About Valory
Valory is bringing autonomy to web3. Our unique software stack enables autonomous, decentralized apps that are robust, transparent, and run continuously, using complex logic to decide and take their own actions. By freeing up human attention thanks to machine autonomy, we can increase human autonomy. In the context of web3, our stack complements existing on-chain smart contract protocols by providing their off-chain equivalent. This allows for applications that can run autonomously, execute complex logic that smart contracts cannot, and be more robust, decentralized, and transparent than centralized counterparts. We believe our stack will enable unprecedented applications across the crypto ecosystem.
What We're Building
- Our novel stack for building autonomous, decentralized apps
- The first apps to demonstrate the novel, composable applications that can be built with our stack
- A protocol to secure it all on-chain
- Working with DAOs & teaching Python developers to build with us, securing & autonomizing their off-chain operations
We also innovate on open-source compensation models, allowing developers to earn a living by contributing components that can be used in multiple applications built on our stack.
About the Role
We are looking for an ambitious, curious person with 2+ years of leadership experience in engineering who enjoys growing the capacity of capable teams. You will contribute to the heart of our exciting new network.
Key Outcomes & Duties
- Ensure the Engineering team is highly productive, maximizing efficiency and keeping pace with market demand.
- The position is initially split 50:50 between team management and code contributions, transitioning to 100% management and reviews over two years.
- Empower engineers to own their areas of work and find optimal solutions to scale and grow our software stack.
- Foster strong feedback loops and collaboration between engineering, product, and growth teams.
- Deploy engineering resources to the highest priority projects and ensure dependable capacity and resource planning.
- Drive engineering strategy and its roadmap, managing resources and the team budget.
- Identify gaps in the team and hire exceptional talent to fill them.
- Nurture a sense of trust and collaboration within the Engineering team, making difficult conversations easy.
- Build a holistic understanding of our problem space and effectively communicate it to the team.
- You will be expected to contribute to our codebase from the start to familiarize yourself with the codebase and team.
Requirements
- Very comfortable with remote working.
- 2+ years of leadership experience in engineering & managing a team, preferably in a remote context.
- Experience shipping distributed systems.
- Experience with building maintainable and documented codebases, including open-source software development tools like Github.
- Languages: Python, JavaScript, and at least one systems language (Rust or Go preferred).
- Evidence of strategic thinking and management of resources.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including written and verbal English.
- Some formal background in Computer Science.
- Bonus: Experience in a fast-growing startup and production environment.
- Bonus: Familiarity with web3/blockchain.
- Strong preference for time zone between Western Europe and India (UTC -2 to +6).
The Opportunity
- Generous salary ($120k - $200k) and equity compensation, accounting for benefits.
- Remote (Valory is a fully distributed team from day one).
- Be a part of a unique and novel project that will push web3 forward.
- Work on a unique software stack and product with a team of world-class software engineers, researchers, and product experts across multiple fields (multi-agent systems, cryptography, and economics).
- Collaborate with teams across DeFi and our community of agent developers.
- Redefine how developers build off-chain services in DeFi and long into web3’s future.
- Please note we can only offer visa sponsorship to Switzerland, where Valory AG is based.