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Zcash
Engineering Project Manager
| Company | Zcash |
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| Website | z.cash ↗ |
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| Roles | - Engineering Project Manager
- Tracking product development
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| Type | full-time |
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| Location | Remote |
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| Salary | — |
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| Apply via | Email — jobs@z.cash |
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| Hiring notes | — |
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| Posted by | jackgavigan |
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| Posted | Aug 1, 2017 |
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| Source | View on Hacker News ↗ |
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Original posting
Zcash | REMOTE | Full time | Engineering Project Manager
The Zcash team is building a permissionless inclusive global financial platform. See https://z.cash for more info. We’re seeking an Engineering Project Manager to lead and grow our engineering team.
Responsibilities:
o Managing product development
- Tracking product development
- Clarifying requirements, including the use cases driving them
- Maintaining a roadmap with milestones and their anticipated schedule
o Team management:
- Helping individual engineers grow on a trajectory that is fulfilling for their specific goals
- Cultivating peer and mentorship relationships within the team as well as between our team and the broader community
- Continually improving and refining our engineering processes
o Zcash Foundation Collaboration:
- Coordinating with the Foundation to dovetail our goals and resources wherever possible
- Facilitating open collaboration between our engineers and the broader community
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Experience as a project manager of a medium-sized software development team (10–50 people)
- Excellent at communicating effectively, understanding and managing emotions effectively, and social, organizational, and negotiation skills
- Exposure to different software development methodologies
- A clear understanding of trade-offs between schedule, scope, and quality
- Familiarity with open source software and test-driven development
- Background in software development/engineering
Compensation, Benefits & Logistics
- Competitive Salary. Health Insurance plan for US-based employees.
- Full time position, 40 hours per week. REMOTE. No relocation required.
- “Fun Friday” - 20% time working on any project relevant to Zcash of your choice.
- Occasional travel for company meetings or other events is expected, approximately quarterly.
- Distributed work of this nature requires strong communication / coordination skills. We rely heavily on calendaring, meeting schedules, Slack, and Github to coordinate.
How to apply: Email a resume and cover letter in text or PDF form to jobs [at] z.cash.