Engineering Manager at LayerZero Labs

<h1><strong>LayerZero</strong></h1> <p><em><strong>The Future is Omnichain.</strong></em></p> <p>Founded in 2021, LayerZero’s vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. With LayerZero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.</p> <p>We are funded by the best investors in the world including:</p> <p>a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi Digital, and many more.</p> <p> </p> <h1><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE</strong></h1> <p>We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Backend engineering teams at LayerZero. You'll own the people, process, and technical direction for systems handling some of the highest-stakes infrastructure in Web3, while staying technical enough that your engineers actually want your opinion on their architecture.</p> <p> </p> <h1><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></h1> <div class="p-rich_text_section">You came up as an engineer and haven't fully stepped away from it. You'll lead backend teams day-to-day while staying close enough to the work to shape real technical decisions.</div> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You lead by doing. When a hard distributed systems problem surfaces, you're in it with your team, not just assigning it.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You run architecture and design reviews and can defend a technical position when it matters.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You recruit, develop, and retain strong backend engineers and build a team culture around ownership and craft.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You work with engineering leadership and other stakeholders to turn roadmap into execution.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You spot blockers early, whether technical, process, or organizational, and deal with them before they compound.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">You hold a high bar for code quality and system reliability.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h1><strong>ABOUT YOU<br></strong></h1> <ul class=&q