Ripple
Engineering Manager, Digital Assets
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
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About the role
- You will head the engineering effort to remove this choice by incorporating Ripple's digital asset abilities into the Ripple Treasury platform in close partnership with Ripple's core digital assets team.
- The direction may change day-to-day as the team finds what works best.
- There is no guidebook and no comparable market solution.
Responsibilities
- Manage the engineering process for digital asset integration by building and designing systems that join Ripple's digital asset functions (XRP, RLUSD, tokenized assets, custody, cross-border settlement) with Ripple Treasury's enterprise platform.
- Build and manage a group of up to four full-stack.NET developers, recruiting, mentoring, and developing engineers while staying actively involved in coding.
- Ship working software daily - lead a fast-paced Kanban workflow where the team builds, presents, iterates, and adapts direction based on findings and collaborator feedback.
- Design full-stack solutions spanning.NET backend services and Angular or React frontends, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability, security, and auditability.
- Partner with product, compliance, and treasury domain experts to translate emerging requirements into shippable features that meet the needs of Fortune 500 CFOs and treasurers.
- We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong full-stack background in.NET and modern frontend frameworks (Angular, React, or equivalent)
- Over 2 years of experience in leading engineering teams, encompassing recruitment, mentoring, and development of engineering groups
- Demonstrated ability to ship software in fast-paced, ambiguous environments - you have built products where requirements were unclear or changing rapidly
- Production background in fintech, digital assets, or blockchain - you have delivered systems managing actual financial transactions or digital asset activities
- Comfort with pioneering work - you thrive when the playbook hasn't been written yet and find energy in defining new approaches
- Strong communication and collaboration skills - ability to work closely with cross-functional partners including product managers, compliance teams, and external engineering teams
- Hands-on leadership orientation - willingness and ability to write production code alongside your team, especially in the early stages of team building
- Nice to Have
Nice to have
- Deep familiarity with blockchain protocols, digital asset custody, tokenization, or cross-border settlement systems
- Experience with XRP Ledger, RLUSD, or Ripple's product ecosystem
- Background in corporate treasury, treasury management systems, or enterprise financial software
- Experience integrating traditional financial infrastructure with digital asset platforms
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
- Employee giving match
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for digital asset products in financial services
Compensation
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
Company info
- Do Your Best Work
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
- Take Control of Your Finances
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Mobile phone stipend
- Take Care of Yourself
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
- Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.
- Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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