Founding Engineering Manager

Chainloop; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainloop is seeking a senior leader to lead and grow a remote engineering team spanning backend, frontend, and customer-facing engineering. This hands-on player-coach role will own day-to-day roadmap execution, support team health, and step into technical work to unblock delivery.

You will partner with leadership on priorities and resource planning to keep the team cohesive and aligned. You will manage engineers, drive delivery across multiple functions, and contribute technically in

Qualifications

• Senior engineering background with a track record of shipping complex systems.
• At least five years of experience managing engineering teams, including career development.
• Hands-on technical expertise in Go, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud-native systems.
• Strong written communication and experience leading remote, async-first teams.
• Organized, systematic, pragmatic approach to processes and delivery.
• Experience thriving in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineers through regular one-to-ones, performance support, and career development.
• Coordinate delivery across backend, frontend, and forward-deployed engineering functions.
• Lead by example with technical contributions, architecture discussions, and process automation.
• Run lightweight, pragmatic async workflows that support reliable, predictable delivery.
• Help define and refine the engineering roadmap, forecast needs, and plan team resources.
• Recruit and onboard strong team members in partnership with recruiting and HR.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Job description

Role overview

Lead and grow a remote engineering team spanning backend, frontend, and customer-facing engineering. This is a hands-on player-coach position: you will own day-to-day roadmap execution, support team health and career growth, and step into technical work when needed to unblock delivery. You will partner with company leadership on priorities and resource planning, while helping the team work as one cohesive group.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineers through regular one-to-ones, performance support, and career development.
• Coordinate delivery across backend, frontend, and forward-deployed engineering functions.
• Lead by example with technical contributions, architecture discussions, and process automation.
• Run lightweight, pragmatic async workflows that support reliable, predictable delivery.
• Help define and refine the engineering roadmap, forecast needs, and plan team resources.
• Recruit and onboard strong team members in partnership with recruiting and HR.

Requirements

• Senior engineering background and a record of shipping complex systems.
• At least five years managing engineering teams, including career development and performance management.
• Hands-on technical expertise in Go, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud-native systems.
• Strong written communication and experience leading remote, async-first teams.
• Organized, systematic, pragmatic approach to processes and delivery.
• Experience thriving in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first role for a distributed team, with occasional schedule flexibility for global colleagues and customers.
• Early leadership influence over the product, technology, and team culture.
• Compensation includes salary, equity, and benefits.