Consensys is hiring a

Web3 Director of Engineering

About MetaMask

About the engineering team at MetaMask

There are more than 35 engineers working on MetaMask, and that number will double over the next year. The teams these engineers are embedded within both cross functional teams - including those responsible for the browser extension, the mobile app, the Snaps platform, the dapp api, key management functionality, transaction UX and security - and enablement teams such as those responsible for our design system, internal tools and automation, and shared cross-platform data management modules.

The goals of engineering management at MetaMask

MetaMask aims to create a thriving engineering organization that supports the well-being of our engineers while empowering them to do work they are proud of and enjoy. We strive for an environment that gives our people high trust and autonomy, while also facilitating collaboration, communication and camaraderie among teams and teammates. We aspire to build a diverse engineering team, inclusive to people from all backgrounds and demographics. It is also of great importance to us that working at MetaMask is an experience that catalyzes career growth and learning.

About the role

We are looking to hire our first ever Director of Engineering to lead our engineering organization towards the above goals.

We are looking for someone with empathy, humility and self-awareness to provide leadership and oversight to our engineering management practices and processes. They will be accountable for overall health and growth of our engineering organization. This will be achieved by directly supporting other engineering leaders as a manager, mentor, facilitator, advisor, and advocate, and empowering them to provide such support to engineers they manage. In addition, the Director of Engineering will help guide MetaMask’s teams to improve their engineering processes in areas such as releases and deployments, code review, technical planning, quality assurance and testing. This person will be an enabler of other engineering leaders and will not be a technical/architectural decision-maker.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Initiating and/or cultivating proposals for improvements to our engineering structures, processes and culture
• Facilitating conversations and decisions among our engineering leaders about changes and improvements to our engineering structures, processes and culture
• Driving execution on projects/initiatives aimed at improving our engineering team structures, processes and culture
• Overseeing technical hiring and supporting those responsible for technical recruiting and onboarding
• Collaborating with both HR and Marketing to develop and deliver successful engineering talent attraction and retention strategies
• Advocating for and supporting strategies for growing a diverse and inclusive engineering team
• Being the direct manager for engineering leaders (this includes both individual contributors at the senior/staff level, and engineers who are primarily responsible for managing others). This role will have 8-10 direct reports.
• Mentoring other managers in the practice of people management
• Facilitating decisions among the team’s engineering managers related to workforce planning, hiring priorities, promotions and internal transfers
• Establishing practices and processes to foster learning and growth among engineers
• Advising and soundboarding with engineering leaders about their key challenges, and supporting them by removing blockers, getting them resources and facilitating relationship development with key collaborators
• Work with engineering leaders to identify and implement process changes aimed at improving the quality and velocity of our product releases/delivery
• Collaborate with MetaMask leadership in other functions (product, design, operations, etc) on the structural/organizational changes necessary to properly support a fast growing team
• Helping establish systems for monitoring the health of our engineering organization

The ideal candidate will have experience managing software engineering teams in the following areas:

• Cross-cultural and multi-cultural teams 
• Cross-timezone, global distribution
• Remote working
• Agile environment
• Rapidly changing and brand new technologies
• Fast growing teams

And will have experience with:

• Mentoring/advising others in the practices of engineering management
• All stages of the “employee lifecycle” as it pertains to engineers: recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, offboarding
• Building diverse teams
• Release/Delivery Management
• Maintaining open source projects
• Building software for both desktop browsers and mobile devices

Deep experience with blockchain technology is not required, but we are looking for someone who will be excited to help realize our vision and believes in our values

About ConsenSys

At ConsenSys we have a vision of a world where data sovereignty and financial well-being is accessible to every person and organization. We believe Ethereum and decentralized protocol technology is a more trustworthy and equitable foundation for how we create and share value across the web. On this trusted, open source foundation, we can accelerate the world’s transition to a universally accessible network of distributed participants where transparency, security and freedom are fundamental.

Our product suite, composed of Truffle, Infura, Quorum, Codefi, MetaMask, and Diligence, serves millions of users, supports billions of blockchain-based queries for our clients, and has handled billions of dollars in digital assets. As the leading Ethereum software company, ConsenSys enables developers, enterprises, and people worldwide to build next-generation applications, launch modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. To learn more about ConsenSys, and explore our products and solutions, visit http://consensys.net/. 

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