Engineering Lead

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Risk Labs Foundation

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Crypto • Web 3 • Technology

Risk Labs Foundation is the organization behind the Across and UMA Protocols, offering technology solutions focused on decentralized systems. Across is a cross-chain bridge for Layer 2s (L2s), secured by UMA's optimistic oracle, designed for capital efficiency with a single liquidity pool, a competitive relayer landscape, and a no-slippage fee model. UMA is an optimistic oracle that can record any verifiable truth onto a blockchain. Risk Labs emphasizes a flexible and supportive working environment for its international team, offering benefits such as unlimited PTO, family care leave, and training and development opportunities.

11 - 50 employees

₿ Crypto

🌐 Web 3

📋 Description

• We are seeking a highly skilled and versatile Engineering Lead to join our dynamic team. • This unique role blends the responsibilities of an engineering manager with the hands-on expertise of a senior engineer or technical architect. • If you're a crypto-native professional with a passion for innovation, a deep technical acumen, and the ability to lead a small team while remaining deeply involved in coding and technical design, this role is for you. • Collaborate to develop and design innovative technical specifications and solutions for complex product challenges • Lead/coach a small cross-stack team (2-4 engineers), including regular 1:1s and foster a engineering culture of high performance. • Manage and prioritize time to juggle hands-on coding, code-review, and providing technical direction to maintain high standards of code quality, performance, and security. • Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring alignment with the product vision and road map. • Dive deep with your team on cross functional technical challenges across backend, contracts, bots, and frontend. • Stay ahead of trends in DeFi and the interoperability space.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years full-time experience in Engineering at a software or financial services technology organization • Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to think creatively and innovate within the constraints of the technology stack. • 3+ blockchain-based projects, ideally with some experience leading small teams • Proven track record of successfully managing engineering projects, from concept to deployment. • Experience in people management, with a focus on mentoring, career development, and fostering a collaborative team environment. • We’re looking for forward-thinking individuals who are curious about, comfortable with, and eager to adapt to the evolving role of AI in modern work. • Our tech stack: Solidity, Typescript, GCP

🏖️ Benefits

• Pay packages include competitive salaries & meaningful token options ($UMA and $ACX). Your token allocation may be utilized to govern our ecosystems, and may be eligible to earn rewards and grow over time as well. • Will pay in stablecoins or fiat • Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few) • 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in • We are a globally distributed team and require all employees to have at least 3-4 hours of daily overlap with Eastern Standard Time (EST) to ensure seamless collaboration and communication. This allows us to work effectively across time zones while maintaining a strong team connection • At least two team wide offsites a year