What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Development Associate / Senior Associate - Engineering Services position at Informal Systems?
Job Description
Job Description
Salary :
Business Development Associate / Senior Associate
Full Time
Canada, Switzerland, UK, USA, Remote
About Informal
Informal Systems was founded to build trust in software and monetary systems, specializing in secure, interoperable, and fault-tolerant networks. Structured as a workers' cooperative, we bring rigorous protocol design, formal verification, and a dedication to sustainability, empowering teams to create systems people can fully rely on. Our current team of 70 members are distributed across Canada, the US and Europe.
Informal Systems Partners, Invests and Incubates. We do this across 5 business lines :
- Protocol R&D and Engineering Services : Partners with early stage teams across the Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cosmos, and other ecosystems on core architecture and design. Also acts as the core developer and maintainer of a variety of public goods - including Malachite, IBC-rs, and the Hermes relayer
- Security Audits : Leverages Informals expertise in distributed systems, formal verification, and adversarial code inspection - to ensure protocol safety and R&D
- Validator & Staking : A premier operator of decentralized network systems as we usher in a new age of open financial technologies. Informal Staking has been defining the standards in security, monitoring, and performance for Validators since 2017
- Ventures : A differentiated early stage venture partner bringing deep protocol development and engineering expertise
- Incubator : Recent project announcements include -
- Cycles : Our recently announced new layer-1 focused on debt clearing and consolidation for any debt use-case
- Hydro : A liquidity provisioning protocol focused initially on the Interchain ecosystem with plans to expand beyond
- Quint : A modern specification language for co-designing the protocol and implementation of decentralized systems
This role will primarily work with : 1) Protocol R&D and Engineering Services, 3) Validator and Staking, and 4) Ventures
Client Acquisition and Relationship Management : Identify, attract, and engage new clients across target markets to drive revenue growth while continuing to build and nurture long-term relationships with clients and stakeholders.
This is a unique opportunity to leverage your problem-solving skills and shape the future of blockchain technology.
What we look for in a successful Business Development Associate / Senior Associate :
Required :
Preferred :
Skills and Competencies :
Some of our benefits include :
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in our organization. We are committed to equal employment opportunities and encourage applications from people of all race, religion, colour, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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