About us
Fuel is building a highperformance blockchain operating system that provides high throughput without sacrificing decentralization or security. Our project is a fullstack solution that lets anyone deploy a Fuel chain using any configuration they would like (Rollup on Ethereum Sovereign chain Appchain etc.). Currently our focus is to launch an Ethereum rollup to help scale Ethereum beyond its current capacity.
Were looking for an Engineering Manager to support our CTO in leading the Core teams.
Core currently includes Client Sway SDK and Tooling.
Our ideal candidate is a former developer or EM with experience in Web3 and blockchains a passion for people and smooth delivery and a track record of successfully integrating in the culture and bringing teams to perform at their best. Our engineering culture is very specific and one of the main drivers of our success. Our new EM will need to vibe with the nuances while supporting the growth of everyone around them.
Areas of Ownership
Staffing
- Short Term: Reshuffling staffing as teams move onto and off of projects
- Long Term: Hiring planning and budgeting aligned with product priorities
Feedback Development and Performance
- Clearly setting expectations for devs at various levels of the organization
- Communicating great work and areas of improvement
- Aligning performance with:
- The needs of the individual dev
- The needs of the organization
- Defining and helping teammembers to achieve personal development goals
- Supporting and following up with team members career progression
Clarifying Tracking and Communicating Team Plans
- Working with leads to turn plans into general dependencies order of operations and rough to specific timelines given the nature of the work
- Converting plans into digestible and understandable documents for communication throughout the organization
- Tracking progress to plans escalating issues and unblocking teams that need help to achieve organizational goals
- Communication with the rest of the org
- Planning of minioffsites to work on specific critical deliverables
- Coordination with other leaders across the organization
Requirements
- A senior leader with 510 years of experience
- Experience working successfully on complex infrastructure projects (preferably sensitive distributed systems)
- Experience or strong interest with Rust
- Experience in OS projects and community
- Experience building highrisk software applications
Traits We Look For:
- Respect
- Understanding of the skillsets and the challenges that go with building Core
- Not overly agreeable
- Cultural / Experience Background
- Experience shipping stable foundational technology (vs instable saas for example)
- Experience with systems that have high uptime SLAs
- Open source community experience
- High performing with low ego
Compensation & Package
Base Salary Equity (Token allocation)
This role is fully remote Globally.