Backend Engineering Manager for Scalable Web3 Payments

deCircle; New York (NY); On-site; Full time

Job description

At fun.xyz, we are building the infrastructure powering the next generation of internet-native financial systems. Our platform enables seamless onboarding, payments, and money movement across both traditional and blockchain-based financial ecosystems.

We're looking for a Backend Engineering Manager to lead and scale our backend infrastructure team. This high-impact role reports to the CTO with significant opportunity to shape our technical architecture and engineering culture as we scale.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Backend Engineering Manager to lead and scale our backend infrastructure team. This high-impact role reports to the CTO with significant opportunity to shape our technical architecture and engineering culture as we scale.

You will be drive technical excellence while building a high-performing team - ensuring we deliver robust, scalable backend systems that power seamless Web3 payments. This role is perfect for a crypto-native engineering leader who excels at balancing technical depth with people management

Responsibilities

• Own the overall output of the backend engineering team - deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure that supports our growing Web3 payments platform

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning

• Collaborate with product and protocol teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions

• Establish engineering best practices, code quality standards, and deployment processes

• Lead incident response and post-mortem processes to continuously improve system reliability

• Experience as an IC engineer with staff level output

• Strong technical background in distributed systems, APIs, and database design

• Opinions on a modern cloud stack

• Leadership experience in high-performing engineering teams

• Experience with payment systems, financial infrastructure, or fintech applications

• Exceptional communicator who can translate technical concepts to cross-functional stakeholders

• Data-driven approach to decision making with focus on system performance and team productivity