Today, CertiK supports thousands of enterprise clients and Web3 projects globally, with a distributed international team spanning North America, Asia, and Europe. The company is backed by leading investors including Coatue, Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners, and Sequoia Capital, and has been recognized by organizations such as the World Economic Forum and CB Insights for its contributions to blockchain security innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Pipeline Generation & Outbound BD: Actively identify, prospect, and engage decision-makers (CTOs, Founders, Head of Web3/Digital Assets) across blockchain protocols, DeFi projects, RWA tokenization platforms, exchanges, and Web2 institutional entrants.
- Full Sales Cycle Execution: Drive complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from initial outreach and technical discovery to proposal creation, price negotiation, and contract execution.
- Enterprise & Institutional Sales: Engage traditional financial institutions, asset managers, family offices, and tech enterprises seeking institutional-grade security for their Web3 initiatives.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with CertiK’s global security engineering, solutions architecture, delivery, and marketing teams to ensure smooth deal execution and client onboarding.
- Account Expansion & Networking: Build long-term relationships with key accounts to drive renewals, audit add-ons, and monitoring subscriptions. Represent CertiK at local industry events, conferences, and ecosystem meetups.
Key Requirements & Qualifications
- Experience: 2–5 years of successful B2B sales or business development experience in Web3, blockchain security, cybersecurity, SaaS, or institutional fintech.
- Domain Knowledge: Strong familiarity with Web3 native ecosystems (EVM chains, Layer 1/Layer 2 protocols, DeFi, tokenomics, smart contract architectures).
- Good understanding of Web2 cybersecurity fundamentals (e.g., penetration testing, code review, risk assessments).
- Core Languages: Professional working proficiency (written and spoken) in English and Vietnamese for regional collaboration and global client management.
- Track Record: Proven ability to meet or exceed quarterly sales quotas through structured outbound outreach and consultative deal closing.
- Language & Skills Bonuses (Highly Preferred) Regional Asian Languages (Bonus): Proficiency in additional regional languages—such as Japanese, Korean, or other languages, —is a significant bonus for driving APAC cross-border expansion or local market expansion.
- Security & Audit Familiarity: Direct experience selling smart contract audits, penetration tests, or bug bounty services.
- Regulatory Context: Understanding of Vietnam’s digital asset licensing landscape is a bonus.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Skills Required
- 2-5 years of successful B2B sales or business development experience in Web3, blockchain security, cybersecurity, SaaS, or institutional fintech
- Strong familiarity with Web3 ecosystems, including EVM chains, Layer 1 and Layer 2 protocols, DeFi, tokenomics, and smart contract architectures
- Understanding of Web2 cybersecurity fundamentals, including penetration testing, code review, and risk assessments
- Professional working proficiency in written and spoken English and Vietnamese
- Proven ability to meet or exceed quarterly sales quotas through outbound outreach and consultative deal closing
- Direct experience selling smart contract audits, penetration tests, or bug bounty services
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
- Proficiency in additional regional Asian languages such as Japanese or Korean
- Understanding of Vietnam's digital asset licensing landscape
What We Do
Founded in 2018 by professors of Yale University and Columbia University, CertiK is a pioneer in blockchain security, utilizing best-in-class AI technology to secure and monitor blockchain protocols and smart contracts. CertiK’s mission is to secure the cyber world. Starting with blockchain, CertiK applies cutting-edge innovations from academia into enterprise, enabling mission-critical applications to be built with security and correctness. CertiK is one of the fastest growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security and has become a true market leader. To date, we have collectively worked with over 1300 enterprise clients, helped secure over $90 billion worth of digital assets, and detected over 23,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code. Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, Yearn, and Chiliz. Our Q1 2021 revenues have more than quadrupled the revenue of the full 2020 year. Since Q1 2020, our team size has more than doubled, and this rate of growth will continue in 2021, creating a highly effective, remote-friendly culture with talents located worldwide. CertiK just raised over $60 million in Series B and B+ funding rounds in 2021. Our investors include top VCs like Tiger Global, Coatue Management, Shunwei Capital and Hillhouse Capital as well as industry leaders like Coinbase Ventures and Binance.
