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Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Web3 Lead Software Engineer - Backend - candidates need to be based in US/Europe.
As the Team Lead of our Infrastructure team, you will lead a central pillar of our engineering organization. Your mission is to enable product teams with resilient, scalable infrastructure, delivering APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems that meet the needs of one of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols.
You will work closely with our Head of Engineering to align infrastructure goals with business objectives while mentoring and scaling a high-performing team.
💼 Your Responsibilities
Leadership
1 Month
Based in US/Europe
Proven leadership of web3 infrastructure teams with 5+ engineers.
Demonstrated success in building and scaling backend/infrastructure systems.
Prior experience mentoring and scaling a high-performing team.
Passionate, with evidence such as GitHub activity, side projects, or public talks
Crypto native, experience from the leading companies in Web3
Benefits
As the Team Lead of our Infrastructure team, you will lead a central pillar of our engineering organization. Your mission is to enable product teams with resilient, scalable infrastructure, delivering APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems that meet the needs of one of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols.
You will work closely with our Head of Engineering to align infrastructure goals with business objectives while mentoring and scaling a high-performing team.
💼 Your Responsibilities
Leadership
- Foster Team Success: Prioritize team impact and recognition over individual achievements
- Drive Projects: Manage priorities, address technical debt, and deliver high-quality solutions
- Mentor & Coach: Develop team members' skills and foster a growth-oriented culture
- Monitor Team Health: Identify misalignments or morale issues early and resolve them effectively
- Recruit Top Talent: Build and onboard a world-class infrastructure team
- Set Objectives: Define clear goals and metrics for team success
- Infrastructure Expertise: Guide the design of scalable, reliable systems powering all of our products
- Streamline Delivery: Establish best practices for deployments, observability, and system reliability
- Web3 Mastery: Leverage deep blockchain knowledge to build data-intensive systems (e.g., indexers, data warehouses)
- Security & Performance: Balance agility with robust security and performance
- Long-Term Vision: Design infrastructure that scales with our growth trajectory
- Product Orientation: Align technical decisions with business objectives for maximum value delivery
1 Month
- Understand the team's strengths, weaknesses, and processes
- Familiarize yourself with the state of the infrastructure
- Build relationships with stakeholders and align on long-term objectives
- Establish a reliable cadence of production releases (e.g., daily release capability)
- Improve observability and manage technical debt
- Delegate effectively, fostering ownership within the team
- Scale infrastructure to meet increasing product demands
- Ensure availability, accuracy, and performance set industry benchmarks
- Achieve clear, measurable goals for individual contributors
Based in US/Europe
Proven leadership of web3 infrastructure teams with 5+ engineers.
Demonstrated success in building and scaling backend/infrastructure systems.
Prior experience mentoring and scaling a high-performing team.
Passionate, with evidence such as GitHub activity, side projects, or public talks
Crypto native, experience from the leading companies in Web3
Benefits
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top researchers and engineers in the DeFi space
- Stimulating Environment: Weekly "DeFi School" sessions and access to the best tools on the market
- Flexibility: Work remotely or from our Paris office
- Team Events: Off-sites, bootcamps, and afterworks (even remote-friendly)
- Attractive Compensation: Competitive package, including tokens
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- Nov 23, 2024
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- Level
- Mid-Senior
- Location
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