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Protocol Specialist (product team)

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: €60K to 80K
Starting date: September 03, 2023
A few days at home
Experience: > 1 year
Education: Master's Degree

Kiln
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The position

Job description

Full time - Paris area - 60/80k€

As our first Protocol Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Validators product and Kiln’s participation in several blockchain ecosystems.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Owning the Kiln Validators protocols roadmap, deciding on which protocols we will support, why, and how, in partnership with the infra team

  • Understanding the key staking mechanics of each protocol we support or are considering, and rallying the team and customers around a shared understanding of these mechanics

  • Participating in governance on protocols Kiln is active on

  • Representing Kiln in ecosystem events

  • You will work closely with customers, sales teams, product, and the infrastructure team at Kiln to execute the Kiln Validators roadmap.

Our stack

  • Solidity for smart contract development

  • Software in Golang with Javascript and Typescript

  • Communication between services is done using HTTP Rest and most of our databases are backed by PostgreSQL

  • Everything runs in EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) on AWS

  • Check our tech blog.


Preferred experience

Skills & background

  • You have an engineering, tech product, BI, or research analyst background, ideally in a Fintech or Web3 company

  • You have product acumen and can put yourself in the shoes of both a retail and B2B user in the staking space

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup/scaleup environment

  • Fluent both in French and English

Soft skills

  • Team spirit: discuss, do not try to impose. We try to hire humble people.

  • Analytical mind and rigorous communication. You enjoy and are good at synthesizing complex information and conveying your learnings both in oral and written format

  • Curiosity and ability to dig into a topic and follow through

  • Very clear & demonstrated curiosity for the blockchain space. You are either already working in the space, or have been doing projects in your spare time

  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members

What we offer

  • A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment

  • Equity Share Options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!

  • Competitive Salary

  • Unlimited holiday

  • Flexible/remote working

  • Chose your IT equipment

  • Internet connexion paid

  • Significant personal development and tech conf budget


Recruitment process

  • Recruiter Phone screen (50 min) with Myriam

  • Technical take-home case study (2h30)

  • Technical interview based on case study (1h00)

  • Tech & Cultural fit (45min)

  • Meeting with co-founders (30 min)

  • Offer!

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