Senior Engineering Manager, Fortary Platform

Remote (Global)·Full-time·Added 2 months ago

Ava Labs

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What they offer

US$225,029 - US$337,543 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
Full-time hours
Per the ad.
Fully remote
Per the ad.

What they ask for

Have the right to work in Spain
Ava Labs doesn't mention sponsorship, but this role may fit the Digital nomad visa.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Have 10+ years of experience
Director-level role.

The role

Looking to join a world-class blockchain development team? Ava Labs makes it simple to deploy high-performance solutions for Web3, led by innovations on Avalanche. The company was founded by Cornell computer scientists, who partnered with Wall Street veterans and early Web3 leaders to execute a promising vision for redefining the way people build permissionless networks. Ava Labs is redefining the way people create value with Web3. Join us as we empower people to easily and freely digitize all the world's assets on one open, programmable blockchain platform.

Lead the engineering org building Fortary's institutional digital asset platform: custody, trading, lending, staking, and treasury management for regulated financial institutions. You'll own the architecture and technical strategy for our distributed MPC custody system, grow the team, and partner with Product, Security, and executive leadership to ship secure, resilient infrastructure at institutional scale.

This is a leadership role at the intersection of distributed systems, applied cryptography, and institutional finance. You set technical direction, you're accountable for what ships, and you build the org that ships it.

What you'll do

Lead multiple teams delivering Fortary's custody, transaction authorization, key management, wallet infrastructure, and blockchain integrations
Own the architecture and roadmap for the distributed MPC custody platform, including disaster recovery, governance, and transaction policy controls
Partner with Product, Security, BD, and executives to prioritize investments against customer, regulatory, and business needs
Support multiple deployment models: managed platform and licensed software
Ensure engineering practices meet the security, compliance, and governance bar required as Fortary moves toward chartered-institution status
Lead incident response for outages, security events, and key management scenarios
Hire, mentor, and grow engineering managers and senior engineers
Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering across the org

Requirements

What we're looking for

10+ years in software engineering, 5+ leading teams shipping production-scale secure distributed systems
Track record owning large-scale, security-critical platforms from architecture through production
Deep expertise in modern cryptography and secure key management: MPC, threshold signatures, TEEs, HSMs
Experience building cloud-native systems (Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, observability) with security and resilience as first-order concerns
Fluency in the compliance frameworks for regulated finance: SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, AML/KYC, and awareness of the SEC/CFTC/OCC/MiCA landscape
Experience across digital asset infrastructure: custody, trading, staking, treasury, and blockchain settlement
Ability to communicate credibly with executives, institutional customers, auditors, and regulators

Nice to have

Experience scaling an org toward a chartered or licensed financial entity

(**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.)
Background delivering both managed-service and licensed-software products

(**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.)

About Ava Labs

Ava Labs is a blockchain technology company founded in 2018 by Cornell University computer science professor Emin Gün Sirer and others. It is best known for creating Avalanche, a high-performance, low-latency blockchain platform designed for decentralized applications and enterprise use cases. The company develops core infrastructure including the AvalancheGo node implementation, the Fortary platform for institutional access, and various developer tools, positioning itself as a key player in the Web3 ecosystem.

Ava Labs has established a presence in Spain, with open roles in engineering and management based in Barcelona. The company is known for its remote-friendly culture and global hiring, making it an attractive option for international professionals in the blockchain space. With a focus on innovation and a collaborative environment, Ava Labs offers opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology alongside a distributed team.

Founded: 2018
Employees: 100–500
Headquarters: New York, USA
In Spain: Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

Ava Labs is a remote-first company, allowing flexibility for international hires to work from Spain.
The company is a leader in blockchain technology, offering exposure to cutting-edge consensus protocols and decentralized applications.
Barcelona is a growing tech hub in Spain, with a vibrant international community and a high quality of life.
Ava Labs has a strong focus on innovation and research, with opportunities to work on open-source projects like AvalancheGo.
The company provides competitive compensation and benefits, including equity, to attract top global talent.

In their own words

About the company & team

If you've ever thought about joining an early stage Web3 company - this is it! We're a global, world-class team of experts in computer science, economics, finance, marketing, and law with offices in New York City and Miami. We're highly passionate about Web3 and redefining the way people build and use finance and decentralized applications of all kinds. The company received early-stage funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, and Polychain Capital, with angel investments from Balaji Srinivasan and Naval Ravikant. Join us and be a pioneer in a new technology that will have implications across a range of verticals such as finance, gaming, investing, collectibles, among many others.

Additional information

Ava Labs is committed to diversity in the workplace and we're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not hire on basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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