Head of dApps Engineering

Skills

About the Role

You will own the end-to-end engineering delivery of MANTRA-built applications, including regulated finance products and permissionless ecosystem products. You will lead engineering squads, set engineering processes and quality standards, mentor front-end, Solidity, and full-stack engineers, and turn product roadmaps into execution plans with milestones. You will guide smart-contract architecture, ensure secure and audited contract delivery, coordinate integrations with backend, indexing, and subgraph teams, and implement testing, CI/CD, security, and monitoring practices. You will also work with the CTO on technical strategy, architecture, and team scaling.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 4 years of blockchain or Web3 experience.
• Leadership experience managing engineering teams or multi-squad structures.
• dApp development experience across UX, front-end frameworks, smart contracts, and integrations.
• Solidity experience with contracts deployed in production.
• Ability to operate in high-velocity environments with tight execution expectations.
• Knowledge of security, testing, and reliability best practices.
• Ability to work with distributed teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams responsible for MANTRA-built dApps across regulated and permissionless product lines.
• Establish engineering processes, standards, code-quality expectations, and SDLC discipline across squads.
• Manage and mentor front-end engineers, Solidity engineers, and full-stack developers.
• Translate product roadmap items into engineering execution plans with clear milestones.
• Review and guide Solidity smart-contract architecture for DEXs, vaults, and related systems.
• Ensure secure, high-quality, audited smart-contract delivery.
• Coordinate with backend, indexing, and subgraph teams on integration with chain data and infrastructure.
• Build, scale, and manage engineering squads internally and through external partners.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD, security, and monitoring practices across dApps.
• Work with the CTO on long-term architecture, technical strategy, and team scaling.