Senior Protocol Engineer

Summary

Join Kiln as a Senior Protocol Engineer and contribute to the development and improvement of our leading enterprise-grade rewards platform. Based in Paris, London, or remotely from Western EU, you will perform technical due diligence on new protocols, run protocols in testnet, and serve as a technical expert. You will collaborate with protocol foundation teams, represent Kiln at events, and create educational content. This role requires 3+ years of crypto industry and DevOps experience with a strong Kubernetes focus, along with experience running validator nodes. Kiln offers a fast-paced, bureaucracy-free environment, equity share options, competitive salary, flexible holidays and remote work, IT equipment choice, internet allowance, a personal development budget, and overseas tech conference budget.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in the crypto industry. Demonstrated passion for the industry and following recent developments. You are addicted to crypto twitter :)
• 3+ years DevOps experience with a very strong focus on Kubernetes
• You have run validator nodes (and not only blockchain nodes) yourself either professionally or as a hobbyist
• Analytical mind and rigorous communication . You enjoy and are good at synthesising complex information and conveying your learnings both in oral and written format
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup/scaleup environment

Responsibilities

• Do technical due diligence on new protocols being evaluated for Kiln’s roadmap
• Run protocols in testnet on Kiln servers before handing them over to the Kiln infa team for mainnet / ongoing production
• Be a technical expert on relevant protocols to help answer internal and external questions on their operations. Write educational content
• Liaise with protocol foundation teams
• Represent Kiln at ecosystem events

Preferred Qualifications

• Team spirit : Discuss, but do not try to impose
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills , with the ability to motivate and inspire team members
• Curiosity and ability to dig into a topic and take ownership to follow through

Benefits

• A fast-paced, bureaucracy-free work environment
• Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!
• Competitive salary
• Flexible holiday
• Flexible remote working
• Choose your IT equipment
• Internet connection: €50/month
• Significant personal development budget (books, training)
• Overseas tech conferences budget