About this role
The Platform team is the foundation of GoMining’s ecosystem. It owns the services that every product depends on — custody, KYC, compliance, core application components, and platform reliability.
As Head of Platform, you will own this domain end-to-end. You will define the platform strategy, lead a cross-functional engineering organization, establish engineering standards, and ensure the platform remains secure, scalable, and highly available.
This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a combination of technical expertise, product ownership, and operational excellence.
ResponsibilitiesPlatform Ownership
Own the Platform domain as an internal product serving multiple product teams.Define the platform strategy, roadmap, priorities, and success metrics.Drive platform scalability, reliability, and engineering excellence.
Custody & Financial Infrastructure
Own custody infrastructure, including Fireblocks, Uphold, and similar providers.Ensure secure asset storage, withdrawals, deposits, and fund movements.Improve operational reliability across wallet infrastructure.
Compliance Platform
Own KYC, Travel Rule, and compliance-related platform capabilities.Work closely with Legal and Compliance teams to ensure regulatory readiness, including MiCA requirements.Improve verification flows and customer onboarding performance.
Platform Reliability
Define and maintain platform SLA and uptime targets.Establish incident management, monitoring, and operational excellence processes.Improve deployment reliability and platform resilience.
Engineering Leadership
Lead a cross-functional platform team.Mentor engineers and technical leads.Drive architectural decisions and engineering standards.Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality and ownership.
Cross-functional Collaboration
Work closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, and Operations teams.Introduce and scale inner-source engineering practices across product teams.Support strategic platform initiatives and future technology migrations.
Success Metrics
Platform uptime and SLA.KYC pass rate.Time-to-deposit.Time-to-withdraw.Platform stability and incident reduction.Engineering velocity and platform adoption across product teams.Requirements
3+ years leading platform, infrastructure, or core engineering teams.Experience owning shared platform services used by multiple product teams.Strong experience in fintech, payments, digital banking, crypto, or financial infrastructure.Practical experience with custody platforms such as Fireblocks or similar solutions.Deep understanding of KYC providers, Travel Rule, AML, and regulatory compliance.Experience defining and managing platform reliability, SLA, uptime, and incident management processes.Strong Node.js background with the ability to review architecture and production code.Experience building and scaling engineering organizations.Experience owning platform budgets, roadmaps, and business priorities.Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Technology Stack
Node.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLRedisRabbitMQKubernetesGitLab CI/CDDockerREST APIsFireblocksUpholdAI-powered engineering tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar)
Nice to Have
Experience with MiCA implementation.Experience in Bitcoin, crypto, or Web3 infrastructure.Experience implementing inner-source engineering practices.Experience leading platform migrations or large-scale architectural transformations.Familiarity with Flutter architecture and mobile platform development.
Benefits
Professional growth: support for courses, conferences, and English learning (up to 100% coverage). Work-life fit: remote or hybrid format with flexible hours across international teams. Paid leave: up to 20 vacation days + 8 company holidays + 5 personal days per year Recognition programs: structured performance reviews and team awards. Team culture: retreats in international locations (for example, company apartments in Cyprus).