Protocol Operations Analyst
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There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for candidates who will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people who are excited to learn about and live crypto, because those are the folks who enjoy the intense moments in our sprint and recharge work culture. We’re a remote-first company looking to hire the absolute best talent all over the world.
Ready to #LiveCrypto? Who you are:
- You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there.
- You’re never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
- You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and an eager listener - because let’s face it, you can’t have one without the other. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
- You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a boring job.
- You have a “can do” attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesn’t scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
- You want to be part of a winning team. We’re stronger together, and you’re a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.
Bison Trails is the leading blockchain infrastructure provider–acquired by Coinbase.
We believe in the power of blockchain technology and building a decentralized future that enables greater participation in global financial networks. Our mission is to provide superior infrastructure on multiple blockchains, to strengthen the entire ecosystem, and enable the pioneers of tomorrow.
We are looking for an exceptional Protocol Analyst to join our highly-skilled and passionate team. You will be working with our Protocol Specialists on the Protocol Operations team. This is one of those roles that’s not right for most people, and is hard to hire for, but for the folks where it’s truly a fit, this is the most incredible, fun, and rewarding job in the world.
To be successful in this role, you need to love crypto and be deeply curious about its inner workings. You will live in the humble, uncomfortable space of not knowing enough and not having the answers… and having to go learn. It’s a deeply technical role (although none of us are engineers) but also one that is highly interpersonal as you’ll be a focal point of protocol insights, relationships, and community.
By design, everyone on our team has a lot of unstructured time. About half of the time should be taken up by things we have to do, but the other half is for pushing the needle forward - identifying new protocols to support, new business models or opportunities, conducting research, writing newsletters, making our team more crypto-native, digging into data, and so on.
We look forward to receiving your application. Feel free to reach out to Viktor or Elias on Twitter if you have any questions!
Background/Qualifications
Strong Preference
- 1+ years of blockchain experience
- 2+ years of work experience
- Previously worked closely with layer 1 and layer 2 protocols (building, investing, researching)
- Has published research, analyses, articles, or blogs on blockchain projects or protocols
- Active community member in the blockchain ecosystem or a current open source code contributor
Nice To Have
- Experience with research and data analysis
- Experience on high performing teams, bonus points if within crypto
Responsibilities:
The Protocol Operations team (Pops) is the owner and source for all information related to the protocols we support or are looking at supporting. Pops is focused on ensuring that our cross-functional team is well informed on the important static details, updates, and development around each protocol. We empower the rest of the organization to excel in their roles by leveraging the deep protocol knowledge and insights Pops creates. The product team should be able to use information and insights owned by Pops to build better product experiences, the Sales team should be able to use insights to drive strategic sales initiatives, and the Customer Success team should be able to create timely proactive comms for our customers. We are the point guards that set others up for success.
As a Protocol Analyst, you will be working closely with our two Protocol Specialists to:
- Obtain wide and deep technical expertise in existing and up-and-coming protocols
- Research and evaluate new protocols, and make recommendations for their prioritization at Bison Trails
- Draft and improve our internal documentation on the protocols Bison Trails supports
- Write externally-facing content such as
- Protocol updates (example)
- Commentary on relevant developments in collaborating with our content team (example)
- Original research on interesting topics that are relevant to Bison Trails, our customers, or the protocols we support (example)
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