Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs

Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol

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Senior and Expert level
Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

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Chainlink Labs

Open-source blockchain oracle solutions

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Chainlink Labs

Open-source blockchain oracle solutions

501-1000 employees

B2BPaymentsDeep TechInternet of ThingsAPIBlockchain

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

More information about location

501-1000 employees

B2BPaymentsDeep TechInternet of ThingsAPIBlockchain

Company mission

Chainlink Labs’ mission is to accelerate smart contract innovation and adoption by empowering developers to build feature-rich decentralized applications and providing global enterprises with a universal gateway to all blockchains.

Role

Who you are

  • Minimum of 6 years experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role
  • Excellent communication and ability to collaborate closely with internal and external partners on a broad range of business topics and drive engineering initiatives
  • Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management
  • Deep knowledge in Distributed Systems, Performance, Scalability , and Observability
  • Drive roadmap creation and execution. Measure the impact of your team and set clear expectations and goals
  • Ability to work on a globally-distributed team with a high degree of ownership cross functionally

Desirable

  • Software engineering degree / comp science background
  • Startup experience
  • Strong passion for blockchain, DeFi, and the overall future of Web3. It will be hard to be successful at this role if you don't understand what we are doing and why

What the job involves

  • We are looking for an engineering leader with a strong background in building mission-critical distributed systems and experience managing a high-performing team
  • We need someone who is comfortable in a fast-moving environment with a lot of moving pieces
  • You will be responsible for our team that is building our Cross Chain Interoperability Protocol
  • This is a career-defining opportunity to be part of a fast-growing tech company this is successfully implementing a key piece of the world’s blockchain infrastructure that will power the digital agreements of the future
  • Develop the engineering roadmap and strategy in alignment with the product roadmap
  • Own execution and delivery of core protocol, milestones and features
  • Efficiently manage the CCIPs production environment with high availability, reliability, and resiliency
  • Empower, challenge, and coach a team of engineers to grow their impact as individual technical leaders by providing them context and continuous feedback
  • Take ownership of the engineering hiring pipeline, and grow the team by hiring exceptional engineers
  • Work with leaders across the company to drive the best-in-class engineering practices that enable developers to contribute effectively

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

Smart contracts are slated to be the future of transparent, fair, and efficient digital dealings across industries as diverse as lending, real estate, and international trade. Historically, the application of smart contracts was limited to on-chain data, but oracle mechanisms like Chainlink can be used to import off-chain data (like those required for the broader application of smart contracts) onto the chain.

Chainlink Labs' work has marked a significant step forward in the progress of blockchain technologies - and has proven a remarkable success story for the company. It is responsible for the largest global decentralized oracle network in the world, used by hundreds of projects spanning online gaming and cryptocurrency. It has also received its fair share of critique - but blockchain technology at large remains a work in progress, and Chainlink has been quick to develop solutions.

All in all, the benefits of Chainlink’s work look set to become even more pronounced, as smart contracts become more applied across the globe. In late 2022, the company launched the staking of its native token LINK, to increase the security of the protocol and enable the Chainlink system to grow.

Insights

Top investors

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-4% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company values

  • Being part of an idea meritocracy: We take ownership in the work we do and value real impact. There are no limits to what you can get involved in.
  • An open-source software ethos: We’re driven by creating a public good. What we build is by everyone, for everyone.
  • Being immersed in excellence: We hold ourselves to the highest standards—for our teams, our product, and our position in the ecosystem.
  • Building a world changing product: Smart contracts are redefining major industries, and we’re at the forefront of this global shift.
  • Being part of a high growth startup: Experience rapid personal and professional growth by accessing a broad scope of work and exceptional mentorship.
  • Autonomous, remote & flexible work: We’re a remote-first workplace that values autonomy, flexibility, and results.

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Sergey Nazarov

(Co-Founder)

Co-founded P2P travel network ExistLocal, and served as a general partner at QED Capital during its pivot towards cryptocurrency. Subsequently co-founded CryptaMail, Secure Asset Exchange, and SmartContract.

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