BE R&D Team Lead

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.

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

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