Technical Lead Manager, Financial Applications

Our Mission

Our mission is to bring web3 to a billion people, by providing builders with the tools they need to build exceptional onchain products. Alchemy is the only complete developer platform that offers the powerful APIs, SDKs, and tools necessary to build and scale onchain apps and rollups.

Our infrastructure powers 70% of the top web3 teams, 90%+ of web2 companies building in web3 and 100+ million end users. Our customers include top web3 brands like Polymarket, OpenSea, Circle, WorldCoin, as well as major global brands like Shopify and Adobe.

The Alchemy team draws from decades of deep expertise in massively scalable infrastructure, AI, and blockchain from leadership roles at leading companies and universities like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT.

We're backed by the world's leading VCs and institutions, including: Lightspeed, Silver Lake, a16z, Coatue, Pantera, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, and Charles Schwab, among others.

The Role

At Alchemy, our Financial Apps team is laser focused on our mission: building the world’s open economy. We’re solving the hard problems to enable our customers to bring trillions of dollars of financial activity onchain. We believe that financial use cases will drive the majority of crypto growth over the next two years, and Financial Apps is our big bet to accelerate this growth.

As an Tech Lead Manager on the newly formed Financial Apps team, you’ll be a key part of the evolution of the team. You’ll spend the first months building a deep technical foundation on our Smart Wallet product that spans the entire stack: from crafting intuitive user interfaces and well-designed SDKs that developers love, to the backend services that support them. You’ll then build on top of that foundation, working with Financial Apps leadership to help structure the team for maximum efficiency.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of finance, the future of this team, and our shared failures and successes. If you possess strong technical skills, have a profound enthusiasm for blockchain technology, and enjoy solving ambiguous technical and organizational challenges - this will the perfect opportunity for you.

What You'll Do:

• Help drive technical and product strategies for Financial Apps, collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, GTM) to deliver exceptional products.
• Stay updated on the bleeding edge of technological advancements, particularly in wallet technology and user experience best practices in Web3, to drive technical strategies that keep Alchemy at the edge of competition; effectively communicate concepts and progress.
• Enhance execution, mentor the engineering team, and refine processes as the team scales. Provide technical mentorship to ensure high-quality standards in development.
• Influence Alchemy's overall engineering culture through leadership, mentorship, and programs promoting continuous learning and development.
• Foster team growth by actively recruiting and hiring top-tier engineers with a passion for user experience and blockchain.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience in full-stack software development, with a strong emphasis on building user-facing applications and developer tools.
• 1+ years in engineering management; proven success in building and leading high-performing full-stack or product engineering teams, ideally in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Strong technical and product skills - this role will require both solid engineering principles and deep customer empathy.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment - understanding how to make the tradeoff between quality and speed, based on the product, business, and technical context.
• Experience with blockchain technologies is a very strong plus.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and engage with the developer community.
• Passion for and curiosity around creating innovative solutions that simplify Web3 interactions and cater to the needs of the next billion users in the blockchain ecosystem.
• Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy.
• Know how to find the right balance between perfection and shipping quickly.
• Curiosity on the leading edge - plays with crypto, the latest in AI, and pushes to unpack black boxes.

Benefits and Perks

🩺  Medical, Dental, & Vision
💪  Gym Reimbursement
🖥️  Home Office Build-out Budget
🥙  In-Office Group Meals
🧘‍♂️  Wellbeing & Mental Health Perks
📚 Learning & Development Stipend
🎉  Company Sponsored Conferences & Events
💸  HSA and FSA Plans
🧬  Fertility Benefits

More on The Role

Alchemy is committed to offering competitive compensation, including base salary as well as equity. Additionally, Alchemy offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as other benefits such as 401k and unlimited flexible time off.

The base salary range for this position is estimated to be between $220,000 - $275,000 annually. Please note this range reflects base salary only, and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Your salary will be determined by various factors, including relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business needs.