owns engineering standards, the unified Software Development Lifecycle, engineering manager leadership, backend change governance, technical debt, capacity planning, incident response, and AI-first engineering practices within a regulated, Bitcoin-native bank.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3–4 years in engineering leadership across multiple teams or squads.
- Track record of owning function-level delivery predictability.
- Experience defining and operating SDLC, code review, change management, retrospectives, and feedback loops.
- Strong people leadership of Engineering Managers, including hiring, development, and performance management.
- Evidence-based experience with AI-assisted development across the SDLC.
- Understanding of backend distributed systems in regulated, high-stakes environments.
- Data-driven experience owning engineering metrics and converting them into prioritized actions.
- Strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience in regulated fintech, banking, payments, or equivalent environments.
- Dedicated workspace, reliable internet connection, and alignment with company leadership values.
Responsibilities
- Drive predictable delivery across the engineering function and product tribes.
- Set and enforce engineering standards, code review practices, retrospectives, and feedback loops.
- Lead Engineering Managers through performance management, growth, 1:1s, and hiring.
- Own the unified SDLC and its governance and enforcement.
- Govern backend change management with risk-tiered approvals and regulator-ready audit trails.
- Own the engineering technical debt roadmap and capacity planning.
- Lead incident response, post-mortems, and closure of resulting action items.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools and practices.
- Clear blockers and coordinate cross-functional initiatives across product, technology, and operations.
- Own engineering OKRs and execute quality, security, architecture, and observability standards.
Benefits
- Remote work from anywhere in the world.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Flexible work scheduling and strong work-life balance.
- Yearly budget for learning and development, including books and conferences.
- Opportunity to shape the future of a globally distributed Bitcoin-native bank.
