Technical Lead, Institutional

Blockchain.com is the world's leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• You will be responsible for leading and growing the Singapore engineering team of SREs and developers that delivers the user experience for our Institutional platform
• Lead and work closely with Engineers to develop innovative software solutions for our global cryptocurrencies institutional businesses and operations
• The institutional team is split between the UK and Singapore. You will act as a bridge to the UK engineering team, fostering communication, collaboration across locations and continuous improvement. 
• Opportunity to travel to collaborate with colleagues in our UK and other international offices (depending on business needs)
• Actively support the design and development processes, and building high-performance solutions based on our company standards and general best practices
• Scale and up-skill the engineering team 
• Accelerate delivery and increase quality by making smart infrastructure and process investments and tradeoffs
• You will work across the organization with product, engineering, trading and middle office teams to deliver the institutional product roadmap and guide decisions on architecture, system design, and technical strategy
• You will be a hands-on manager, responsible for inspiring, managing, and providing constructive feedback to direct reports
• Provide hands-on SRE support when needed, troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues
• As an engineering leader and manager at Blockchain you will be responsible for ensuring proper planning and delivery of complex projects, setting clear goals and best practices for your team, delivering timely feedback and helping recruit great engineers

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Proven experience leading and managing a team of engineers, including both SREs and developers
• Strong technical expertise in SRE principles and practices, with experience in infrastructure management, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), CI/CD, DB (preferably MySQL and/or PostgreSql) and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Strong python hands-on experience with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues
• Prior leadership, management, and coaching skills through experience as an engineering manager. This should include experience building and leading productive, high functioning teams
• Built, shipped, and scaled consumer facing, software products with at least two successful product launches to speak of
• Active participation in a team’s career development, having managed engineers and manager’s performance with proper mentorship and coaching
• The highest of standards regarding security practices and a desire to mentor your team on keeping our user base safe
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and short release cycles
• Desire to foster a hardworking, collaborative and creative team culture in one of the most challenging and dynamic industries in tech

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Competitive full time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company 
• On-site 3 days per week: awesome office location in the heart of Singapore 
• Work from Anywhere policies 
• Excellent health insurance with international coverage for yourself and dependents based in Singapore
• Unlimited paid time off policy; work hard and take time off when you need it 
• Apple equipment provided by the company
• Bi-yearly performance reviews and regular 1:1 sessions for professional development
• Flexible work culture