Software Engineering Manager M/F

Kiln makes blockchain infrastructure simple for investors and developers and accelerates the decentralization of the web.

The start-up manages over 16,000 validators with $1,5B of assets under management. We deploy our validators on 3 different clouds around the world.

Kiln’s SaaS platform supports the most important Web3 projects. That includes Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot, Cosmos and Tezos. Kiln deals with infrastructure, security and software topics on a daily basis.

The team is made up of ecosystem enthusiasts formerly employed at Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, Polygon and others.

If your goal is to make the web more secure, stable, decentralized and fair, join Kiln.
We’ve just raised our Series A - 17M$ !

1) Lead and mentor a software engineering team

• Organize and manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

• Drive technical excellence in engineering practices

• Participate in architectural design and decision-making

• Lead sprint planning and daily stand-up meetings

• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure alignment on product vision and execution

2 ) Helping grow the Team

• Everyone on the early team plays an important role in attracting, closing, and growing other talented team members

• Take an active part in hiring interviews

• Make sure each Kilner of the team is in a positive mindset (1o1s, support, training)

Our stack

• Solidity for smart contract development

• Software in Golang with Javascript and Typescript

• Communication between services is done using HTTP Rest and most of our databases are backed by PostgreSQL

• Everything runs in EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) on AWS

• Check our tech blog.

Don’t censor yourself: get in touch even if you’re not matching 100% of these points.

Skills & Background

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 1+ year in Golang

• At least 2 years in a leadership or management role

• Proven interest in blockchain technology

Ideally :

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup/scaleup environment (<100 people)

• Experience in fintech, blockchain, or crypto companies

• Exposure to architectural patterns, distributed systems, and related problematics

• Experience designing, building, and deploying user-facing, infrastructure-related, or API-based products

Soft skills :

• A growth mindset focused on continuous improvement and learning

• Contagious excitement and enthusiasm for the work

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members.

What we offer

• Equity Share Options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!

• Competitive Salary

• Unlimited holiday

• Flexible/remote working

• Significant personal development and wellness budget

• Recruiter Phone screen (40 min) with Myriam

• Take-home case study (<2h)

• Technical interview (1h30 min) with our CPO & head of Infra

• Product & Cultural fit (45min) with our COO & Product Manager

• Meeting with our founder Laszlo (30 min)

• Offer