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.

Role Overview

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

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

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