Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Ripple Ripple · Fintech · London, United Kingdom · Engineering

This role is for a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Ripple, focusing on leading teams to advance the core architecture of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a public blockchain. The role requires strong leadership in building scalable and reliable distributed systems, experience with open-source software and blockchain communities, and a collaborative approach. It is not directly AI/ML related, but rather focused on blockchain technology within the fintech domain.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical and strategic leadership for RippleX's blockchain software, ensuring scalability and reliability.
  2. Develop and deliver roadmaps, driving technical and operational excellence.
  3. Mentor team members for professional and technical growth, while providing hands-on leadership.
  4. Establish and encourage engineering standard processes, collaborating with partners across Ripple and in the XRPL community.
  5. Implement agile processes for innovation and incremental objectives.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of software development leadership experience, leading strong engineering teams.
  • Proficient in building highly scalable and reliable distributed systems in C++.
  • Experienced in developing open-source software and contributing to collaborative blockchain communities.

Nice to have

  • people leader and a technical leader
  • Collaborative approach with eagerness to share knowledge and work openly with diverse teams.
  • Technical domain expert providing leadership and expertise to growing engineering teams.