Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen.
We believe that the onchain platform is the most important builder platform since the internet (“online”). We believe that the onchain platform should be open source, free to use, and globally available. And we believe that in order to make it really work, we need all hands on deck, working together to scale in a secure, decentralized, easy-to-use way.
At Base, we live by our Stay Based values: we do the right thing, work hard, stay optimistic, prioritize the team, and push creative boundaries—all while building the future of onchain. We value a Zone 3+ work ethic, where our team rises to the challenge, embraces hard weeks, and makes small to significant personal tradeoffs when necessary to drive impact and innovation.
Base is incubated within Coinbase and plans to progressively decentralize in the years ahead. We believe that decentralization is critical to creating an open, global crypto economy that is accessible to everyone.
Base is built on Optimism’s open-source OP Stack. We’re joining as the second Core Dev team working on the OP Stack to ensure it’s a public good available to everyone; and contributing a portion of sequencer revenue to funding public goods.
We are looking for a strong Engineering Manager to join as a key member of the Wallet leadership team to bootstrap the development of onchain payments using our Wallet. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in fullstack onchain development, team leadership, and a deep understanding of the onchain payments ecosystem.You will have the opportunity to influence product development and implementation, lead the technical team, and drive innovation in a dynamic, start-up-like environment.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
- Team Leadership: Hire, manage, and build a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of iterative development, efficient execution, and onchain-forward thinking.
- Rapid Prototyping: Rapidly prototype user flows to gain market feedback, adjust accordingly, and productionize code as necessary.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other cross-functional partners to find product-market fit.
- Best Practices: Drive the adoption of engineering best practices, ensuring operational excellence and sound maintenance of legacy code.
- Strategic Insights: Interface with senior leadership to provide strategic insights and regular tactical updates.
- Market Insights: Leverage deep market insights and competitive analyses to pivot the product roadmap and translate changes into code.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with other engineering leaders to align team goals and priorities with broader organizational objectives.
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor and report on key metrics and performance indicators, using data-driven insights to continuously improve processes and outcomes.
- Representation: Serve as a technical spokesperson for the team, representing them in company-wide initiatives and external events in the onchain community.
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
- Experience: 8+ years in software engineering, paired ideally with 2+ years in a leadership position (Founder, CTO, Founding Engineer, etc.) of an onchain start-up.
- Technical Expertise: Strong background in rapid fullstack development
- Mentorship: Ability to level-up and mentor engineers by reviewing pull requests and providing technical guidance.
- Resilience: Exceptional grit and resilience in the face of significant ambiguity, leading the team through periods of uncertainty.
- Product Development: Fluency in product development, business development, market analysis, thought leadership, and other cross-functional skills required of a start-up leader.
- Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and mentor team members.
- Payments Landscape: Deep understanding of the payments product landscape, including existing onchain products and payer/merchant dynamics.
- Onchain Ecosystem: Demonstrated commitment and a deep understanding of the onchain ecosystem, including relevant influencers, thought leaders, podcasters, venture capitalists, conferences, etc.
Job #: GBEM06NA
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