Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering teams day-to-day, owning people, process, and technical direction.
• Drive technical decision-making by running architecture and design reviews.
• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing backend engineers while fostering a culture of ownership.
• Partner with engineering leadership to translate product roadmaps into technical execution.
• Identify and resolve technical, process, or organizational blockers early.
• Maintain a high bar for code quality, system reliability, and distributed systems architecture.

Requirements

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams in a fast-moving or production-critical environment.
• Deep experience building and scaling distributed systems.
• Proficiency in backend languages, specifically TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with AWS for deploying and scaling production systems.
• Proven ability to grow engineers through direct feedback and empowerment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with blockchain technologies, smart contracts, or decentralized finance (DeFi).

About the Company

LayerZero is building the future of omnichain connectivity. Founded in 2021, our vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. Through our generic messaging protocol, we enable builders to develop cross-chain dApps that unify the power of individual blockchains. We are backed by leading investors including a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures.