Engineering Manager
Remote
Full Time
#Cryptocurrency
#Engineering
#Finance
#Software Architecture
#Distributed Systems
#Security
#Git
#CI CD
#Observability
#Splunk
#Datadog
#Leadership
Working At Bitso
We are a diverse team that takes pride in understanding the perspectives of others. We fully embrace working remotely and we are eager to act, improve and accelerate progress inside and outside of our organization.
To drive revolutionary changes in society and make crypto useful, we delight our customers with world-class products, deep care, and intentional empathy.
Your Purpose
As a leader, you will oversee a team of highly talented engineers around the globe, fostering a two-way exchange of knowledge. You will collaborate closely with multiple teams throughout Bitso, allowing you to exert significant influence both within and outside your team. Your software engineering skills will be invaluable in guiding teams to build software here. While we embrace a security by design mindset, delivering software in the correct cadence is essential to making an impact. Your analytical, data-driven, security-oriented abilities and experience with software architecture tradeoffs will contribute to your success.
Reports To
Director of Engineering
Who You Are
- Passionate about cryptocurrency.
- Possesses a high degree of responsibility, organization, and discipline.
- Exhibits exceptional attention to detail.
- Demonstrates 2+ years of leadership experience, including managing and mentoring technical and product-oriented teams.
- Displays exceptional oral and written communication skills, and can convey complex security concepts to diverse audiences, including technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Possesses excellent time and project management skills, with a proven ability to lead complex security initiatives and deliver results within set deadlines.
- Eager and comfortable with building and scaling teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Exhibits a strong ability to negotiate deliverables and trade-offs with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrates proficiency in distributed systems, and can leverage this expertise to guide team decisions towards simplicity and long-term robustness.
- Possesses extensive experience and knowledge of remote work and can effectively maintain asynchronous discussions and checkpoints with teams and stakeholders.
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Datadog).
- Experience working with Git and automated CI/CD tools.
- Available to work full-time.
- Proficient in English.
Nice to Have
The following qualifications are not mandatory but would be valuable:
- You've got experience working with Java 8+
- You know your way around Kubernetes, GRPC, and REST
- You've led multiple teams before
- You've got knowledge or experience in the finance industry
- You've got knowledge or experience with data architecture systems, like data lakes, data ingestion, cleansing, and data governance
- You've led engineering communities, like guilds
What You Will Do
- Guide the team's advancement by refining the organizational structure, which includes establishing on-call schedules, career development pathways, and other essential operational procedures.
- Elevate the overall security and quality of our systems by spearheading initiatives that implement best practices, align with established software engineering standards, and ensure effective communication with middle management and executive leadership.
- Mentor team members to deliver features within appropriate context and a well-balanced approach to speed and scope definition.
- Guide your team toward success by maintaining honesty and directness with team members, providing them with reliable leadership.
- Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to align project scope and delivery plans.
- Pitch your team's roadmap and deliverables to middle management and executives.
Your Team
You will lead a team full of engineers that vary in seniority from medium to staff levels. Quite often you will have engineer managers as your peers as well as product managers.
Research in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion suggests that individuals may hesitate to apply for jobs if they do not meet all the listed criteria. At Bitso, we value diversity and your unique strengths could be just what we're looking for. If this role excites you but you don't match every point in the description, we still want to hear from you.
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Who We Are
With over 9 million users, Bitso is the leading cryptocurrency platform in Latin America. We are developing the cryptocurrency ecosystem in the region and enabling financial inclusion. We believe crypto is the future of finance, and we’re committed to making it useful by providing equal access to safe and intuitive financial products.
When we hire people for our team, we specifically test for the following traits in addition to our cultural values:
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Mission-Driven: We seek individuals who are passionate about crypto and Bitso’s mission and resilient in facing industry challenges
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High Sense of Urgency: We prioritize candidates who demonstrate a high sense of urgency and responsibility.
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Exceptional Hard Skills: We seek individuals who possess exceptional skills in their respective fields, with no room for mediocrity.
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Self-Management: We look for individuals who can independently manage their work, career, and professional development.
Compensation & Benefits
At Bitso, you are taking the front seat on the edge of crypto innovation, creating the next generation of crypto-powered products.
So for those willing to commit, adapt and pioneer the most important change of the century we offer:
- Me Time program, including unlimited paid time off.
- Remote-first work environment.
- Employee Stock Option program.
- Zero trading fees through our Bitso Alpha app.
- Extended Family Leave Policy: all birthing parents, non-birthing parents and adopting parents are eligible for a 4-months leave.
- Premium health, dental and life insurances in Mexico, Gibraltar, Colombia, USA, Brazil and Argentina.
- Monthly stipend for gym memberships, relaxation activities, sports equipment, cooking classes, books, entertainment and more.
Want to leave an undoubtedly legacy with us? Fasten your seatbelt and join this spaceship, where you will find exponential growth and the opportunity to thrive!
- These are the applicable requisites, although equivalent competencies in any of the above will also be considered.
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