Description
Hypernative is the proactive onchain security platform for enterprises and institutions. We build the security infrastructure that lets organizations operate and scale onchain with confidence, unifying real-time monitoring, transaction security, fraud prevention, compliance screening, and automated response in a single, institutional-grade platform.
Our technical teams build and run the industry's most battle-tested machine learning models and real-time infrastructure, resulting in detection engines that have actively prevented over $3 billion in losses across 75+ blockchains.
Founded in 2023, Hypernative raised a $40M Series B and has secured $100B+ in digital assets across 350+ leading organizations, including top financial institutions, exchanges, asset managers, protocols, and chains.
About the Role
We are looking for a Full-Stack R&D Team Lead to join our growing R&D organization. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for building end-to-end product capabilities, from backend services and data pipelines to user-facing applications. You will work closely with the Product, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure, high-quality features that support real-time Web3 security use cases.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical ownership with people leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of full-stack features and product enhancements
- Provide technical leadership across backend and frontend systems
- Mentor and guide team members on best practices, architecture decisions, and code quality
- Drive scalable and maintainable architectures for real-time, security-critical systems
- Collaborate closely with Product, Security, and Research teams to align technical solutions with business and customer needs
- Ensure high standards for testing, observability, performance, and reliability
- Take part in planning, sprint execution, and delivery commitments
Qualifications & Requirements
- Proven experience as a Team Lead or Senior Engineer with leadership responsibilities
- Strong hands-on experience in full-stack development
- 5+ years of experience with Python (backend)
- Experience with modern frontend technologies (e.g., React)
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Solid experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL - advantage)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and development best practices
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, sprint planning, and backlog management
- Ability to mentor engineers and lead a team toward high-quality delivery
- B.Sc in Computer Science or equivalent experience
About Hypernative
Hypernative is the proactive onchain security platform for enterprises and institutions. Powered by battle-tested machine learning and real-time behavioral heuristics, Hypernative predicts, detects, and neutralizes zero-day exploits, financial manipulation, fraud, and economic threats before they materialize onchain. Operating across 75+ blockchain networks and securing over $100 billion in digital assets, Hypernative combines real-time transaction screening, automated incident response, smart contract threat detection, and compliance monitoring in a single institutional platform trusted by leading exchanges, asset managers, and DeFi protocols worldwide.