Web3 DeFi Engineering Manager Jobs

Aptos is a people-first blockchain on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way.

Founded by some of the original creators and maintainers that researched, designed, and built the Diem blockchain to serve this purpose, we have dedicated several years toward this mission. We believe the open-source Diem technology we have developed is an important foundation of a safe and scalable web3 world where everyone has more equitable opportunities to grow and access financial assets with lower fees and fewer intermediaries.  

Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") encompasses our mission and ethos for why we build.

About The Role

We’re seeking a talented and driven Engineering Manager to support one of our platform engineering teams. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a team of engineers, overseeing their daily activities, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects. You will play a key role in mentoring and developing your team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture, and working closely with cross-functional teams as well as the broader ecosystem to achieve our business objectives.

We have many teams in this space, their scope entails:

• Application developer services leading to no-code solutions — http://developers.aptoslabs.com/
• Educational platforms — https://learn.aptoslabs.com/ and https://aptos.dev/
• Most scalable Indexer in all Web3 — https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/tree/main/ecosystem/indexer-grpc and https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-indexer-processors
• SDK and tools — standardization, platforms (TS, Python, Rust, Unity/C#, Unreal/C++)
• Accounts — https://petra.app/, keyless, passkeys, account abstraction
• Financial services including payments, DeFi, and Aptos Ascend — https://aptosascend.com/

We will try to pair candidates with the best opportunity given availability and capability.

This role sits in our Palo Alto, CA office.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Take ownership of strategic direction of the team by producing roadmaps, sharing updates, and ensuring your team is engaged appropriately within the broader Aptos effort.
• Work closely with team members to amplify their impact by understanding their passion, their goals, and connecting them with the best opportunities to land impact.
• Navigating expectations for your team externally — that is ensure that your team is properly represented in XFN efforts and that the team timelines and roadmaps can be adequately executed upon.
• Setting expectations for each of your team members, participating in performance reviews, and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Establishing the right design review processes to ensure that roadmaps are adequately if not exceptionally well executed against.
• Staying active and engaged on topics of cryptocurrency and NFTs, and interested in continuously learning about various types of these assets
• Capable of engineering work, identifying problems, designing solutions, and if necessary developing them.
• Working autonomously in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with an emphasis on cross-team communication

What We're Looking For:

• A minimum of 2 years experiencing managing
• Experience working with teams that contain many senior engineers
• Involvement with Internet culture, memes, Discord and Twitter
• Prior working exposure with programming languages such as Rust, Move, TypeScript
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, as this role requires frequent communication to members of our community, members of our team, and various third parties

The base salary range for this full-time position is $215k - $285k. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and typical maximum target for new hire salaries for the position of a candidate based in the Bay Area at any level. We do hire exceptionally talented professionals with decades of experience in their field. As such, our range may be higher than what is displayed. Our base salary ranges are determined by experience and location, and we hire at all levels for multiple roles. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, job-related skills demonstrated during the interviews, working experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include equity, tokens, or benefits.

Our Benefits

• 100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
• Equipment of your choice
• Flexible vacation time, 11 holidays, and floating company days off 
• Competitive Salary
• Equity (RSUs) (US employees)
• Protocol Token Grants
• 401k matching (US Employees)
• Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events

Aptos is committed to diversity in the workplace, and we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not hire on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

We are committed to providing a safe and secure hiring process for all applicants. Unfortunately, there are individuals who may attempt to impersonate Aptos or our employees for fraudulent purposes.To protect yourself, please be aware of the following:

• We will never ask you for payment of any kind during the application or onboarding process, including fees for background checks, training, or equipment.
• We will always communicate with you using our official company email domain.
• We will never request your personal financial information, such as your social security number or bank account details, during the initial application stages or via email or a video/voice call when onboarding.

If you encounter any suspicious activity or requests that seem out of the ordinary, please do not hesitate to report it to us at .