Engineering Manager Jobs at Optimism

What are the role responsibilities?

• Oversee a team of engineers dedicated to building the Optimism core protocol.
• Empower the engineering team to achieve a high level of technical productivity, reliability, and simplicity—build and reinforce a shipping culture
• Manage team career development by coaching and mentoring engineers though continuous feedback, goal setting and development plans
• Collaborate closely with product team to set engineering priorities

What skills do you bring?

• 2+ years of people management experience at a high-growth startup
• Strong working knowledge of cryptocurrency protocols
• Experience building crypto/web3 products specifically in the Ethereum ecosystem—experience in Go and Solidity strongly preferred
• Experience recruiting and building high-performing engineering teams
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams
• Experience managing and developing both junior engineers as well as senior individual contributors
• Ability to balance protocol design with user needs and contribute to product roadmap conversations
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment in a rapidly evolving, cutting edge industry
• Clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication

Optimism focuses on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. Their company has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, and Remote. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.

You can view their website at https://optimism.io or find them on Twitter.