Executive Jobs at Protocol Labs

Stewards libp2p sets direction/standards for projects, protocols, and architecture. Cultivate a vibrant contributing community around libp2p

As Engineering Manager at Protocol Labs, you will...

• Magnify the impact of multiple teams of software engineers and open source contributors in their implementation of complex, distributed systems and protocols.
• Grow engineers’ skills, experience and confidence through regular 1:1s, coaching, actionable feedback, work and peer alignment, and career advocacy.
• Lead, improve, and document processes for technical prioritization, planning, design, implementation and releases in harmony with and expanding open source community participation.
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders and adjacent teams to build a shared understanding and accommodation of competing priorities.
• Empower engineers to solve problems, fostering a balance of velocity and rigor through scalable, asynchronous decision-making practices.
• Maintain and strengthen a team and community culture of growth, openness, trust, rigor, humility, mutual support, and psychological safety.
• Advocate for and enhance PL’s asynchronous, autonomous, and distributed working culture.
• Lead the process of recruiting great engineers for your project, in collaboration with PL’s recruiting team.
• Support and guide other people-managers at Protocol Labs as a member of PL’s young engineering management discipline.

You may be a fit for this role if you have...

• Demonstrable success as an engineering lead/manager fostering highly-functional, healthy, inclusive and collaborative teams.
• Technical credibility through lengthy software engineering experience with back-end and distributed systems and infrastructure.
• A strong desire for and history of contributions to open source projects and communities.
• Experience working with and/or managing geographically distributed teams.
• Actively coached, mentored and grown team members in their careers.
• Ability to thrive with a high level of self-direction, autonomy and responsibility.
• A track record of recruiting and retaining great people to your teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• An excitement for collaborating with people across Protocol Labs towards our shared mission.

Bonus Points

• You have experience with or deep knowledge of cryptography, globally distributed systems, blockchain or other related domains.
• Demonstrable open source community curation and leadership experience.

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