Blockchain Engineering Manager

Blockchain Engineering Manager Location: Americas, Remote About Us Pointsville is an end-to-end alternative asset factory, offering solutions that bridge the gap between emerging digital financial technologies and traditional asset classes. We specialize in Alternative Asset Digitalization and Loyalty Innovation, empowering organizations to unlock new value through tokenization, stablecoin infrastructure, and real-world asset integration. Our globally distributed team of innovators, builders, and thinkers is passionate about the future of finance. Join Pointsville and be part of shaping the future of digital financeOverview We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Blockchain Engineering Manager to lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of software engineers. This role is responsible for driving execution, ensuring technical excellence, and fostering a high-performance culture that delivers reliable, scalable, and high-quality products aligned with Pointsville's strategic goals. What You'll Do Product Strategy and Planning Lead, coach, and mentor engineers across multiple technical domains. Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement. Support career growth, performance management, and professional development. Participate in recruiting, onboarding, and building a diverse, high-performing team. Execution and Delivery Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from planning and design to deployment and maintenance. Partner with the CTO and Product Manager to translate product roadmaps into engineering execution plans. Manage delivery timelines, resources, and technical dependencies to ensure on-time releases. Proactively identify and remove blockers, ensuring team productivity and alignment. Performance and Improvement Establish and enforce engineering best practices across code quality, smart contract security, and infrastructure reliability. Ensure scalability, security, and performance in blockchain and microservice-based environments. Drive the adoption of modern DevOps practices (IaC, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, automated testing). Stay current with emerging blockchain technologies, protocols, and DeFi developments to guide innovation and continuous improvement. Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 7+ years of software development experience, including 6+ years in an engineering leadership or management role. Familiarity with blockchains such as Ethereum and other blockchains preferred Familiarity with DeFi trading a plus Software engineering background in frontend and backend services development An understanding of microservice architecture and cloud-based deployments Experience in modern software development practices such as infrastructure as code, test automation, CI/CD and containerization Proven success leading technical teams through the full product lifecycle in Agile or startup environments. Experience with modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, Go, or C#). Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to balance technical depth with people management and cross-functional alignment. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for qualified applicants to contract positions, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. This is a contract opportunity, not a direct employment role.