Team Lead
Posted 17 Jul 2026
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- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyComputer Science (or related)
Study levelMaster's or higher
About Digital Asset & the Canton Network
Digital Asset builds the technologies that are reshaping the foundations of financial markets. Our mission is to create the world’s most trusted, privacy-enabled, and interoperable digital infrastructure for global finance.
At the heart of this mission is the Canton Network - the blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance. Uniquely combining privacy, compliance, and scalability, Canton enables real-time, secure settlement across multiple asset classes. Governed by the Canton Foundation with participation from leading financial institutions, it is the proven link between the promise of blockchain and the power of global finance.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Zurich, Budapest, Hong Kong, and Sydney— we are on a mission to transform finance— and that transformation is now playing out rapidly on the Canton Network.
If you’re interested in playing a crucial role at the intersection of traditional and crypto-capital markets and want to help bring the next trillion dollars of finance on-chain, join us.
About the role:
The Team Lead is responsible for leading, directing, and managing a team to deliver on large, complex, multi-component features and products, requiring team collaboration and a clear view of our customers' needs. These projects often span domains and teams. The Team Lead understands DA products with both breadth and depth. The Team Lead also has HR responsibilities for the members of their team, giving continual feedback, writing reviews, and helping team members progress in their careers.
Responsibilities:
- Leads and manages a team of engineers to deliver high-quality and thoroughly tested solutions that follow our coding standards and organizational practices
- Able to break down work into achievable tasks for the team members
- Decomposes and sequences tasks across team members and communicates these tasks effectively both verbally and in writing
- Reduces project risk by understanding cross-team and cross-component dependencies
- Works collaboratively with other technical leaders, including product management and engineering leaders (feature leads, technical leads, and directors)
- Handles a scope of accountability and planning of three to six months
- Works with DA management to turn company strategy into actionable plans
- Contributes directly to project deliverables and new product features delivery, via design and implementation work. In doing so, acts as a role model within their team
- Responsible for team culture and morale, creating a positive work environment for all team members, including a culture of healthy feedback and mutual respect