Salary
💰 $274,456 per year
Tech Stack
Distributed SystemsGoJavaScriptTypeScript
About the role
- Direct the work of blockchain engineering teams in the ongoing development of Agoric’s smart contract platform products.
- Oversee daily engineering operations and resource allocation, including analyzing workflows (front-end, back-end, and distributed systems), prioritizing tasks, and setting deadlines with hands-on user-facing systems design as needed.
- Manage budgets and oversee team expenditures to ensure resource efficiency in alignment with user-facing systems and infrastructure-related cost considerations.
- Monitor project and operational progress through data analysis and reporting, addressing areas of improvement as needed.
- Plan and coordinate project activities: review plans, ensure effective development of user-facing systems, review and approve system designs, flowcharts, and technical documentation.
- Supervise the design and implementation of IT and user-facing systems, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and performance requirements.
- Design, implement, and maintain secure information systems and scalable infrastructures for decentralized applications with emphasis on security of user-facing systems, cryptographic protocols, and smart contract vulnerability mitigation.
- Create and implement strategies for enhancing security, particularly focusing on cryptographic protocols and smart contract vulnerabilities across JavaScript- and Golang-based solutions.
- Evaluate and improve the organization’s hardware and software infrastructure to align with evolving requirements and optimize system performance.
- Lead recruitment, training, and performance management of engineering staff to build and maintain high-performing teams specializing in front-end, back-end, and distributed systems software development.
- Foster team communication and collaboration to meet objectives and resolve challenges in fast-paced, high-scale environments leveraging JavaScript, TypeScript, and Golang.
- Collaborate with organizational leaders to resolve complex technical and product challenges and incorporate technological trends into strategic initiatives focused on secure decentralized infrastructure solutions.
- Develop and execute organizational strategies, operational procedures, and engineering training programs covering front-end/back-end development, smart contract development, and smart contract security.
- Lead organizational initiatives to assess and enhance technical capabilities, resource allocation, and operational effectiveness with direct oversight of user-facing systems.
- Manage a team of approximately 10 subordinates (numbers may vary), including software engineers and security engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering (or foreign equivalent) and 60 months (5 years) of progressive, post bachelor’s experience as a software engineer, security engineer, or any occupations in which required experiences were acquired.
- 5 years of experience leading engineering teams in user-facing systems software development.
- 5 years of experience working on the development of front-end, back-end, and distributed systems.
- 5 years of application programming and systems optimization experience.
- 3 years of experience overseeing blockchain security practices, including cryptographic protocols, smart contract vulnerabilities, and secure decentralized infrastructure solutions.
- 5 years of experience working with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Golang.