# Head of Platform

> GoMining · Cyprus (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-03

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** IT

## Description

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.

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Responsibilities

**Platform 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.js
-   TypeScript
-   PostgreSQL
-   Redis
-   RabbitMQ
-   Kubernetes
-   GitLab CI/CD
-   Docker
-   REST APIs
-   Fireblocks
-   Uphold
-   AI-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).

## Apply

[Apply at GoMining](https://apply.workable.com/gomining/j/A3F93641F8/apply)

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