Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Blockchain Engineering Manager to lead, mentor and grow a distributed team of software engineers.
This role is responsible for driving execution, ensuring technical excellence, fostering a high-performance culture that delivers reliable, scalable and high-quality products aligned with our strategic goals.
* Lead, coach and mentor engineers across multiple technical domains.
* 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, ensuring team productivity and alignment.
* 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.
Qualifications & Experience
We seek candidates with:
* 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.
* 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.
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.