Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering - Dragonfly Portfolio

Dragonfly is a crypto-native Venture Capital and research firm with a focus on supporting recruiting efforts for its portfolio companies. They are seeking engineering leaders to build critical infrastructure and high-volume crypto-native applications across multiple portfolio companies, requiring strong leadership and technical skills in backend engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Lead backend architecture and scale integrations across protocols and execution systems
• Lead engineering strategy, stabilize critical systems, and help the team scale infrastructure to meet demand while building toward long-term technical maturity

Requirements:

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience, including time as a team lead, manager, or technical co-founder
• A proven track record shipping meaningful crypto products: protocols, infra, exchanges, wallets, or high-volume consumer apps
• Strong systems design skills and deep experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures
• Ability to lead in fast-moving environments where systems are scaling rapidly and priorities shift quickly
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and business teams
• Candidates who can work in an office or hybrid setting in New York