Software Engineering Manager L5

Summary

Join CoinGecko, a leading cryptocurrency data platform, as an Engineering Leader. You will oversee team growth, operational excellence, and service reliability. Responsibilities include talent management, resource allocation, and developing technical roadmaps. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software development experience, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. CoinGecko offers a remote-work-friendly environment with flexible hours and comprehensive benefits, including insurance, bonuses, and allowances for meals, parking, and professional development.

Requirements

• Have up to 10 years of software development or a similar line of work, and experience in managing multiple contributors and internal stakeholders
• Have strong business acumen and hands-on contributions in change management for mid-to-large sized teams
• Has working knowledge with financial markets, blockchains and cryptocurrency ecosystem
• Is a power user and advocate of CoinGecko products
• Have expertise in software development techniques and tools to discern and lead improvements in entire workflows
• Outstanding communicator who is able to build positive working relationships between teams and form relationships with key customers
• Applies effective techniques to engage and elicit feedback from individual contributors and executives to build people-centric solutions
• Strong sense of leadership and empathy for entire teams
• Experienced in advocating change and influencing changes across the department
• Experienced implementing growth-driven strategies in all areas of work
• Actively involved in hiring and onboarding staff, as well as offboarding and developing improvement plans for individual contributors
• Have experience in developing people-centric initiatives and close collaboration with human resources
• Work on open-ended business interests across multiple domains and contributing by defining key results and developing department-wide roadmaps
• Solve hard problems with many constraints, using sound judgment to assess risks and present arguments in a well-structured, data-backed, written narrative
• Have passion, creativity and empathy in everyday work

Responsibilities

• Review and co-own delivery metrics for the engineering function
• Raise the standards of delivery by developing improvement plans closely aligned with company goals and industry best practices
• Plan and allocate resources effectively across multiple projects to ensure efficiency and scalability
• Oversee talent acquisition, including leading hiring sprints with recruiters, upskilling, and team welfare
• Lead department-wide feedback sessions to improve rapport between individual contributors and managers
• Build relationships with interest groups and represent the company at events and other external settings
• Extend, update, and review team assets, including career development plans, wikis, operational dashboards, and playbooks to facilitate collaboration and communication within the team and with stakeholders
• Collaborate with stakeholders and executive management to define goals, metrics, and benchmarks that align the team’s output with company objectives
• Communicate team progress, insights, key challenges, and resolutions to business stakeholders
• Work closely with other engineering leaders to influence resource planning and ensure the team is properly equipped to meet project demands
• Implement and oversee hiring, probation, and performance improvement plans in accordance with company policies
• Ensure alignment of staffing needs with HR and recruiting partners and maintain timely feedback loops during the hiring process to engage candidates effectively
• Align workflows to support service reliability, compliance, and software upgrades
• Develop and lead technical roadmaps and improvement plans to enhance reliability and meet the team’s objectives
• Oversee incident recovery processes, ensuring continuous improvement and swift resolution
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies to improve the team’s skills and productivity
• Lead R&D efforts to explore new technologies, and implement training and reskilling initiatives aligned with strategic projects
• Develop and lead people-centric initiatives focused on upskilling and innovation that contribute to team growth and the overall organization’s success
• Craft proposals that support research, development, and cultural improvement across the engineering function
• Support any ad hoc tasks as required by the company

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a growth-to-late stage startups or tech enterprises
• Keen interest in decentralized tech and disruptive technologies

Benefits

• Remote Work Flexibility : Work wherever you feel most productive. We also provide office space in 1Powerhouse (Malaysia) and WeWork (Singapore) if you ever feel like meeting your colleagues in person
• Flexible Working Hours : No 9-5 structure, work the hours you need to get your tasks done
• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage : We provide life, medical, and critical illness insurance
• Virtual Share Options : You'll be entitled to virtual options, with terms and conditions
• Bonus : You’ll be entitled to a bonus, with terms and conditions
• Parking Allowance : You will be given a monthly fixed allowance of RM 150 or SGD 100 to ease the cost of traveling
• Meal Allowance : You will be given a monthly fixed allowance of RM600 or SGD400 to subsidize the cost of your meals
• Learning Allowance : You will be allocated an annual budget of USD500 (claim basis) to help you continuously learn in the pursuit of your professional and personal development
• Social Activity Allowance : Want to set a date to watch a movie or play futsal with your colleagues? Get it organized and we subsidize a portion (claim basis) of the cost
• Annual Company Offsite : We gather once a year to meet each other in person, reflect on the year, and partake in social activities!