Engineering Manager, Data Feeds

About Us 

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

About The Role 

As an Engineering Manager on the Data feeds team at Chainlink Labs, you will lead and grow a high-performing engineering team of up to 10 engineers building secure, on-chain data products that ensures the integrity of a significant amount of decentralized finance. You will be responsible for delivering core components of the Chainlink ecosystem, so deep experience in web3 is critical to your success. 

You will work closely with all functions at Chainlink, from engineering, product, go-to-market, operations, finance, and more to ensure the team releases highly reliable and performant products across hundreds of blockchains and users. Your team will be composed of software and smart contract engineers. You will report to the Engineering Director for Data Products.

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, setting clear goals, managing project timelines, and maintaining team cohesion and morale

• Participate in setting the roadmap and plan to continue to drive Chainlink as the global standard for onchain finance.

• Contribute technically to some of our most intriguing technical challenges

• Own the hiring and onboarding process to ensure we're bringing on high-quality engineers who fit our culture and requirements

• Building data products end to end, including tooling, monitoring and alerting, and orchestrating decentralized oracle networks

• At least 6 years experience as an IC Software Engineer and 4 years in management. 

• Experience or knowledge of blockchain technology, Web3 protocols, and the challenges related to developing large, distributed systems

• High degree of technical curiosity and knowledge.

• Proven track record of recruiting, nurturing, and scaling high-performing teams, demonstrating the ability to identify talent, foster professional growth, and cultivate a collaborative and productive work environment.

• Capacity to articulate and communicate a vision.

• Experience navigating a hyper-growth environment.

• Experience working across timezones

• Familiarity with financial data sets.

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