Vice President of Engineering, Fiat Infrastructure

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. What You’ll Do As VP of Engineering, Fiat Infrastructure, reporting to the SVP of Engineering, you will own the engineering platform that moves money across fiat rails on behalf of every Ripple product. Fiat Infrastructure is a foundational execution domain. Every cross-border payment, stablecoin issuance, OTC trade, and custody flow touches fiat: money arrives as fiat, exits as fiat, and the infrastructure in between has to operate with institutional-grade reliability. Stablecoins make this more important, not less — as digital assets become central to institutional finance, the fiat layer that funds reserves, settles obligations, and completes payouts must operate to a higher standard than ever. Ripple is building a financial platform where fiat, markets, and crypto are thr [... source excerpt omitted ...] anks and payout partners across the corridors that matter. Your mandate is to turn that position into a unified platform: shared across every Ripple product, and built to expand. You will: Own the full fiat infrastructure domain — control plane, execution plane, and network layer — and define the clean, reusable interfaces every product team builds against. Hold the operational standard the business depends on: real-time corridor health, prefunding visibility, and proactive detection that catches problems before customers feel them. Build the engineering organization as an AI-native operation — using agentic development practices to expand the payout network faster than tradi [... source excerpt omitted ...] ct integrations. Strong architectural judgment around extracting reusable platform layers from complex, product-entangled systems. Operator mindset: comfortable staying close to production, diagnosing system-level constraints, and balancing operational rigor with long-term platform evolution. Domain Ambition Beyond Engineering Genuine interest in the business of financial networks — banking relationships, licensing strategy, and network expansion. Ability to engage credibly with banking partners, regulators, and commercial counterparties. Instinct to participate in strategic discussions around corridor expansion, partnerships, and acquisitions — not just implement integration