Open Application

The Role

• You tell us!

Responsibilities

• Further our mission to build the infrastructure to train ultra-high scale, open source, foundation models

Competencies

Must Have

• Autonomy - able to drive things forward in a high entropy environment
• Deep appreciation of small-scale, high-powered teams

Preferred

• Web3 experience - previously worked on a low-level web3 protocol
• Machine learning experience - previously worked closely with ML technologies as a developer or power user

Nice to Have

• Cryptography engineering (with a focus on GPUs)
• Understanding and navigating AI & Crypto regulations
• Cryptoeconomics and game theoretic design

Compensation / Benefits

• Competitive salary + share of equity and token pool
• Fully remote work - we currently hire between the West Coast (PT) and Central Europe (CET) time zones
• Visa sponsorship - available for those who would like to relocate to the US after being hired
• 3-4x all expenses paid company retreats around the world, per year
• Whatever equipment you need
• Paid sick leave and flexible vacation
• Company-sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance - including spouse/dependents [🇺🇸 only]

Our Principles

Autonomy & Independence

• Don’t ask for permission - we have a high trust culture, not a permission culture.
• Claim ownership of any work stream and set its goals/deadlines, rather than waiting to be assigned work or relying on job specs.
• Push & pull context on your work rather than waiting for information from others and assuming people know what you’re doing.
• Communicate to be understood rather than pushing out information and expecting others to work to understand it.
• Stay a small team - misalignment and politics scale super-linearly with team size. Small protocol teams outperform larger traditional teams.

Rejection of mediocrity & high performance

• Give direct feedback to everyone immediately - rather than avoiding conflict, expecting things to improve naturally, or choosing short-term pain for extreme long-term pain.
• Embrace an extreme learning rate - rather than assuming limits to your ability / knowledge.
• Don’t quit - push to the final outcome, despite any barriers.
• Be anti-fragile - balance short-term risk for long-term outcomes.
• Reject waste - guard the company’s time, rather than wasting it in meetings without clear purpose/focus, or excessive process.