Protocol Engineering Manager, Proofs https://www.oplabs.co/ Remote (Global) 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 is building Optimism mainnet, and by extension, the infrastructure that powers all OP-Stack chains. We are improving Ethereum’s performance by orders of magnitude and donating the profits from doing so to funding Ethereum public goods. By operating as a Public Benefit Corporation, OP Labs can align its incentives with the public good and take positive-sum steps toward a sustainable future for the internet. What are the role responsibilities?
Oversee a team of engineers dedicated to decentralizing the Optimism core protocol.
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 skills do you bring?
2+ 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
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.
We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply. We believe that our work is stronger with a variety of perspectives, and we’re eager to further diversify our company. If you have a background that you feel would make an impact at Optimism, please consider applying. We’re committed to building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.