**Job Title:** Blockchain Engineering Manager
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated leader to drive technical excellence, foster a high-performance culture, and deliver reliable, scalable, and high-quality products aligned with our strategic goals.
This role is responsible for leading, mentoring, and growing a distributed team of software engineers across multiple technical domains. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of driving execution, ensuring technical excellence, and fostering a culture that delivers high-quality products.
About the Role:
* Product Strategy and Planning:
* Lead, coach, and mentor engineers to achieve outstanding results.
* Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
* Support career growth, performance management, and professional development.
* Participate in recruiting, onboarding, and building a diverse, high-performing team.
* Execution and Delivery:
* Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle from planning and design to deployment and maintenance.
* Partner with the CTO and Product Manager to translate product roadmaps into engineering execution plans.
* Manage delivery timelines, resources, and technical dependencies to ensure on-time releases.
* Proactively identify and remove blockers to ensure team productivity and alignment.
* Performance and Improvement:
* Establish and enforce engineering best practices across code quality, smart contract security, and infrastructure reliability.
* Ensure scalability, security, and performance in blockchain and microservice-based environments.
* Drive the adoption of modern DevOps practices (IaC, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, automated testing).
* Stay current with emerging blockchain technologies, protocols, and DeFi developments to guide innovation and continuous improvement.
Requirements & Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
* 7+ years of software development experience, including 6+ years in an engineering leadership or management role.
* Familiarity with blockchains such as Ethereum and other blockchains preferred.
* Familiarity with DeFi trading a plus.
* Software engineering background in frontend and backend services development.
* An understanding of microservice architecture and cloud-based deployments.
* Experience in modern software development practices such as infrastructure as code, test automation, CI/CD, and containerization.
* Proven success leading technical teams through the full product lifecycle in Agile or startup environments.
* Experience with modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, Go, or C#).
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
* Ability to balance technical depth with people management and cross-functional alignment.
We Offer:
A competitive compensation package, opportunities for professional growth, and a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration.
We Value Diversity and Inclusion:
We are committed to providing equal opportunity for qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.