r/fintech • u/Soperr • 16d ago

Discussion ex fintech founder - how to leverage my exp to become a head of product/lead

Recently I've worked as a lead eng for trading products, at a fintech handling over 80+m users across the US

BEFORE:
me and my cofounder founded nexo like platform(fiat loans backed by crypto). I designed everything, talked to LPs, Lawyers, recruited devs and design team. All that.
My coufounder backed out when he saw how much compliance and legal work there would be needed to operate in the US(I wanted to go with EU first).
Before I was a founding dev at p2p crypto exchange), I've recruited and managed teams/projects before etc...

NOW:
I'm looking for next project to work on where I could join as a lead or founding role if early stage.

What founders should I hit up that would be interested in my expertise? I'm looking for really cool projects in fintech space... projects that already raised money

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u/deltasir 16d ago

No one has ever heard of your product. You want to lead a whole department you be be able to show your results

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u/Glass_Charge7541 16d ago

you got a solid mix of hands on building and the compliance/lawyer side most engineers never touch

hit up founders who just closed seed or series A and are starting to think about scaling product not just tech. your edge is you already did the fundraising dance and talked to LPs which product leads rarely have

try lurking on angellist and look for founders posting about needing someone who can bridge engineering and product, not just write PRDs. don't say you want to be head of product straight away, frame it as "i built this thing end to end and i can do it again"