Engineering Manager

LayerZero *The Future is Omnichain.* 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. We are funded by the best investors in the world including: a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi Digital, and many more.

### WHAT YOU'LL DO - You lead by doing. When a hard distributed systems problem surfaces, you're in it with your team, not just assigning it. - You run architecture and design reviews and can defend a technical position when it matters. - You recruit, develop, and retain strong backend engineers and build a team culture around ownership and craft. - You work with engineering leadership and other stakeholders to turn roadmap into execution. - You spot blockers early, whether technical, process, or organizational, and deal with them before they compound. - You hold a high bar for code quality and system reliability.

### ABOUT YOU - 6+ years of backend engineering experience with 2+ years managing engineering teams in a fast-moving or production-critical environment. - Deep experience building and scaling distributed systems, and can get into the weeds on architecture when needed. - Proficiency in backend languages like TypeScript; comfortable operating across the stack. - Hands-on experience with AWS for deploying and scaling production systems. - You've grown engineers through direct feedback and creating space for real ownership. - Strong conviction in your technical decisions, but you build alignment rather than push through. - Previous experience with blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and decentralized finance is a strong plus.

### Equal Opportunity Employer LayerZero Labs is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. LayerZero Labs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

LayerZero Labs develops LayerZero, an omnichain interoperability protocol that enables secure messaging and data/asset transfers between disparate blockchains, allowing decentralized applications to operate across multiple chains without centralizing security. The protocol uses a User Application configurable on-chain endpoint with Oracle and Relayer components to reduce transaction failures. It serves the blockchain ecosystem by connecting isolated chains.