Protocol Operations Analyst
Coinbase has built the world's leading compliant cryptocurrency platform serving over 30 million accounts in more than 100 countries. With multiple successful products, and our vocal advocacy for blockchain technology, we have played a major part in mainstream awareness and adoption of cryptocurrency. We are proud to offer an entire suite of products that are helping build the cryptoeconomy and increase economic freedom around the world.
There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, disrupt ourselves, and expect sustained high performance because we play as a championship team. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people with the desire and capacity to build and share expertise in the frontier technologies of crypto and blockchain, in whatever way is most relevant to their role.
Bison Trails is the leading blockchain infrastructure provider–acquired by Coinbase.
We are looking for an exceptional Protocol Analyst to join our highly-skilled and passionate team. You will be working with our Protocol Specialists on the Protocol Operations team.
We believe in the power of blockchain technology and building a decentralized future that enables greater participation in global financial networks. Our mission is to provide superior infrastructure on multiple blockchains, to strengthen the entire ecosystem, and enable the pioneers of tomorrow.
Background/Qualifications
Strong Preference
- 1+ years of blockchain experience
- 2+ years of work experience
- Previously worked closely with layer 1 and layer 2 protocols (building, investing, researching)
- Has published research, analyses, articles, or blogs on blockchain projects or protocols
- Active community member in the blockchain ecosystem or a current open source code contributor
Nice To Have
- Experience with research and data analysis
- Experience on high performing teams, bonus points if within crypto
Responsibilities:
The Protocol Operations team (Pops) is the owner and source for all information related to the protocols we support or are looking at supporting. Pops is focused on ensuring that our cross-functional team is well informed on the important static details, updates, and development around each protocol. We empower the rest of the organization to excel in their roles by leveraging the deep protocol knowledge and insights Pops creates. The product team should be able to use information and insights owned by Pops to build better product experiences, the Sales team should be able to use insights to drive strategic sales initiatives, and the Customer Success team should be able to create timely proactive comms for our customers. We are the point guards that set others up for success.
As a Protocol Analyst, you will be working closely with our two Protocol Specialists to:
- Obtain wide and deep technical expertise in existing and up-and-coming protocols
- Research and evaluate new protocols, and make recommendations for their prioritization at Bison Trails
- Draft and improve our internal documentation on the protocols Bison Trails supports
- Write externally-facing content such as
- Protocol updates (example)
- Commentary on relevant developments in collaborating with our content team (example)
Original research on interesting topics that are relevant to Bison Trails, our customers, or the protocols we support (example)
ID: R23341
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