Engineering Manager, Tokenization
Skills
About the Role
You will lead a team of engineers to design, build, and operate tokenization and real-world-asset (RWA) infrastructure. You will participate in technical planning, translate product requirements into technical solutions, contribute code, recruit and coach engineers, and ensure production readiness, security, and high throughput for blockchain integrations.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, focused on building and maintaining robust APIs and SDKs for B2B integration
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing staff and principal-level engineers
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering OR equivalent experience
- Proven track record of managing teams that delivered complex, production-grade blockchain or financial products
- Golang (Go) expertise, idiomatic Go experience
- Familiarity with TypeScript and React for frontend services and dashboarding
- Expertise in smart contract development (Solidity, Rust, or Go-based chaincode)
- Experience with token standards such as ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-1155, and ERC-1400
- Knowledge of on-chain transaction flows, minting/burning logic, and oracle integration
- Understanding of RWA lifecycle, custody solutions, multi-signature architectures, and MPC
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for digital securities including KYC/AML triggers on-chain
- Experience building and managing mission-critical backend ledger/accounting systems
- Experience with distributed system design and messaging frameworks (e.g., Kafka, NATS, ZeroMQ)
- Expertise in writing highly concurrent, multi-threaded code and optimizing for high-throughput environments
Responsibilities
- Lead development of tokenization products and features
- Partner with product and program managers to plan and execute the tokenization roadmap
- Translate product requirements into technical solutions including smart contract logic and asset lifecycle management
- Collaborate with other engineering managers to drive the technical roadmap
- Support the engineering team to achieve technical excellence in blockchain development and integration
- Manage engineering processes to improve team effectiveness and cross-team interfaces
- Recruit, coach, and develop engineers specializing in smart contracts and distributed ledger technology
- Establish career development plans for engineers in the digital asset space
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of the management team
- Participate in technical, design, and product discussions with cross-functional leaders
- Work with stakeholders to define the team vision in the tokenization ecosystem
- Oversee project success and achieve measurable results for asset issuance and throughput
- Introduce engineering patterns and practices for RWA systems
- Make regular development contributions to maintain codebase competency
Benefits
- Healthcare insurance covering roughly 100% of employee premiums and a portion of spouse/children
- Vision & Dental Insurance
- Mental Health and Wellness Program
- Equity Ownership and Early Exercise
- Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Educational budget of USD 1000
- WFH stipend of USD 500
- WeWork All Access Membership
- Visa Sponsorship
- 401k
