Engineering Manager

DESCRIPTION:

This software Engineering Manager position is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and passionate individual to join the team at Foundry, a subsidiary of the blockchain industry’s most prolific and active investor, Digital Currency Group. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Engineering Manager will lead the efforts of managing our growing team of software engineers in Bangalore, India.

This is a rare invitation to join a small, highly professional entrepreneurial group, with the backing of the most established player in the fast-growing crypto space.

At Foundry, we are working toward a common goal of empowering a decentralized infrastructure. Our team is passionate about the future of finance and is looking for other like-minded individuals who share in this vision. While we are inclusive and diverse in workforce and style, we all agree that digital assets will change the world.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the software engineering team in Foundry’s Bangalore office by mentoring and developing team members through 1:1s and on the job coaching; effectively evaluate and manage individual performance.
• Work closely with your Engineering Manager counterparts to ensure the success of your software engineering team in Foundry’s Bangalore office; your software engineering direct reports - based in Foundry’s Bangalore office - will be supporting Engineering Managers across Foundry’s products and services.
• Empower your software engineering team to successfully complete team, organization, and company-wide goals.
• Lead and contribute to the development of software engineering standards,
  best-practices, metrics, and tooling.
• Engage externally with partners, conferences, universities, and open-source groups to
  recruit and expand the Foundry
• Evaluate, hire, and on-board candidates based on organizational need, technical skill
  set, and cultural fit.
• Help us scale and manage the success of Foundry’s Bangalore office, working closely with Foundry’s Chief Technical Officer.

ABOUT YOU:

Minimum Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field, or equivalent experience, preferred by not required
• Experience and success managing software engineering teams
• Experience and success systematically scaling software engineering teams
• Experience working with US and/or European companies
• Strong software engineering background
• Strong knowledge or experience with distributed systems and processes
• Experience architecting, developing, and delivering software products.
• Experience with hiring, building, and developing a team, preferably within a startup environment.
• Passionate about technology and interested in various crypto assets, blockchain, and tech entrepreneurship.
• Deep experience with product lifecycle management and improving software products
  through metrics and experimentation.
• Experience with DORA and engineering performance metrics
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to work in a dynamic environment where
  requirements and goals may change rapidly.
• Prior experience with domain-driven design

Preferred Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Technical Skills

• MS (Computer Science, Computer Engineering) or Equivalent.
• B.E (Computer Science) or Equivalent. MCA.
• Minimum 3 Years experience managing Software Engineering teams
• Minimum 5 Years experience in Software engineering.
• Educated or experience working in the United Stated
• AWS Developer Certification
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• IEEE Certified Software Engineer Certificate – Preferable, not mandatory
• Strong knowledge of continuous integration and deployment with industry standard tooling
• Strong Knowledge of Linux operating systems
• Strong knowledge of containerization
• Solid understanding of relational and time series databases
• Solid understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure and Google Cloud
• Solid understanding of network concepts (switches, firewalls, load balancers, intrusion detection)
• Solid understanding of logging, monitoring, and alerting tools
• Experience with scripting languages
• Experience with SDLC processes
• Git version control

Personal Attributes:

A passion for learning

• Proactive self-starter with a solutions-focused, positive attitude
• Team player, willing to pitch in wherever
• Organized, detail-oriented, and
• Reliable time management skills and method for tracking objectives and tasks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to independently manage short term projects from conception to execution and power through setbacks with focus and
• Comfort adapting to changing situations and priorities with a high sense of accountability and
• Appreciation of input and candid feedback