WHAT YOU'LL DO :

- Manage a team of software engineers, including task planning and code reviews.

- Drive technical projects and provide leadership in an innovative and fast-paced environment.

- Take responsibility for the overall planning, execution and success of complex technical projects.

- Contribute technically to projects.

- Work closely with product management team to ensure we're building the best products.

- Document best practices and act as a knowledgeable resource for blockchain engineering and problem solving.

- Work with industry partners and clients cross functionally to ensure alignment and collaboration.

- Bring an entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit to the team.

- Be part of a fast-paced, agile environment.

- Partner with Recruiting to build well-rounded, effective, and inclusive engineering teams

WHAT WE- RE LOOKING FOR :

- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or Engineering.

- 5+ years of hands-on technical leadership and people management experience.

- Hands-on experience with one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, C++ or Java.

- Hands-on experience with JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS, Ember.js, Backbone.js, React.

- Demonstrated expertise in problem-solving and technical innovation, capable of "rolling-up sleeves and getting hands dirty".

- Strong leader capable of motivating and energizing the very best software engineers, as well as gaining their respect.

- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

- Strong presentation skills that will be needed to showcase the work the team is doing, or outlining the strategies being employed to move the engineering forward.

- Strong negotiating skills needed to communicate and collaborate with partner teams.

BONUS POINTS :

- Experience working on large-scale distributed systems is a plus.

- Understanding of various distributed consensus methodologies (Mining, PoS, Raft, etc).

- Understanding of cryptography, including asymmetric encryption (pub/priv key), symmetric encryption, and hash functions.

- Experience contributing meaningfully to one or more Open Source projects.

- Startup experience is a nice-to-have.