Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.

- Lead, mentor, and develop up to ten software and SRE engineers, fostering a high-performance culture and enabling career growth. - Drive the development and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, including self-service tooling, automation, secure-by-design principles, and compliance. - Oversee the development of advanced testing frameworks to ensure comprehensive coverage of functional and non-functional requirements across multiple blockchain and off-chain products. - Partner closely with engineering leadership, product management, and security teams to define and deliver robust developer tooling and operational frameworks. - Collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to set clear expectations, align on scope, and ensure timely delivery of self-service tooling and services. - Champion best practices in reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability across the DevEx team. - Maintain team health and productivity through effective project management, clear communication, and supportive team practices. - Recruit and hire top engineering talent, raising the bar for the team and broader organization.

- Minimum of 8 years experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial role. - Demonstrated expertise in managing and improving CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling in complex engineering environments. - Experience managing the engineering and delivery of internal engineering tools and platforms for globally distributed internal customers. - Proven experience in building and leading teams responsible for mission-critical tooling and infrastructure. - A strong passion for making developers highly productive. - Familiarity with Golang and its ecosystem. - Deep understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies (functional, performance, chaos), and operational tooling. - Experience partnering closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, successfully managing scope, priorities, and expectations. - A servant-leadership mindset focused on empowering and motivating teams to achieve exceptional results. - Ability to adapt quickly and effectively to rapidly evolving technologies and shifting organizational priorities.

- All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. - Commitment to Equal Opportunity: Chainlink Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances. - Salary: USD 129000-304000.

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the industry-standard decentralized oracle platform that connects blockchains with real-world data, offchain computation, and cross-chain interoperability. The platform powers verifiable applications across DeFi, banking, global trade, and gaming, having enabled over $20 trillion in transaction value.