About the company
Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade staking platform, enabling institutional customers to stake assets, and to whitelabel staking functionality into their offering. Our platform is API-first and enables fully automated validators, rewards, and data and commission management. With over $4+ billion crypto assets being programmatically staked, Kiln has a particularly strong track record on Ethereum as we run over 4% of the network; this includes 30,000+ validators with 0 slashing events. The team is made up of over 52 ecosystem enthusiasts formerly at Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other leading technology and cryptocurrency companies. Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair!
Job Summary
As our Senior Protocol Specialist, you will be responsible for:
šProposing new protocols to the Kiln Validators protocols roadmap, deciding on which protocols we will support and why šLiaising with protocol foundation teams to ensure Kiln is in good standing with relevant protocols šKeeping up to date with protocol ecosystem news šLaunching new protocols at Kiln in partnership with our GTM team, ensuring everyone is sufficiently trained on them to sell and support our clients šRepresenting Kiln at ecosystem events and writing educational content
Requirements
š3+ years of professional experience in the blockchain industry. Passion for the industry and following recent developments. You are addicted to crypto Twitter :) šDemonstrated ability to understand technical concepts and work well with engineering teams. You are sufficiently curious and motivated to dig into the details of projects. šAnalytical mind and rigorous communication. You enjoy and are good at synthesizing complex information and conveying your learnings both in oral and written format šStrong product acumen, you have opinions about great products and can put yourself in the shoes of both a retail and B2B user in the staking space šAbility to thrive in a fast-paced startup/scaleup environment šPerfectly fluent in English
