About the company
Parity Technologies Deutschland GmbH The Company Parity is a core blockchain infrastructure company. We are building the future of blockchain technology, with an open-source architecture that will enable people to create better institutions through technology. Parity was founded by some of the most influential entrepreneurs and visionaries in the Blockchain and Crypto space. The company has scaled rapidly in the last 6 years to become one of the worldās most accomplished blockchain companies. It has over 300 team members and global operations with offices in London, Berlin and Lisbon. This is an incredible time to join the business as you will be joining a expanding Finance function based in Berlin and helping to build out finance processes and supporting company wide initiatives. There are fantastic growth opportunities on offer, as the business scales you will develop alongside the team to provide information for business decisions and improve operations. The workplace environment is dynamic with entrepreneurial flair always encouraged. The company has taken a modern approach to work-life balance, with flexibility to work from our central Berlin office and from home.
Job Summary
About the position:
This is a leadership position with a lot of responsibilities and a lot of freedom: šManaging a set of teams (>50 pax) Frontend & Integration team: Lead the development of our low and high levels of APIs, libraries and extensions, as well as key partner integration projects with our forward deployed engineers. šEcosystem Engagement team: Own and define key product and solutioning needs from our ecosystem and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to shape our roadmap. Represent and advocate for our technologies to drive ecosystem adoption and growth. šSmart Contract team: Smart Contract is how most of the blockchains are used (e.g. Solidity, EVM). Polkadot has multiple ways to be used, via Smart Contracts (Ink or EVM) or via a parachain (aka custom Rust code). šSRE team: In charge of running our services as well as build automation for the various networks across Polkadot ecosystem (Test network: Rococco, Westend; Production: Kusama, Polkadot) šData team: In charge of analysing the data from the chains and computing business value out of the data. šBe the interface with the community to understand what would be useful for Polkadot. Defining the "product" and what should be developed next. šCommunicate externally (e.g. conferences, articles, posts) to showcase and advocate for our roadmap and technology. šContribute to the overall roadmap and create one for your area. šShape the teams into a productive unit (Perf management, Okr, Roadmap)
About you:
šSignificant experience in management of managers šProven track record of leading in uncertainty and complexity, corollary bring clarity to the teams. šStrong technical knowledge (Web2 and/or Web3 area). With infrastructure/security background is preferred. šTeams are mostly using Typescript and Rust. Coding skills are preferred. šDemonstrated product sense. šStrong communication skills. Ability to engage with the ecosystem in a constructive way.
