Engineering Manager, Privy

About Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. We build simple, flexible developer tooling that make it easy to build products that put users first. By leveraging modern cryptography, we shift the status quo around digital ownership and protect the accounts and assets of millions of users.

Learn more about Privy:

• Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone

Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.

What you’ll do

As an Engineering Manager at Privy, you will lead, grow, and shape high-performing engineering teams that make a massive impact on our product and industry. We value the unique strengths of every person and we are deeply grateful for the time we spend together building something greater than ourselves: we wake up every day driven to show up for our team.

We believe that excellence in management is why our team loves working at Privy. Incredible managers are the core driver behind Privy’s long-term success: they are force multipliers, performance coaches, culture-carriers. They build the scaffolding that supports the team and each individual’s greatest impact. They shape Privy to be the place where each person gets to do the very best work of their careers.

Responsibilities

• Own long-term team outcomes and success of Privy’s product and business
• Hold the team accountable to excellence in quality, throughput, and performance
• Coach engineers over time towards growth and their career goals
• Build a supportive, fun, motivating, celebratory team culture so that the team wins every week
• Define roles that lean into the unique “spikes” of each individual
• Ensure the team is working on the right scope of work and projects, and build interfaces with other parts of the org
• Review PRs and design docs to stay close to the metal and fill gaps as a player-coach
• Partner with the team’s Tech Lead to drive successful engineering and product outcomes

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• Performance-oriented mindset, with a high bar for quality and excellence
• Deep ownership and a high-level perspective on driving business impact
• Technical excellence to be able to independently evaluate quality and technical feedback
• High emotional maturity, insightfulness, and care
• Strong past experience as a manager – excellent management takes reps

Preferred qualifications

• Published about your work (code, presentations, papers, blog posts, etc.)
• Preference for experience in an API-based business and in payments, fintech, or crypto.