Subzero Labs - Engineering Manager
Requirements
• 6–10+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in an engineering management or tech lead role • Experience leading Web3 engineering teams - in protocol development, validator infrastructure, DeFi, smart contracts, or cryptography • Strong people leadership skills - coaching, hiring, growing high-agency engineers • Operational excellence - you know how to build and maintain scalable, async-friendly team systems • Familiarity with modern Web3 engineering stacks - e.g. Rust, Golang, Solidity, zk tooling, Cosmos SDK, or similar • Effective communicator - clear across code, documentation, written specs, and verbal updates • Strong judgment - you know when to unblock, when to escalate, and when to let people own their work • Empathy for both high-context builders and low-context contributors - able to bridge gaps and create shared understanding • Experience working in early-stage Web3 startups or L1/L2 ecosystems • Familiarity with consensus, cryptography, MEV, rollups, or TEE-backed execution • Contributions to open-source projects or protocol working groups • Passion for developer experience, documentation, and onboarding • Prior experience managing fully remote and globally distributed teams
Responsibilities
• Manage and grow engineering teams working on protocol, infra, security, or developer-facing systems • Drive hiring, onboarding, and career development for engineers at all levels • Create an environment of high ownership, psychological safety, and collaborative velocity • Partner with engineering leadership to implement structured processes around code reviews, RFCs, testing, and release management • Support engineers through regular 1:1s, performance feedback, goal setting, and mentorship • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, BD, DevRel, and community teams to align roadmap delivery • Help manage team rituals - including sprint planning, retrospectives, technical reviews, and team offsites • Drive internal communication and alignment across globally distributed teams
Benefits
• Lead engineering teams building the foundation of a high-performance, real-world crypto network • Work alongside founders and engineers from Diem, Mysten Labs, Google, and Netflix • Help shape how teams operate, ship, and scale • Early-stage equity + token upside • Remote-first culture with high-trust, high-context collaboration • Health, dental, and vision (for U.S. employees) • Flexible PTO + company recharge days • Travel support for offsites, conferences, and team events
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