About the job

About Cronos / Cronos Labs

Cronos is the leading blockchain network that interoperates with both Ethereum and Cosmos technology, supporting Decentralized Finance, NFTs and Metaverse. It aims to massively scale the DeFi and decentralized application (Web3) user community, by providing builders with the ability to instantly port apps and crypto assets from other chains while benefiting from low cost, high throughput, and fast finality.

Cronos Labs is the ecosystem accelerator of Cronos chain. It drives the development of Cronos and its ecosystem, deploys a broad range of programs aimed at growing user and developer adoption of Cronos, and incubates selected Dapps in order to bootstrap the Cronos ecosystem.

Since mainnet launch in November 2021, Cronos has surpassed 4 B$ in total Defi asset value and safely processed more than 70 million of network transactions. It is home to more than 500 Web3 projects and close to a million crypto users, growing at a fast pace.

Cronos is an open-source project backed by Crypto.org, Crypto.com, and more than 500 Dapp developers and partners. It is powered by the Cronos ($CRO) cryptocurrency. Together, these partner communities number more than 80 M crypto users.

Role summary

As Engineering Manager at Particle B, you grow and lead one of the most visible and active software development teams in the Web3 ecosystem.

The primary role of the Particle B engineering team is to develop and run innovative DeFi (decentralized finance) and NFT / GameFi applications in order to enrich the Cronos ecosystem. Working with the Head of Product, the engineering team has launched two massively successful products, VVS (decentralized exchange) and Tectonic (decentralized lending), with more products on the roadmap at a pace of 1 new product per month on average.

In the future, the Particle B engineering team will also contribute to protocol development of the Cronos blockchain technology, in cooperation with other teams who maintained and contributed to the Cronos open-source project so far.

Responsibilities

You will:

● Work in close partnership with the Head of Product in order to deliver on the Particle B product roadmap.

● Develop and lead a software engineering team at scale

● Grow the engineering team, fast but sustainably from the ground up. Attracting and coaching talent will remain a constant in this role.

● Maintain a culture of creativity, empowerment and personal development within the engineering team

● Set up the guardrails that allow the team to move fast with high quality.

● Develop standards and procedures to ensure that quality is consistently high

● Work closely with the Cronos and Particle B leadership teams, partnership and marketing teams, and partner teams, to plan and execute the delivery of the product roadmap

Requirements

● 10+ year’s experience leading software engineering teams

● Experience working in globally distributed teams

● Highly structured and strong organizational and leadership skills

● Proven ability to attract, hire and retain world-class engineering talent

● Ability to empower and develop people (managers, team leaders, and engineers)

● Successfully led a team of 30+ engineers and understands scaling challenges

● Seeking to continuously improve the service and technology stack

● High energy, driven, ambitious

● Enthusiasm for the mission, company, and technology. Be knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices

● Exceptionally good written and verbal English communication skills. Ability to provide clarity to all level engineering personnel to ensure that the team you lead understand current priorities and roadmaps, as well as with management to articulate concepts and progress of delivery of strategic roadmaps

● Humble, willing to both give and take direction

Why work at Cronos Labs

Work in a cutting-edge field of Web3 / blockchain, at the forefront of NFT, DeFi and GameFi innovation
Huge responsibilities from Day 1. Be the owner of your own learning curve. The possibilities are limitless and depend on you
Attractive compensation packages
Fully remote, talented international team

Cronos Labs is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an environment where opportunities are presented to everyone in a fair and transparent way. Cronos Labs values diversity and inclusion, seeking candidates with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills that complement and strengthen our team.

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