Engineering Manager, Client Team

Who are we?

We believe Ethereum has the potential to solve some of humanity’s most crucial coordination issues. Since our initial inception as a research group, we have sought to scale both its technology and values.

At present, the most pressing bottleneck to the growth of Ethereum is its performance and scalability. We are building the most elegant solution to this problem. We do this in the open (under an MIT open source license) because we believe in open source innovation and its ability to accelerate growth.

OP Labs contributes to the Optimism protocol, an extension to Ethereum that scales both its technology and values. Optimism enables orders of magnitude of improved performance and scalability to Ethereum while doubling down on its commitment to public goods.

The Optimism Collective leads the blockchain protocol landscape, dedicated to fostering a scalable and sustainable ecosystem. Optimism’s ethos, in sync with Ethereum's vision, tackles pivotal coordination challenges of the digital age. Optimism’s goal is to harmonize private incentives with public good, shaping a resilient future for the Internet. Optimism’s scope spans diverse areas like Gaming, DeFi, NFTs, and Enterprise.

Position Overview:

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to drive key protocol initiatives for Optimism, including the OP Stack and the Superchain. In this role, you will be leading a team of engineers dedicated to developing the Optimism core protocol, empowering them to achieve technical productivity, overseeing career development, and collaborating with the product team on prioritization.

What skills do you bring?

• 4+ 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 develop and ship long-term, complex engineering roadmaps

• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment in a rapidly evolving, cutting-edge industry

• Clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication

What are the role responsibilities?

• Oversee a team of engineers working on the Client Team.

• 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 through continuous feedback, goal setting, and development plans

• Marry research into state-of-the-art technology with a relentless desire to ship product

What will you like about us?

• We take care of our employees. Competitive compensation, fully paid medical, dental, and vision, and a 4% 401K match—learn more about our benefits, culture, and all recruiting FAQ here.

• We take pride in the accomplishments of our teammates and support each other in doing the best work of our careers.

• Our team is a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds. We cherish our eclecticism and consider it a great strength.

• We’re fully remote, deeply engaged, highly skilled, and like to have fun.

• We think long-term. Our founders have been scaling Ethereum since 2015.