Tech Lead

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πŸ„ About Safe:

Safe is the most trusted decentralized custody protocol and the flagship wallet for the ecosystem on Ethereum and the EVM
Our team is on a mission to unlock digital ownership for the world
By building robust and accessible tools, we aim to fix some of web3’s biggest challenges
For more information about Safe, check out
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You’ll be joining a growing team that currently includes 50+ people overall
This role is based in Berlin (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ)
Most of our team is based in Berlin but we also have awesome teammates in Switzerland πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­, Spain πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή, UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§, and other countries

πŸ’» About the role:

As a Wallet Tech Lead, you will be responsible for scaling and leading our wallet tech team and actively driving technical thought leadership for all things Safe{Wallet}
Many high-value safes are managed via Safe{Wallet}, giving you the opportunity to work on a project that is actually used by teams and individuals managing digital assets that have real value
As tech lead for Safe{Wallet}, you will significantly influence the future of the entire Safe project
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πŸ—ƒοΈ What you will be doing:Β 

  • Ensure technical quality, scalability, and security of Safe{Wallet}

  • Closely collaborate with stakeholders and leads across product, engineering, design and QA on Safe{Wallet} strategy and roadmap processes

    • Provide in-depth feedback on strategy, roadmap and other product topics

    • Add own ideas wherever suitable

    • Provide feedback on the β€œWhat?”, Own/Drive the β€œHow?”

  • Own roadmap and product development process and coordinate with product team on new epics

  • Lead and direct the wallet engineering team through technical challenges and performance goals

  • Propose improvements to existing processes

  • Drive system architectural decisions

  • Coordinate with Safe{Core} and external partners on technical decisions

  • People management of mobile, web and backend leads

πŸŽ’ What you will bring:Β 

  • Strong technical background in software engineering with progression to a strategic level (8+ years experience in various programming languages)

  • Experience architecting scalable systems

    • Can transition systems through the different life cycles (simple low throughput service to complex highly scalable system)

  • Experience leading an engineering team within a startup or bigger organization

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      mentoring responsibilities, interviewing for team growth and OKR outlining

  • Ability to build systems on scale using AWS/infrastructure/devops

  • Experience leading a software product development process

  • Leadership experience in CI/CD across multiple teams

βž• Nice to have:

  • Familiarity with Solidity, EVM, EIPs, blockchain projects and smart contract concepts

πŸ€– Our tech stack:Β 

  • Smart contracts: Written in Solidity

  • Backend services: Written in TypeScript and Python, hosted at AWS, orchestrated via Kubernetes

  • Web app: Modern web tech stack with React
    js and Next
    js

  • Mobile apps: Currently Kotlin and Swift, potentially ReactNative or similar in the future

  • Extensive test suites: E2E via Cypress, Postman, Unit tests in TypeScript/Jest

🎁 What we can offer you:

  • Hardware and home working budget

  • Personal education and conference budgets

  • 30 annual vacation days (on top of National holidays)

  • Friday afternoons on research or on a side project in our ecosystem

  • Flexible working schedules and hybrid work policies

  • Office space in Berlin ( – a co-working space for blockchain projects)

Please apply with your English resume

Variety is the spice of life and a celebrated component of our culture
At Safe, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees
We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer: all qualified applicants are considered for positions regardless of race, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, marital status, gender identification, sexual orientation, or physical ability

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