Turnkey is hiring a Engineering Manager in Engineering (Remote).
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.
Key Responsibilities
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
Qualifications & Requirements
- 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
Perks & Compensation
- 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.
About Turnkey
Turnkey, founded in 2022 by Bryce Ferguson and Jack Kearney, former Coinbase engineers, in New York, provides low-level wallet infrastructure for developers. Its API abstracts private key generation, signing and policy enforcement into secure, scalable enclaves, letting apps spin up millions of non-custodial wallets with flexible permissions, social recovery and session keys. Used by exchanges, fintechs and on-chain games, Turnkey emphasizes sub-100ms signing, audited cryptography and fine-grained policies without exposing raw keys. Backed by leading investors including Sequoia and Variant, the company focuses on invisible infrastructure that makes crypto UX feel like Web2. Headquartered in New York with a remote US team, Turnkey operates with deep security expertise. Expect a high-trust engineering culture focused on key management rigor, developer experience and reliable operations.