Engineering Manager

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Shakepay is dedicated to revolutionizing financial services in Canada, focusing on making Bitcoin accessible and secure for Canadians. They’ve built the Shakepay app and launched the Shakepay Card to facilitate Bitcoin adoption and savings. With a strong regulatory foundation and a growing community, they are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of passionate developers.

Company Information

• About Shakepay: Since 2015, Shakepay has been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning Bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, they launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn Bitcoin rewards when they shop. They are regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories and backed by $44M in funding from renowned venture capitalists.

Engineering Manager - Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Management: Ensure engineers are productive, happy, learning, and doing meaningful work.
• Project Coordination: Coordinate and direct projects, creating detailed plans to achieve technical and product goals.
• Analysis & Planning: Analyze technology, resource needs, and market demand to plan and assess project feasibility.
• Talent Acquisition: Interview and hire the best software engineers.
• Mentorship: Mentor engineers and support their career development.
• Team Leadership: Lead a multi-discipline engineering team working on complex, full-stack projects with significant company-wide impact.
• Framework Development: Build or integrate frameworks promoting experimentation and safe release of new features for mobile and web applications.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with product, design, legal, and customer support teams.
• Hands-on Contribution: Review code and contribute to the team's efforts through coding.
• Team Culture: Contribute to the team's culture through participation in Slack channels.

Requirements

• Experience: Approximately 10 years in software engineering, with 5+ years in management or leadership roles.
• Leadership Skills: Strong leadership and team-building skills, with experience in high-growth environments.
• Communication Skills: Excellent collaboration and communication abilities to align cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

• Technical Skills:
  • Experience with Node.js, Typescript, React-Native, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Datadog
  • Experience with building financial applications.
• Domain Knowledge: Bitcoin knowledge.

Application Instructions

• Interested candidates should apply through Shakepay's career page.
• Note: Salary information is not provided in the job description.