Engineering Team Lead

About the Company

Alpen Labs is a New York-based startup founded in 2022 by four MIT alumni. Our mission is to build universal rails for money by creating a scalable, private and programmable Bitcoin ecosystem through innovations in zero-knowledge cryptography and offchain solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of talented engineers working on core infrastructure and protocol components
• Set and uphold engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, and documentation
• Collaborate with product, protocol, and infra teams to define and deliver on roadmap priorities
• Participate in architecture design and technical planning across the stack
• Provide regular coaching, support career growth, and lead performance reviews
• Help with hiring and onboarding new engineers as the team scales
• Ensure the team is focused, unblocked, and shipping high-impact work on time

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years in a technical management role
• Experience with Rust, EVM-compatible chains, and L2 technologies
• Strong experience with systems programming (Rust, Go, or similar) or full stack development
• Experience contributing to open source projects or building public-facing developer tools
• Experience in crypto, distributed systems, or infrastructure teams
• Ability to lead projects from architecture to deployment in a fast-paced environment