Fun.xyz - Backend Engineer Manager
About The Position
At fun.xyz, we are building the infrastructure powering the next generation of internet-native financial systems. Our platform enables seamless onboarding, payments, and money movement across both traditional and blockchain-based financial ecosystems. We're looking for a Backend Engineering Manager to lead and scale our backend infrastructure team. This high-impact role reports to the CTO with significant opportunity to shape our technical architecture and engineering culture as we scale. We're looking for a Backend Engineering Manager to lead and scale our backend infrastructure team. This high-impact role reports to the CTO with significant opportunity to shape our technical architecture and engineering culture as we scale. You will be drive technical excellence while building a high-performing team - ensuring we deliver robust, scalable backend systems that power seamless Web3 payments. This role is perfect for a crypto-native engineering leader who excels at balancing technical depth with people management.
Requirements
- Experience as an IC engineer with staff level output
- Strong technical background in distributed systems, APIs, and database design
- Opinions on a modern cloud stack
- Leadership experience in high-performing engineering teams
- Experience with payment systems, financial infrastructure, or fintech applications
- Exceptional communicator who can translate technical concepts to cross-functional stakeholders
- Data-driven approach to decision making with focus on system performance and team productivity
Responsibilities
- Own the overall output of the backend engineering team - deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure that supports our growing Web3 payments platform
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Collaborate with product and protocol teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
- Establish engineering best practices, code quality standards, and deployment processes
- Lead incident response and post-mortem processes to continuously improve system reliability
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
