Engineering Manager, Platform (Privy)

Who we are

About Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. To do so, we build simple, flexible APIs and tools for developers that make it easy to build new products on crypto rails.

Privy owns the abstractions and infrastructure layer above wallets, integrating across chains, third-party providers, and Stripe products like Treasury and Link. We get to solve hard technical problems while leveraging Stripe's distribution to reach customers like Ramp, Klarna, Deel, Kraken, Hyperliquid, and Fomo — powering experiences for both mainstream users and crypto natives.

About the team

Engineering at Privy is distinguished by:

• High urgency: Shipping very small iterations, very fast, to learn very quickly.

• Product taste: Our customers are developers, and to build effective products for them requires technical knowledge - you will often be "the PM".

• Security mindset: A great portion of our product is trust. While we have a dedicated security team, every engineer brings security to their designs from the start.

In practice, we use boring technology like Node, React, and AWS so we can focus our engineering energy entirely on pushing the boundaries of Privy's core product, e.g. through hardware enclaves, multi-region low latency APIs, and blockchain abstractions that are accessible to mainstream developers.

What you’ll do

As an Engineering Manager at Privy, you will lead, grow, and shape high-performing engineering teams that make a massive impact on our product and industry. Your North Star is to enable and drive towards the success of Privy’s business overall.

The buck stops with you: you are the owner of your team’s ultimate impact on Privy’s product and business. We believe that excellence in management is why our team loves working at Privy. Incredible managers are the core driver behind Privy’s long-term success: they are force multipliers, performance coaches, culture-carriers. They build the scaffolding that supports the team and each individual’s greatest impact. They shape Privy to be the place where each person gets to do the very best work of their careers.

We wake up every day committed to helping our team do the best work of their careers. We shape roles around the unique strengths of every person and we are deeply grateful for the time we spend together building something greater than ourselves.

• Own long-term team outcomes and success of Privy’s product and business

• Hold the team accountable to excellence in quality, throughput, and performance

• Ensure the team is working on the right scope of work and projects, align decisions with business impact, and build interfaces with other parts of the org

• Fill gaps as a player-coach; review PRs, write and review design docs, investigate incidents – stay close to the metal and reinforce our builder culture

• Coach engineers towards growth and their career goals

• Build a supportive, fun, motivating, celebratory team culture so that the team wins every week

• Partner with the team’s Tech Lead and Product Manager to drive successful engineering and product outcomes

Who you are

• Deep ownership and a high-level perspective on driving overall business impact

• Performance-oriented mindset, with a high bar for quality and excellence

• Technical excellence to be able to independently evaluate quality and technical feedback

• High emotional maturity, insightfulness, and care

• Strong past experience as a manager and leader – excellent management takes reps