Engineering Leadership, Ava Labs
$253.5-346.6k
Smart contracts platform for dApps
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Smart contracts platform for dApps
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$253.5-346.6k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance that enables the world to have a more prosperous future.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in blockchain technology and distributed systems, coupled with proven leadership and management experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Deep understanding of blockchain technology, consensus mechanisms, and cryptography
- Strong background in distributed systems and peer-to-peer networks
- Proven track record of leading and growing high-performing engineering teams
- Experience with Golang and/or Rust programming languages
- Solid understanding of software development best practices, including CI/CD, testing, and code review processes
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex technical challenges
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Desirable
- Experience with Avalanche or other high-performance blockchain platforms
- Contributions to open-source blockchain projects
- Knowledge of interoperability protocols and cross-chain communication
- Familiarity with blockchain storage solutions and optimizations
- Understanding of zero-knowledge proofs and other advanced cryptographic techniques
- Experience with EVMs and blockchain SDKs
What the job involves
- We are seeking an exceptional Senior Engineering Manger co-manage our Platform Engineering Group (PEG)
- This role will help oversee critical subteams including Consensus, Cryptography, Avalanche Go, HyperSDK, Virtual Machines, Storage (Firewood), Interoperability, and Primitives
- Co-manage and mentor a team of highly skilled engineers on the Platform Engineering Group (PEG) across multiple specialized subteams
- Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to define and execute the roadmap
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure blockchain solutions
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence
- Manage project timelines, resources, and deliverables across multiple complex workstreams
- Manage OKRs/KPIs, and develop strategies and standards for excellence
- Interface and collaborate with Senior Executives and the C-Suite ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive organizational change where necessary
- Stay abreast of the latest developments in blockchain technology and distributed systems
- Contribute to the broader blockchain community through technical talks and thought leadership
Our take
The highly secure and decentralized nature of blockchain technology makes it an attractive prospect for financial projects - but historically, this has come with a compromise on transaction speed and scalability, with Ethereum and Blockchain speeds barely breaking into double digits per second.
Ava Labs’ open-source platform Avalanche enables companies to launch decentralized applications with all the benefits of blockchain, whilst processing a record-smashing 4,500 transactions per second. The company's strategy has been to tailor its blockchain to specific applications, establishing a reputation in the sector through efficient hard-and-fast use cases with low fees. This has allowed it to operate alongside blockchain giants like Ethereum that hoard large amounts of the DeFi market.
In answering the strong appetite for a cheaper and more scalable blockchain consensus, Ava Labs has found a keen audience, and secured the ability to pursue its goal of opening the space up to more users. The Avalanche platform has become the first to partner with Amazon Web Services, becoming part of a project to bring blockchain technology to government and enterprises. The company also partnered with digital identity verification provider Blockpass, to collaborate towards furthering the safety, security and capabilities of the ecosystem.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2022
$350m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$230m
LATE VC
Total funding: $586m
Company benefits
- 401k (non-matching)
- Commuter Benefits
- Comprehensive Insurance
- Short-term/long-term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Happy Hour Fridays
- Team Activities
- Remote-friendly Networking
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote Friendly
- Volunteer Time-Off
Company HQ
Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Kevin Sekniqi
(COO & Chief Protocol Architect)Former Researcher and Software Engineer at Microsoft and NASA, with a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell.
Emin Gun Sirer
(CEO)Founder of Bloxroute Labs and professor at Cornell for 20 years with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington.
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