**In this position you will:**

- Collaborate with the CEO & CTO to translate abstract protocols into technical specifications, engineering roadmaps, and implementation plans.
- Work with development teams to transform estimates into realistic timelines, ensuring transparent communication and visibility across the organization.
- Track project velocity toward key milestones, utilizing tools like Github projects, Lucidchart, and Notion to keep the wider team and community informed.
- Lead and empower our protocol engineering team of 10+ engineers, removing obstacles and fostering a productive, collaborative work environment.
- Oversee the network deployment processes, while maintaining high standards for documentation, code quality, and testing.
- Contribute to the transition from a company-led roadmap to a community-led approach as we migrate the engineering team to the Subspace Foundation.

**Key Requirements:**

- A genuine passion for decentralized, peer-to-peer systems, and a deep understanding of Web3 technologies.
- A strong foundation in software engineering or computer science, demonstrated through academic achievements or professional experience.
- Proven experience in leading engineering teams in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, or Web3 domains.
- Experience leading open-source and community-driven software projects, with the ability to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment.
- Successful track record of managing remote-first, globally distributed engineering teams.
- Comprehensive knowledge of leading blockchain scalability frameworks such as ETH2/Rollups, Near, Solana, Polkadot, and Dfinity.

**Bonus Experience:**

- Strong background in cryptography, distributed systems, and peer-to-peer networks.
- Familiarity with the architecture of major blockchain clients and frameworks, including Bitcoin Core, Geth/Solidity, and Substrate.
- Experience in smart contract development, full-stack decentralized application creation, or blockchain infrastructure and development tooling.
- Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Rust, C/C++, or Go.

**What We Offer**

- The ability to work from anywhere in the world
- A competitive salary with generous equity and token grants
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (US-based only)
- A unique opportunity to shape the future of the internet
- Team off-sites in various locations around the globe

Head of Protocol Engineering

Subspace Labs is an early-stage, venture-backed startup dedicated to revolutionizing the blockchain landscape. Our mission is to build the Subspace Network, a next-generation blockchain designed for radical decentralization and scalability. Leveraging Rust and Substrate technology, we're pioneering a novel proof-of-storage consensus algorithm and decoupled execution framework.

We're seeking a Head of Protocol Engineering to join our leadership team and ensure the successful realization of our groundbreaking blockchain solution. In this role, you will be responsible for translating abstract cryptographic protocols into actionable engineering plans. You will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer and will contribute directly to the success of our project.

With a globally distributed team and a commitment to open-source development, we're redefining the possibilities of blockchain innovation. Subspace is based on original research funded by the US National Science Foundation and will be launching as a sovereign layer-one blockchain early next year. To learn more, visit our website and read the technical whitepaper.

**In this position you will:**

- Collaborate with the CEO & CTO to translate abstract protocols into technical specifications, engineering roadmaps, and implementation plans.
- Work with development teams to transform estimates into realistic timelines, ensuring transparent communication and visibility across the organization.
- Track project velocity toward key milestones, utilizing tools like Github projects, Lucidchart, and Notion to keep the wider team and community informed.
- Lead and empower our protocol engineering team of 10+ engineers, removing obstacles and fostering a productive, collaborative work environment.
- Oversee the network deployment processes, while maintaining high standards for documentation, code quality, and testing.
- Contribute to the transition from a company-led roadmap to a community-led approach as we migrate the engineering team to the Subspace Foundation.

**Key Requirements:**

- A genuine passion for decentralized, peer-to-peer systems, and a deep understanding of Web3 technologies.
- A strong foundation in software engineering or computer science, demonstrated through academic achievements or professional experience.
- Proven experience in leading engineering teams in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, or Web3 domains.
- Experience leading open-source and community-driven software projects, with the ability to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment.
- Successful track record of managing remote-first, globally distributed engineering teams.
- Comprehensive knowledge of leading blockchain scalability frameworks such as ETH2/Rollups, Near, Solana, Polkadot, and Dfinity.

**Bonus Experience:**

- Strong background in cryptography, distributed systems, and peer-to-peer networks.
- Familiarity with the architecture of major blockchain clients and frameworks, including Bitcoin Core, Geth/Solidity, and Substrate.
- Experience in smart contract development, full-stack decentralized application creation, or blockchain infrastructure and development tooling.
- Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Rust, C/C++, or Go.

**What We Offer**

- The ability to work from anywhere in the world
- A competitive salary with generous equity and token grants
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (US-based only)
- A unique opportunity to shape the future of the internet
- Team off-sites in various locations around the globe

Frontend Engineer

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead, mentor, and grow our marketing, communications, ecosystem, and partnerships teams, coordinating their activities across our key audiences and stakeholders.
- Leverage data and user insights, and think strategically to develop and refine Subspace’s brand positioning while operationalizing and ensuring consistent execution of the marketing message.
- Lead execution of our existing marketing plan regarding the upcoming launch of the Subspace Network, while driving growth and adoption for our key end-user use-cases at the intersection of AI and Web3.
- Create, plan and execute eye-opening and thought-provoking go-to-market strategies and campaigns for new products and services, ensuring successful product launches and ongoing marketing campaigns.
- Measure, analyze, and report on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and initiatives, using data-driven insights to optimize performance and inform decision-making.
- Oversee and coordinate communications across all marketing channels, ensuring that relevant and meaningful content is generated and distributed on a regular basis to engage and educate our target audiences.
- Coordinate efforts to foster community growth amongst storage farmers and compute operators, maintaining a robust supply side of our network.
- Explore and establish key partnerships that will ensure the development of a healthy ecosystem across the Subspace Network.
- Work directly with our product and engineering teams to coordinate and run marketing experiments as new products and services are released.
- Collaborate closely with these teams to integrate marketing into product development.
- Ensure that all marketing efforts closely align with overall token economics and crypto-economic incentive mechanisms, contributing to the growth of the Subspace Network.
- Establishing and nurture key relationships with media, podcasters, influencers and industry analysts to to secure coverage and increase visibility of Subspace and our spokespeople.
- Work closely with designers, animators and illustrators to deepen and spread the visual identity of subspace.
- Oversee and update the content of the Subspace website to constantly be relevant and move with the market.
- Support the project in industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities to build brand awareness, and identify partnerships.
- Manage marketing budgets, allocate resources effectively, and ensure ROI on marketing investments.

**Key Requirements:**

- A proven track record of at least five years in progressively senior marketing roles, with experience managing teams, communities, and product launches.
- A minimum of three years Web3 Industry experience alongside a passion for decentralized, peer-to-peer systems.
- Prior experience at an early stage technology startup, ideally as an early hire or founding team member, also ideally in the FinTech, RegTech, or Crypto industries.
- Creative thinker with a proven track record of implementing innovative marketing campaigns and initiatives, coupled with exceptional communication skills for conveying complex concepts to various audiences.
- A hands-on multitasker who thrives on taking end-to-end ownership of tasks, willing to personally roll up their sleeves to execute and get the job done.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, using strong analytical skills to employ data-driven insights in marketing decision-making.
- Previous experience in the AI/ML industry, or a personal interest and solid understanding of the emerging market landscape across AI and Web3.

**What We Offer**

- The ability to work from anywhere in the world
- A competitive salary with generous equity and token grants
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (US-based only)
- A unique opportunity to shape the future of the internet
- Team off-sites in various locations around the globe

Chief Marketing Officer

Subspace Labs

The Subspace Network is a layer zero protocol that is fully interoperable with any layer one, allowing it to serve as an infrastructure layer for the entire Web3 ecosystem. 

Subspace Labs

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