Engineering Manager, Product

Summary

Join Zora, a revolutionary on-chain social network, as an experienced engineering manager to lead a core product engineering team. You will oversee the development and delivery of our protocol, API, and web and mobile applications, directly impacting millions of users. Responsibilities include building and growing a full-stack engineering team, driving engineering excellence, managing incoming requests, maintaining team awareness, contributing code, creating team stability, owning hiring and development of top talent, and working effectively with cross-functional partners. The ideal candidate possesses 6+ years of engineering experience, 2+ years of management experience leading consumer-facing product teams, a strong technical background in building scalable APIs, and proven success in building high-performing teams. The position requires exceptional communication and prioritization skills and is based in a U.S. time zone. Zora offers top-quality medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible time off, a new Macbook Pro, and equity.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as an engineer
• 2+ years of experience as a manager leading a consumer-facing product team
• Strong technical background building APIs at scale (and ideally applications as well)
• Proven track record of working effectively with cross-functional partners like product and design
• Experience recruiting and scaling engineering teams in high-growth environments
• Exceptional communication and prioritization skills
• Demonstrated success in building teams that deliver consistently to external users
• U.S. time zone

Responsibilities

• Build and grow a full-stack team of engineers focused on shipping a high-quality product quickly and thoughtfully
• Drive engineering excellence in maintainability, performance, and attention to detail, balancing pragmatism and polish
• Triage incoming asks, considering tradeoffs with product and organizational context
• Maintain awareness of team status and capacity, escalating blockers and other issues across projects early
• Contribute code for complex features and bugs as needed
• Create stability and clarity within the team and across the org in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment
• Own hiring and developing top technical talent for your team

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience building on top of blockchains
• Deep technical expertise in Python, GraphQL, and MongoDB
• Comfort moving across the stack when needed (TypeScript/React/Next and Solidity)
• Experience operating within high-ambiguity startup environments
• Strong product intuition and a keen eye for design

Benefits

• ZORA provides top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible time-off policy
• A new Macbook Pro for full-time employees
• Employees also receive equity