DESCRIPTION: The Sales Engineer for Staking is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and passionate individual to join the team at Foundry, a subsidiary of the blockchain industry’s most prolific and active investor, Digital Currency Group. Reporting to the VP, Business Development, Staking, the Sales Engineer will be the expert in the room on the protocols for which they are responsible. They will advise prospects, clients, and Foundry team members on the communities, tokenomics, unlocks, staking environment, developer environment, airdrops, and overall roadmap of their respective protocols; and find creative ways to maximize returns and opportunities for Foundry and our clients. This is a critical role at Foundry and a rare invitation to join a quickly growing professional entrepreneurial group with the backing of the most establish player in the fast-growing crypto space.

This is a rare invitation to join a small, highly professional entrepreneurial group, with the backing of the most established player in the fast-growing crypto space.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Becoming an expert on a minimum of 8-10 protocols, their environments, their communities, their roadmaps, airdrops, etc.
  • Advising the Foundry engineering team, sales team, product team, marketing team and executive team on relevant topics as they pertain to your protocol areas of expertise
  • Advising prospects, clients, and other players within the DCG family of the same
  • Interacting with the respective protocol communities in a professional way befitting Foundry and DCG

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

  • Participate in initial sales calls and advise as necessary on your respective protocols
  • Participate in onboarding and maintaining of clients and client relationships
  • Advise the engineering team on protocols
  • Write quick, easily digestible summaries of protocols and keep them up to date for internal and external purposes
  • Interact with protocol communities to stay abreast of events
  • Interact with marketing to produce relevant content associated with sales and your role

 

Minimum Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
  • Advanced understanding of blockchain technology and how it works
  • Solid understanding of the crypto ecosystem
  • Ability to break down complex situations and technical projects into easily understandable narratives
  • Must be professionally conversant – able to answer questions quickly and accurately and to provide relevant insight and advice to decision makers
  • This position will deal with a wide combination of both software and hardware products, so you need to be versatile, autodidactic, and adaptable
  • Does not necessarily need to have an explicit development background, but must have a good understanding of how the technology stack interacts within the ecosystem, including the underlying languages

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it

ENVIRONMENT:
General office environment with perks! (fully stocked kitchen, flexible workspace, weekly company meetings, regular team outings and events, focus on employee engagement, teamwork, inclusion, equity, and diversity).

ABOUT FOUNDRY:
At Foundry, we are working toward a common goal of empowering a decentralized infrastructure. Our team is passionate about the future of finance and is looking for other like-minded individuals who share in this vision. While we are inclusive and diverse in workforce and style, we all agree that digital assets will change the world.

Foundry was created to meet the institutional demand for better capital access, efficiency, and transparency in the digital currency mining and staking industry.

As a Digital Currency Group company, Foundry taps unparalleled institutional expertise, capital, and market intelligence to provide North American bitcoin miners and global manufacturers with the resources to build, maintain, and secure decentralized networks.

Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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