Engineering Team Lead
Alpen Labs develops Alpen, an EVM-compatible Bitcoin validity rollup and testnet for building Bitcoin-native financial applications. The platform enables developers to deploy smart contracts and build applications involving BTC lending, payments, vaults, and other programmable financial use cases.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
Funding history
About Alpen Labs
Alpen Labs operates and develops Alpen, a work-in-progress EVM-compatible validity rollup on Bitcoin. Alpen uses Bitcoin for consensus and data availability and provides a testnet, block and checkpoint explorers, developer documentation, RPC access, smart-contract deployment guidance, and node-operation materials. Its platform targets developers and teams building Bitcoin-native financial applications, with support for EVM tooling, account abstraction, BTC bridging, and programmable BTC transactions.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
Lead a high-impact engineering team delivering production-grade protocol infrastructure. Set technical direction, guide architecture and planning, contribute to the codebase, mentor engineers, run performance reviews, hire and onboard team members, and collaborate with product and protocol stakeholders on roadmap priorities.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience including 2+ years in a technical management role
- Experience with Rust
- Experience with EVM-compatible chains and L2 technologies
- Strong experience with systems programming using Rust, Go, or similar and/or full-stack development
- Experience contributing to open source projects or building public-facing developer tools
- Experience leading projects from architecture to deployment in fast-paced environments
- Experience with crypto, distributed systems, infrastructure, reliability, and performance
- Appreciation for developer experience and clear documentation
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of engineers working on core infrastructure and protocol components
- Set and uphold engineering best practices including code quality, testing, and documentation
- Collaborate with product, protocol, and infrastructure teams to define and deliver roadmap priorities
- Participate in architecture design and technical planning across the stack
- Coach engineers, support career growth, and lead performance reviews
- Hire and onboard new engineers
- Ensure the team is focused, unblocked, and shipping high-impact work on time
Benefits
- Professional development and learning resources to support learning and growth
- Resources and tools necessary for productivity
