Engineering Manager - Informal Security

Engineering Manager, Informal Security

Full Time (Remote)

Canada, UK, USA, Switzerland

About Informal

Informal Systems is committed to making modern financial and Internet infrastructure more decentralized, secure and accessible to everyone. We develop critical blockchain infrastructure ourselves (Informal is a maintainer of Cosmos Hub, Comet and IBC) and we also help other organizations design secure and efficient blockchain systems.

The Security Services team is dedicated to helping organizations design secure and efficient blockchain systems, encompassing a wide array of applications from decentralized exchanges (DEXs), smart contracts, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to interchain connection protocols that enable seamless communication and interoperability between diverse blockchain networks. Informal Systems’ approaches combine manual code inspection with automated software analysis using our in-house formal verification and testing tools.

Informal Systems is a remote-first company with a presence in North America and Europe. We are structured as a worker’s cooperative, where important corporate actions are subject to one-person-one-vote democratic control by the member-employees.

About the Role

As the Engineering Manager for the Security Services team, you will oversee the team's performance and development to enhance the department's growth and profitability. In this role, you will develop, lead, and enable a team of expert security consulting engineers by launching initiatives for growth and skills development, monitoring internal team satisfaction, improving processes to ensure successful client service delivery, and identifying and eliminating external risks. You will encourage the team’s contributions in meaningful community research, open source contributions, and publications, positioning Informal Systems as a top-tier security consulting partner for existing and future clients.

What your primary responsibilities will be:

• Onboard, coach, mentor, nurture, and grow a high-performing team.
• Stay well-informed about industry trends and evolving security threats to continuously refine our services and keep them at the forefront.
• Lead and mentor the security engineering team, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide feedback, and support career advancement and skill development within the team.
• Collaborate with the technical and project delivery teams to ensure seamless collaboration and assign people to audit projects based on their skill set and the clients needs to ensure there is a good match.
• Establish and maintain rigorous quality assurance processes for security audits and audit reports.
• Identify potential technical risks and challenges specific to the team's work and proactively address them to minimize disruptions and ensure audit success
• Remain informed on active services projects to be a second line resource for escalation management.
• Encourage innovation within the team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and exploration of new technologies within the team’s domain.

What we look for in a successful Engineering Manager:

• Deep knowledge and understanding of one or more of the following areas: distributed systems, blockchain security, cryptography protocols and/or blockchain systems
• 7+ years of software engineering and/or engineering management experience with a track record in large-scale distributed systems (experience working within blockchain/Cosmos projects is preferred)
• 3+ years in a leadership role, managing and scaling engineering teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse and distributed team.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.

Some of our benefits include:

• A unique, caring and friendly culture (learn more about how we work here)
• 25 days (5 weeks) of paid vacation annually, plus 3 Spiritual Days
• Company closure from December 25th to January 1
• Annual Lifestyle benefits (reimbursements for gym memberships, fitness equipment, etc)
• A remote-first, flexible work environment
• A home-office stipend to set you up for success
• Annual company retreats
• Paid parental leave
• ….. and many more!

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in our organization. We are committed to equal employment opportunities and encourage applications from people of all race, religion, colour, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.