Every is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead, support, and grow high-performing engineering teams building core infrastructure at Subzero Labs. You will focus on people leadership, coaching engineers, building team processes, driving hiring, and maintaining high technical velocity and culture.

What You'll Do

Manage and grow engineering teams working on protocol, infrastructure, security, or developer-facing systems
Drive hiring, onboarding, and career development for engineers at all levels
Create an environment of high ownership, psychological safety, and collaborative velocity
Partner with engineering leadership to implement structured processes around code reviews, RFCs, testing, and release management
Support engineers through regular 1:1s, performance feedback, goal setting, and mentorship
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, BD, DevRel, and community teams to align roadmap delivery
Help manage team rituals—including sprint planning, retrospectives, technical reviews, and team offsites
Drive internal communication and alignment across globally distributed teams

What We're Looking For

6–10+ years of software engineering experience
2+ years in an engineering management or tech lead role
Experience leading Web3 engineering teams—in protocol development, validator infrastructure, DeFi, smart contracts, or cryptography
Strong people leadership skills—coaching, hiring, growing high-agency engineers
Operational excellence—you know how to build and maintain scalable, async-friendly team systems
Familiarity with modern Web3 engineering stacks—e.g. Rust, Golang, Solidity, zk tooling, Cosmos SDK, or similar
Effective communicator—clear across code, documentation, written specs, and verbal updates
Strong judgment—you know when to unblock, when to escalate, and when to let people own their work
Empathy for both high-context builders and low-context contributors—able to bridge gaps and create shared understanding