Data Feeds Engineering Lead (Blockchain Infra)

Chainlink Labs; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainlink Labs is seeking an Engineering Manager for Data Feeds to lead a critical engineering team responsible for reliable, scalable infrastructure powering our flagship data feeds product. You will guide architecture, mentorship, and delivery goals to support DeFi and institutional data ecosystems.

You will partner with Product and technical leadership to translate strategic priorities into roadmaps, coach senior engineers, and drive architectural decisions while balancing delivery, quality,

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating production blockchain infrastructure at scale.
• Technical leadership with credibility to influence architectural decisions.
• Balancing delivery, quality, reliability and long-term system health.
• Proven experience leading engineering execution and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience operating customer-facing production infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of blockchain/oracle infra, backend architecture, and operational best practices.
• Experience leading and developing engineers and technical leaders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering team responsible for delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure supporting the Data Feeds product.
• Establish clear engineering ownership, enabling teams to execute predictably while maintaining high standards of technical quality and operational excellence.
• Partner with Product and technical leadership to translate strategic priorities into well-executed engineering roadmaps.
• Provide engineering judgment to support the team in making sound architectural and operational decisions while balancing delivery, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Coach and develop senior engineers and technical leads, expanding leadership capacity across the organization.
• Drive improvements to engineering planning, prioritization, and execution while reducing unnecessary coordination overhead.
• Champion operational excellence by maintaining and improving the reliability and health of customer‑facing production services.
• Foster collaboration across engineering teams to solve complex distributed systems challenges and support continued product evolution.

Skills

Blockchain infra

Tech leadership

Engineering judgment

Planning & prioritization

Cross-functional

Reliability

Blockchain knowledge

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Job description

Chainlink Labs is seeking an Engineering Manager for Data Feeds to lead a critical engineering team responsible for reliable, scalable infrastructure powering our flagship data feeds product. You will guide architecture, mentorship, and delivery goals to support DeFi and institutional data ecosystems.

You will partner with Product and technical leadership to translate strategic priorities into roadmaps, coach senior engineers, and drive architectural decisions while balancing delivery, quality,