Key skills
Web3 product developmentTechnical depthTeam leadershipProduct senseStakeholder managementCoachingdevelopmentOperational excellenceHigh-pressure environmentsOracleDeFi
About this role
Chainlink Labs is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for growing engineering teams that build critical products and platforms for Chainlink’s decentralized ecosystem, ensuring high reliability and quality across production systems.
Responsibilities:
- Lead engineering teams responsible for core Chainlink products and services used across the Web3 ecosystem
- Drive high reliability, scalability, and quality across production systems that operate under demanding conditions
- Partner closely with Product and cross-functional stakeholders to shape roadmaps, influence strong product decisions, and deliver meaningful user outcomes
- Balance short-term execution with long-term platform evolution, ensuring teams can move fast without compromising stability
- Coach, develop, and retain engineers, supporting career growth and progression while fostering a healthy, engaged team culture
Requirements:
- Exposure to taking products or platforms from early concept through production adoption in a web3 environment
- Strong product sense, with the ability to connect engineering decisions to user needs and business impact
- Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously and lead teams through ambiguity and complexity
- Clear motivation and capability to support, grow, and develop engineers at multiple career stages
- Sufficient technical depth to guide architectural discussions, assess trade-offs, and unblock teams across a range of systems
- Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and execute against a single, high-impact backlog while managing competing stakeholder demands
- Experience communicating effectively with senior and executive stakeholders
- Track record of managing and developing senior or staff-level engineers
- Experience leading teams in high-pressure or operationally intensive environments
- Background spanning both larger, mature organizations and smaller or fast-scaling teams