Drand – Project Lead
Posted on 1/4/2023
INACTIVE
Protocol Labs

201-500 employees

Open-source R&D lab improving internet infrastructure
Company Overview
Protocol Labs stands out as a fully distributed, open-source R&D company, dedicated to enhancing the internet's capabilities with a global team of over 300 members. Their competitive edge lies in their vast network of over 450 projects, companies, and organizations, enabling them to leverage diverse expertise and perspectives. They demonstrate industry leadership through their commitment to driving advancements in computing, evident in their products that serve millions of people and thousands of organizations worldwide.
Crypto & Web3

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$264.2M

Founded

2014

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-27%

1 year growth

-33%

2 year growth

6%
Locations
Remote
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Requirements
  • Demonstrable success fostering highly-functional, inclusive, collaborative, distributed teams as a Product Owner/Engineering Lead/Manager
  • Experience influencing multi-institution efforts under decentralized governance
  • Ability to thrive with a high level of self-direction, autonomy and responsibility
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience communicating across different audiences, including users, partners, and developers
  • A passion for collaborating with people across Protocol Labs and the League of Entropy toward our shared mission
  • Familiarity with cryptography, networking, and infrastructure concepts
Responsibilities
  • Lead the team that will maintain a high reliability service on which critical operations, that can potentially move tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in value, depend
  • Carry the vision of the project you will be owning, taking into account the future potential and input from stakeholders to identify new opportunities to grow the project
  • Create and maintain plans using various project management tools, helping initiatives stay on track to meet their quarterly or annual targets
  • Manage multiple high-profile external collaborations and drive consensus powered by the League of Entropy's decentralized governance model
  • Drive interest in drand and lead the recruitment and onboarding of new partners to the League of Entropy
  • Communicate regularly with stakeholders and adjacent teams to build a shared understanding and accommodate competing priorities
  • Lead the process of recruiting world-class engineers in collaboration with PL's recruiting team
  • Own the overall developer education and documentation platform, including sample applications to case studies, tutorials, and showcases
  • And much more!
Desired Qualifications
  • Product management of distributed systems (e.g. databases, crypto projects and/or networks)
  • Experience working on open-source projects, leading non-profit endeavours, or managing communities
  • Experience with or deep knowledge of globally distributed systems, cryptography, blockchain, or other related domains
  • A track record of recruiting and retaining top talent to your teams