VP Engineering (Crypto)

Responsibilities:

• Definition and ownership of our engineering strategy and alignment of our engineering team
• Technical leadership of geographically dispersed engineers
• Ability to own and manage multiple products / projects
• Report directly to CTO
• Provide team members with the necessary tools and knowledge to perform the role to a high standard 
• Provide leadership to all staff and act as the face of the organisation from a product engineering perspective 
• Reduce ambiguity and harness a culture of excellence, delivery and accountability 
• Improvement of existing processes and implementation of new standards and metrics to enhance engineering functionality 
• Research and development of new and emerging technologies 
• Work closely with Product Management team to advance and enhance on our product vision 
• Drive high performance in the Engineering team, with a focus on Lean and Agile methodologies 
• Ensure consistent release and delivery of products to our customers on time or ahead of proposed schedule 
• Identify areas for efficiencies across our partner and vendor network 
• Recruit team members

What You Bring to the Engineering Team:

• Experience managing at least 5 engineers directly for at least 2 years. You may have similar experience in a Senior Lead of Engineering, Director / V.P. of Engineering or Engineering Manager role if you possess the qualities otherwise described
• Ability to define, forecast and document metrics for engineering excellence and designing processes to deliver
• Passion for coaching and mentoring team members to maximize their impact
• Ability to prioritize, manage and effectively communicate across multiple, often time-sensitive initiatives
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and leadership skills
• Ability to work and manage remote teams

Experience with these Technologies:

• 5+ years of technology leadership experience, directly managing teams of at least 5 engineers.
• Ethereum Blockchain & other open source, permissionless blockchains
• Solidity, or other smart contract languages
• The concepts and fundamental technologies behind the W3C Decentralised Digital Identity protocols
• Technical and functional considerations of Cryptocurrencies
• Familiarity with fundamentals of DeFI protocols and the “crypto” ecosystem in general
• Back End: GoLang, Python, Node.js
• Front End: React/Redux or some other kind of JavaScript application framework
• Familiarity with the responsibilities, stack and operational requirements for DevOps and SRE
• Designing, deploying and maintaining an observability solution for production services; including elements to capture and analyze logs, metrics and traces based on existing SLOs and SLAs
• Databases: SQL, NoSQL
• Cloud computing: Azure, AWS, GCP, Digital Ocean, Softlayer

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