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Engineering Manager

Turnkey

Turnkey

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Remote
Posted on Jul 3, 2025

Engineering Manager

Turnkey is a key management API optimized for security, flexibility, and ease-of-use. Founded by the leaders who scaled Coinbase Custody from 0 to a $100M+ ARR business, Turnkey is rewriting the rules of crypto infrastructure by tackling core security at its foundational level. We are building a platform that empowers developers to unlock the next wave of mass-market crypto applications, solving the challenge of secure, flexible key management.

Much like AWS transformed computing with the advent of cloud, Turnkey is the trustless, transparent, and decentralized infrastructure that will transform development in crypto.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to drive growth throughout our engineering organization. If you’re excited about the potential that web3 has to radically change the world for the better and have a sincere desire to help facilitate that change, join us as we redefine decentralized development.

What You’ll Do:

Strategic Vision and Leadership

  • Develop and articulate the overarching engineering strategy and technical vision

  • Manage a high-performing engineering team and guide the development of Turnkey’s product and infrastructure

  • Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in web3 and guide their integration into our product and infrastructure

  • Collaborate with leadership to drive recruitment and onboarding of top engineering talent

  • Contribute to overall strategic planning and technical decision making

Architectural Oversight & Technical Direction

  • Provide strategic technical guidance and leadership, ensuring intelligent architectural decisions that support our long-term goals

  • Oversee the design and implementation of modern application architectures, optimized for the unique challenges of web3

  • Ensure the scalability, security, and reliability of our infrastructure, addressing the complexities of decentralized systems

  • Contribute to defining and delivering processes that drive quality & consistency to our product & infrastructure development

What We’re Looking For:

  • Previous managerial experience

  • An understanding of modern application architectures and ability to lead in-depth discussions on how they should be developed and deployed

  • Excellence at holding a high-bar on software and the requisite engineering processes

  • A healthy amount of paranoia :-)

Style points

  • Prior experience working in fast-paced technology companies

  • Actively tracking developments in the crypto ecosystem and opinionated on where it’s going


What We Offer

  • Full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA/FSA, 401(k) - detailed benefits overview available as we get further in the process

  • Paid parental leave

  • Unlimited PTO (and we will force you to take time off!)

  • $3,000/yr learning and development budget to attend industry conferences

  • Multiple team offsites per year

  • Macbook Pro laptop

  • Lunch stipend (for those physically in the New York City office)

Please note that while the team is remote, we are only considering candidates who are physically based in the United States and Canada at the current time.

Turnkey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply.