Front-End Manager (Web & API)

Position Overview

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

BitMEX is a globally leading exchange for crypto derivatives, providing traders with a professional-grade trading platform. Established in 2014, BitMEX boasts an impeccable security record with “no coin lost, ever!”. Our platform offers low latency, deep liquidity, and maximum availability for cryptocurrency derivatives traders. BitMEX features over 100 derivatives contracts, 16 spot trading pairs, and an easy conversion function for more than 30 cryptocurrencies. In 2015, BitMEX innovated the market with the Perpetual Swap, now the most traded crypto product. Committed to transparency, BitMEX has been a pioneer in regularly publishing its on-chain Proof of Reserves and Proof of Liabilities since 2021, ensuring funds available exceed total client balances. For more information on BitMEX, company initiatives, and products, please visit the BitMEX Blog or www.bitmex.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, Discord, Telegram, and X.

As the Product Engineering Manager, you will build and manage a team of Full Stack Web Engineers working on the BitMEX.com website, APIs, and mobile applications. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Affiliates, other Product Engineering teams, and other technical teams to execute BitMEX’s retail strategy, delivering a seamless and engaging user experience across all customer touchpoints. Your role will be instrumental in perpetuating BitMEX’s reputation as pioneers and disruptors in the finance industry. In essence, you will reinvent, redesign, and redefine the BitMEX UI in close collaboration with the Retail Growth team.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development:
  • Manage a team of 10-15 full-stack engineers.
  • Foster a high-performance culture.
  • Hire and mentor new team members.
• Product Development:
  • Collaborate with Sales stakeholders, Product Managers, and other tech departments at BitMEX to define and oversee the development of an exciting and cohesive crypto experience for both retail and sophisticated traders.
• Technical Leadership:
  • Lead the technical initiatives associated with product development.
  • Collaboratively execute development with your team.
  • Work with other Product Engineering squads and tech departments to establish engineering best practices, continuously modernize, elevate technological and customer experience standards, and enhance the efficiency of delivering world-class financial products that set new market benchmarks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience beyond an advanced degree in Computer Science.
• Experience building, managing, and coaching a team of frontend/backend/mobile software engineers and designers.
• Proven expertise with NodeJS and React.
• Experience collaborating with Product Managers and project managing.