Senior Manager Engineering, Liquidity

Ripple Labs

At Ripple, were building a world where value moves like information does today. Its big, its bold, and were already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If youre ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

Ripples mission is to enable payments every way, everywhere for everyone. We believe connecting traditional financial entities like banks, payment providers and corporations with emerging blockchain technologies and users is the path to an open, decentralized, and more inclusive financial future. This Internet of Value gives any internet-enabled person, application or device access to financial services that are transparent, fast, reliable, and cheap. Delivering this vision is a challenge of massive scale spanning $155 trillion in annual cross border fiat payments and the $1.5 trillion market of digital assets that has grown 10X in the last year.

We are looking for a senior manager to join our teams charged with delivering best-in-class liquidity in a cost effective manner to Ripples customers. You will mentor, lead and grow the team responsible for liquidity and trading platforms that power Ripples payments and crypto liquidity products. The team is responsible for the planning and execution systems that enable price discovery for the long-tail of crypto assets and tokens via a globally distributed, highly performant trading platform. Ideal candidates will have a track record of leadership and technical excellence in designing and delivering reliable global-scale quantitative electronic market making systems. You will be a hands-on leader, diving deep to set the right goals, set the technical direction and deliver results in an incremental manner without sacrificing a long-term vision. You must be passionate about inventing and delivering customer-focused solutions to ambitious and ambiguous challenges.

WHAT YOULL DO:

• Provide technical leadership for our algorithmic market making systems
• Own and deliver your roadmap while driving technical and operational excellence
• Be a program owner, responsible for business outcomes and technological innovation
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the teams inventions and processes so we can rapidly deliver innovations for customers

WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR:

• Degree in computer science or other quantitative field; masters or PhD preferred
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams
• Track record of building, growing, and leading high performing engineering teams.
• Experience delivering quantitative, algorithmic market making systems, encompassing pricing, risk management and low latency execution systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated through experience working with technical and non-technical teams
• Thrive on autonomy and responsibility.
• Track record of recruiting and mentoring world-class teams

WHO WE ARE:

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.
• Ripple is Flexible First: you have the option to work from home, from our offices, or a combination of the two around our centers of gravity (15 global offices).
• 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!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

• Twice a quarter R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• 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.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Were committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. 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.Please find our UK/EU Applicant Privacy Notice and our California Applicant Privacy Notice for reference.