Lead a full-stack engineering team, drive engineering excellence, manage hiring, and ensure high-quality product delivery. Contribute code and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
About Us:
Zora is a new kind of on-chain social network where you can express yourself freely, connect with others, and discover the value of your imagination. We believe that by using crypto, we can enable a more equitable system for creators, fundamentally rediscovering the power of the internet.
We’re working tirelessly to make Zora available to as many people as possible with a simple, fun, and rewarding consumer app. Our mission is to make creating on the internet free and valuable.
About The Role:We’re looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead our core platform engineering team, responsible for shipping our API, indexer, infrastructure, and dev tools. Your work will directly impact millions of users interacting with our products, and help secure over $500m of trading volume across the internet.
What You'll Do:- Build and grow a full-stack team of engineers focused on shipping a high-quality platform at scale
- 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
- 6+ years of experience as an engineer (this is a hands-on role!)
- 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 teams and external developer teams
- 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
- US / EU Time zone
- 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
At Zora, we carefully consider a variety of factors to determine compensation for each position, including the role, level, and work. The US base salary range for this position is:
- Pay Range: $221,000 - $275,000 base salary + equity
This reflects the compensation target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note, the compensation details provided do not include benefits and perks that we offer.
We also rely on market indicators along with considering your work location, job related skills, experience and relevant education and training, to determine compensation that is fair and competitive for you. Zora will consider paying compensation near the higher of the range in exceptional circumstances, where candidates have the experience, credentials or expertise that would warrant such consideration. It is always our goal to hire exceptional talent and we would be happy to share more about compensation during the hiring process.
Zora is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation.
Why Join Us?
- Remote-First Culture: Work from anywhere in the world!
- Competitive Compensation: Including salary, pre-IPO stock options, token compensation, and additional financial incentives
- Comprehensive Benefits: Robust healthcare options, including fully covered medical, dental, and vision for employees
- Health & Wellness: Free memberships to One Medical, Teladoc, and Health Advocate
- Unlimited Time Off: Flexible vacation policies, company holidays, and recharge weeks to prioritize wellness
- Home Office Reimbursement: To cover home office items, monthly home internet, and monthly cell phone (if applicable)
- Ease of Life Reimbursement: To cover everything from an Uber home in the rain, childcare, or meal delivery
- Career Development: Access to mentorship, training, and opportunities to grow your career
- Inclusive Environment: A culture dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Zora is remote-first and international. Our headquarters are the internet and we have employees all over the world. We’re currently in Atlanta, Berlin, Lisbon, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Sydney, and Vancouver.
Top Skills
GraphQL
MongoDB
Next
Python
React
Solidity
Typescript
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