Engineering Manager - Backend

About Morpho

Morpho is a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol that recently secured $50 million in funding from Ribbit Capital, a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Brevan Howard, Pantera, Blocktower, and 50 others to support its mission of revolutionizing lending with an open, efficient, and resilient platform. Morpho is experiencing explosive growth, with over $6 billion in assets supplied on the protocol, solidifying itself as the new standard for DeFi lending. Now, Morpho is scaling its team of contributors to establish itself as a cornerstone - not just of DeFi, but of a new internet-native financial system.

Location

Hybrid (Paris, 75001) or fully remote  (from +2 GMT to -6 GMT for team overlap).

Mission & Responsibilities

As Infrastructure Engineering Manager, you’ll drive scalable, resilient systems for one of DeFi’s fastest-growing protocols. Lead a high-performing team to deliver APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems while aligning infrastructure goals with Morpho’s vision.

Leadership

• Prioritize team success and foster growth.
• Manage priorities, deliver high-quality solutions, and address technical debt.
• Build and scale a world-class infrastructure team.

Technical Excellence

• Design scalable, reliable systems for all Morpho products.
• Drive for best practices around deployments, observability, and system reliability.
• Build secure, high-performance, data-intensive systems using blockchain knowledge.

Strategic Vision

• Create long-term infrastructure strategies to match Morpho’s growth.
• Align technical decisions with business objectives.

Your First 6 Months

1 Month: Understand team dynamics and align objectives.
3 Months: Establish a daily release cadence and improve observability.
6 Months: Scale infrastructure to meet growing demands and set measurable team goals.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven leadership of web3 infrastructure teams with 5+ engineers.
• Expertise in TypeScript (optional Rust), Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Strong blockchain knowledge and experience designing scalable systems.
• Humility, adaptability, and excellent communication skills.

What We Offer

• Work with the Best: Collaborate with top researchers and engineers in the DeFi space.
• Stimulating Environment: Weekly “DeFi School” sessions and access to the best tools on the market.
• Flexibility: Work remotely or from our Paris office.
• Team Events: Off-sites, bootcamps, and afterworks (even remote-friendly).
• Attractive Compensation: Competitive package, including Morpho tokens .

Ready to shape the Future of Finance?

Apply now to shape the backbone of decentralized finance with Morpho!

Requirements:

Must-have Experience & Skills

• Proven leadership of web3 infrastructure teams with 5+ engineers.
• Expertise in TypeScript (optional Rust), Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Strong blockchain knowledge and experience designing scalable systems.
• Humility, adaptability, and excellent communication skills.

What we offer

• Work with the Best: Collaborate with top researchers and engineers in the DeFi space.
• Stimulating Environment: Weekly “DeFi School” sessions and access to the best tools on the market.
• Flexibility: Work remotely or from our Paris office.
• Team Events: Off-sites, bootcamps, and afterworks (even remote-friendly).
• Attractive Compensation: Competitive package, including Morpho tokens .

Ready to shape the future of finance?

We are looking forward to receiving your application.