Engineering Manager

Paxos; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxos is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high‑performing team building and scaling our next‑generation platform experiences. You will drive cross‑functional initiatives with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions that meet customer needs.

You will manage resources, timelines, and team performance while maintaining quality, reliability, and security across Paxos’ systems, shaping technical direction and delivery in a fast‑growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in management.
• Strong background in full-stack web development and modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience building and scaling customer-facing apps with complex auth and workflows.
• Track record delivering large technical initiatives while managing stakeholders.
• Excellent cross‑functional communication across engineering, product and business teams.
• Experience implementing engineering best practices, monitoring and operational excellence.
• Proven ability to recruit, mentor and grow engineering talent.
• Experience using AI tools to improve work processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and execution of key engineering initiatives with resources, timelines, and team members.
• Ensure deployment, operation, and monitoring with aligned technical skills.
• Partner with Product Management to make data-driven strategic decisions for customers.
• Define and guide the technical direction of team systems and services.
• Identify and remove process bottlenecks and constraints before they impact success.
• Build and manage a world‑class engineering team with feedback and career development.
• Champion engineering excellence through best practices around testing, monitoring, and incident response.

Skills

Engineering management

Full-stack development

Frontend frameworks

Backend systems

Authentication/Authorization

Communication

Talent development

AI tooling usage

Job description

About Paxos

Today’s financial infrastructure is archaic, expensive, inefficient and risky — supporting a system that leaves out more people than it lets in. So we’re rebuilding it.

We’re on a mission to open the world’s financial system to everyone by enabling the instant movement of any asset, any time, in a trustworthy way. For over a decade, we’ve built blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes, custodies, trades and settles assets for the world’s leading financial institutions, like Mastercard, Visa, Robinhood, and PayPal.

About the role

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a high-performing team focused on building and scaling Paxos’ next-generation platform experiences. You’ll drive initiatives across our systems and services, balancing technical excellence with business impact. This role offers the opportunity to shape how customers and internal users interact with Paxos’ products, working closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to deliver solutions that scale with our rapidly growing customer base.

What you’ll do

• Lead the delivery and execution of key engineering initiatives by managing resources, timelines, and team members effectively while maintaining high quality standards
• Drive accountability for deploying, operating, and monitoring solutions by ensuring proper alignment of technical resources and skill sets
• Partner with Product Management and other stakeholders to make strategic decisions that benefit our customers, using clear communication and data-driven decision making
• Guide the technical direction of your team’s systems and services through thoughtful insights and operational rigor
• Identify and remove process bottlenecks and technical constraints before they impact team success
• Build and manage a world-class engineering team through timely feedback, career development, and swift action on performance issues
• Champion engineering excellence by implementing best practices around testing, monitoring, and incident response

About you

• 7+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Strong technical background in full-stack web development, with expertise in modern frontend frameworks and backend systems
• Experience building and scaling customer-facing applications with complex authentication, authorization and workflow requirements
• Track record of successfully delivering large technical initiatives while managing stakeholder relationships
• Excellent communication skills with ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business teams
• Experience implementing engineering best practices, monitoring, and operational excellence in a high-growth environment
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor and grow engineering talent
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve how you work
• Previous experience in fintech or regulated industries is a plus