Engineering Manager - Staking

Kiln; Paris; Hybride; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading blockchain technology firm in Paris seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team in a remote-first environment. You'll drive performance and technical excellence and influence the future of staking infrastructure. Ideal candidates have at least 5 years of engineering management experience and a strong technical background. This role offers competitive compensation, options for remote work, and significant personal development opportunities.

Prestations

Competitive salary

Flexible remote working

Personal development budget

Equity share options

Qualifications

• 5 years in engineering management with cross-functional teams.
• 2 years managing remote engineering teams.
• Strong technical background and ability to deliver complex projects.

Responsabilités

• Lead and grow a distributed engineering team.
• Ensure delivery of robust systems balancing reliability and speed.
• Collaborate with teams to translate objectives into engineering initiatives.

Connaissances

People management

Technical expertise in backend systems

Effective communication

Team leadership

Project delivery

Formation

Experience in engineering management

Outils

Go

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Description du poste

Full time - Paris or full remote from Western EU

Kiln is now part of the prestigious French Government program #FT120 from La French Tech !

As an Engineering Manager at Kiln you will lead a cross-functional team of SREs backend engineers and blockchain specialists in a remote-first environment. Youll be responsible for both team performance and technical excellence helping shape the future of staking infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Lead mentor and grow a distributed engineering team fostering a strong sense of ownership trust and collaboration across time zones.

Own the delivery of robust secure and scalable systems balancing reliability with rapid iteration in a high-availability blockchain infrastructure context.

Collaborate closely with Product Design and Protocol teams to translate strategic objectives into well-executed engineering initiatives.

Guide architectural and technical decisions particularly in areas involving infrastructure validator orchestration blockchain integrations and distributed systems.

Establish and improve engineering processes ensuring high velocity consistent quality and strong incident management practices.

Support individual growth through regular 1 : 1s performance feedback and clear career development planning.

Hire and onboard top-tier engineering talent contributing to a world-class remote-first engineering culture.

Foster a culture of operational excellence encouraging documentation automation observability and continuous improvement across the delivery pipeline.

Ensure strong communication practices proactively surfacing progress risks and dependencies to internal and external stakeholders.

Stack :

Software : Go TypeScript PostgreSQL REST API

Smart-contract : Solidity Foundry

Infrastructure : GCP AWS Kubernetes

Requirements

5 years of experience in engineering management leading cross-functional backend or infrastructure teams in a fast-paced high-ownership environment.

2 years of experience managing remote engineering teams with the ability to foster collaboration accountability and a sense of belonging.

Excellent people management skills including hiring performance management coaching and career development.

Effective communication and stakeholder alignment with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear business implications and vice versa.

Bias for action and ownership you thrive in environments where initiative and autonomy are expected.

Demonstrated ability to deliver complex technical projects balancing quality reliability and speed in high-availability or mission-critical environments.

Strong technical background in backend systems cloud infrastructure or distributed systems.

Fluent in English written and spoken.

Nice-to-have :

Hands-on experience with Golang for backend or infrastructure services.

Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure particularly :

GCP or AWS for production environments.

Terraform and infrastructure-as-code.

GitOps workflows (e.g. Flux ArgoCD).

Genuine interest in Web3 blockchain cryptocurrency and smart contracts - check our Tech Blog and Open-Source Contribution to open-source projects or active engagement with the blockchain community.

Business-level French.

About Kiln :

Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade rewards platform that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. Our API-first platform provides fully automated validators staking & DeFi protocols access and comprehensive data and commission management.

With $13 billion in crypto assets staked through our platform Kiln has established a strong presence on Ethereum managing over 4.3% of the network through 45000 validators all with zero slashing events.

Kiln serves more than 140 leading customers including Binance BitPanda Bitgo Fireblocks VanEck and TrustWallet.

Our team of 100 ecosystem enthusiasts brings experience from industry leaders like Google Circle Ledger Chainalysis and other prominent technology and cryptocurrency companies.

Weve raised $30M in total funding from prominent investors including 1kx Illuminate Financial Consensys Wintermute Kraken Ventures...

Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure stable decentralized and fair!

How Kiln will support you :

At Kiln our values drive us : Technical Excellence ensures top security and usability; Innovation-Driven Meritocracy elevates groundbreaking ideas; Trust and Transparency build reliability through open communication; and People First keeps our team and clients at the heart of everything we do.

A fast-paced bureaucracy-free work environment

Equity share options in the business : if Kiln succeeds we all succeed!

Competitive salary

Flexible holiday

Flexible remote working

Choose your IT equipment

Internet connection : 50 / month

Significant personal development budget (books training)

Overseas tech conferences budget

Kiln is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We welcome applications from all backgrounds including women or persons with disabilities.

Your interview process

Our thorough process ensures the best fit for both you and Kiln and we strive to make each step valuable and efficient.

First screening with the Engineering Director (50 min)

Technical Interview (60 min)

Management & Values Interview (60 min)

Founders Interview (30 min)

Offer!

Your personal information will be securely stored in our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and will not be shared with external parties. We comply fully with GDPR regulations to protect your data and privacy.

Please note that we do not sponsor visas for persons without work authorization in your location. This role is for full-time employees only (no B2B or contractors). Thank you!

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1