About the company
Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) running on the NEAR Protocol, and one of the most exciting Ethereum scaling solutions in the ecosystem. The Aurora environment consists of the Aurora Engine, a high performance EVM—Ethereum Virtual Machine—and the Rainbow Bridge, facilitating trustless transfer of ETH and ERC-20 tokens between Ethereum and Aurora, within a great user experience. Aurora exists and is operated as an independent, self-funded initiative, but will continue to leverage the shared team DNA and continually evolving technology of the NEAR Protocol.
Job Summary
You’ll:
📍Bring in a high level of technical expertise, lead and provide technical strategic and technical guidance, to the engineering team. 📍Along with Head of Engineering responsible for technical projects delivery, identify potential risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks in projects,work to prioritize team resources, coordinate activities between different technical teams, ensure alignment, and facilitate communication to drive successful project execution. 📍Work with the Head of Engineering and Tech Leads to establish and execute on company long term technical plans and strategic initiatives. 📍Oversee development and implementation of the technical solutions aligned with general company goals. 📍Partner with Product and Growth teams on strategic planning, product development, and execution, help to translate business requirements and product capabilities into technical requirements. 📍Create a dynamic and accountable performance environment, establishing and following the minimal necessary processes, like technical roadmaps, milestones, regular team meetings. 📍Nurture our engineering culture of ownership, trust, and high performance. 📍Oversee growth of individual contributors and team leaders. 📍Design teams, systems, and tools to help us perform and scale effectively.
You have:
📍 Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field. 📍Previous experience as Software Engineer 5+ years, on Tech Lead role 2+ years. 📍Solid understanding of systems architecture design. 📍Solid understanding of blockchain technology, especially Ethereum. 📍Message based, and event based, programming and architecture. 📍Focus on specification-first development. 📍Proven ability to work with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders. 📍 Great communication skills and remain calm under pressure during any potential incidents or juggling multiple priorities. 📍Good people management skills. 📍While you should have a zeal for excellence, you should be very comfortable with balancing degrees of risk and business needs.