Engineering Manager

Founded in 2021, Layer Zero’s vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. With Layer Zero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.

We are funded by the best investors in the world including: a16z, Sequoia, Pay Pal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi Digital, and many more.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Backend engineering teams 'll own the people, process, and technical direction for systems handling some of the highest-stakes infrastructure in Web3, while staying technical enough that your engineers actually want your opinion on their architecture.

You came up as an engineer and haven't fully stepped away from it. You'll lead backend teams day-to-day while staying close enough to the work to shape real technical decisions.

• You lead by doing. When a hard distributed systems problem surfaces, you're in it with your team, not just assigning it.
• You run architecture and design reviews and can defend a technical position when it matters.
• You recruit, develop, and retain strong backend engineers and build a team culture around ownership and craft.
• You work with engineering leadership and other stakeholders to turn roadmap into execution.
• You spot blockers early, whether technical, process, or organizational, and deal with them before they compound.
• You hold a high bar for code quality and system reliability.

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience with 2+ years managing engineering teams in a fast-moving or production-critical environment.
• Deep experience building and scaling distributed systems, and can get into the weeds on architecture when needed.
• Proficiency in backend languages like Type Script; comfortable operating across the stack.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS for deploying and scaling production systems.
• You've grown engineers through direct feedback and creating space for real ownership.
• Strong conviction in your technical decisions, but you build alignment rather than push through.
• Previous experience with blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and decentralized finance is a strong plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Layer Zero Labs is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Layer Zero Labs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.