API & SDK Lead

Mintlayer; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Fitness & wellness programs

Relocation support

Flexible working across on-site,hybrid

Global team meetups

Job summary

Mintlayer is seeking a results-driven API product manager/SDK engineer to lead the MWS developer experience. You will own the API and SDK roadmap, design decisions, versioning, and deprecation policies, ensuring a smooth production path for developers.

You will collaborate with architects, infrastructure, and developer relations to ship robust RESTful, WebSocket, and RPC patterns, and to maintain high-quality docs and quick-start guides for scalable integration.

Qualifications

• 4+ years API product management or SDK engineering experience.
• Experience shipping developer-facing APIs used at scale in production.
• Deep understanding of REST, WebSocket, and blockchain RPC patterns.
• User empathy for developer experience and documentation quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the MWS API and SDK product roadmap, design decisions, versioning strategy and deprecation policies.
• Lead API design for RESTful endpoints, WebSocket event schemas, and blockchain RPC integration patterns.
• Build and maintain the MWS SDK across supported languages.
• Own the MWS developer documentation, quick-start to production path, and integration support function.
• Define API performance and reliability standards with the infrastructure team.
• Coordinate with Developer Relations Lead on joint developer education content.

Skills

API product management

SDK engineering

Developer experience

REST/WebSocket RPC patterns

Tools

REST API

WebSocket

Blockchain RPC

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Third-party adoption of Mintlayer s tokenization infrastructure is gated entirely by the quality of the developer experience The API and SDK Lead owns the developer-facing layer of MWS the design the SDK the documentation and integration support taking personal responsibility for whether developers succeed or abandon the product

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Own the MWS API and SDK product roadmap design decisions versioning strategy and deprecation policies
• Lead API design for new MWS capabilities RESTful endpoints WebSocket event schemas and blockchain RPC integration patterns
• Build and maintain the MWS SDK across supported languages
• Own the MWS developer documentation completeness accuracy and the quick-start to production path
• Develop and operate the MWS developer integration support function
• Define API performance and reliability standards with the infrastructure team
• Coordinate with the Developer Relations Lead on joint developer education content

BENEFITS

• Health amp Prevention Comprehensive high-tier medical insurance with a focus on preventative medicine annual executive health screenings and diagnostic check-ups
• Fitness amp Wellness Programs Monthly fitness allowances for premier gyms and studios plus internal wellness initiatives including yoga ergonomics workshops and stress management
• Competitive Compensation Salary paid in your choice of fiat Bitcoin or stablecoins ML token allocation and vesting for senior roles
• Relocation Support Full assistance with UAE residency visas and relocation to Abu Dhabi for on-site roles We handle the paperwork
• Flexible Working Structured flexibility across on-site hybrid and fully remote roles Core overlap hours respected across time zones
• Global Team Meetups Periodic gatherings with the full team around the world The remote team is never remote from the culture

4+ years API product management or SDK engineering Experience shipping developer-facing APIs used at scale in production Deep understanding of REST, WebSocket, and blockchain RPC patterns User empathy for developer experience has felt the pain of poor documentation firsthand