Category Labs (formerly known as Monad Labs) is a team of systems engineers and researchers on a mission to design and build at the frontier of decentralized technology. We strive to design and build step-function improvements over existing blockchain solutions. After raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team, laser-focused on delivering the first client for the Monad blockchain.
The RoleWe are looking for a Technical Project Manager who will drive operational efficiency across the engineering team.
What You Will DoWork with engineering teams, leadership and outside stakeholders to drive product deliverables and quality best practices
Collaborate with engineering leadership to understand, prioritize, and resource product deliverables. Creation, organization and follow-up of tickets will be a large part of the role.
Champion best practices for communication and collaboration in an engineering and research environment
Identify and improve existing engineering processes that could optimization or better rigor
Anticipate and proactively mitigate blockers (for both engineering progress and communication)
Own end-to-end release management including versioning, patch notes, configuration documentation, and stakeholder communications to ensure safe and timely releases with zero surprises
High intelligence - ability to pick up technical concepts quickly is incredibly valuable
High EQ and strong communication skills - you should be able to tactfully navigate inefficiencies and maximize productivity amongst engineers
3+ years of establishing and managing programs or managing projects in a successful technology company
2+ years of experience in process improvement (i.e. identifying and fixing issues in processes, implementing effective communication practices that maximize line of sight)
Stellar attention to detail and highly organized
Familiarity with agile practices and frameworks, particularly scrum and kanban (we use GitHub issues)
Desire to fill critical knowledge gaps around the firm and organize / improve existing knowledge resources
High degree of comfort working with highly technical teams (DevOps, research, engineering). You should be able to understand the technical documentation found at https://docs.monad.xyz/.
Interest in blockchain / web3 / crypto, with a desire for continued learning
Vendor management experience
Degree in a math, science or engineering field is helpful
Challenging problems. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are very slow. Monad’s core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto. Some of our recent blog posts highlight designing new mechanisms from first principles that uniquely suit Monad.
The right team. You’ll be part of a small, exceptional team.
Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you’ll help to shape our culture.
Compensation. You’ll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
Resources and growth. We’re well-capitalized, with backing from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures. We keep a lean team, and this is a rare opportunity to join. You’ll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.
Minimum full-time salary of $225,000. (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, domain expertise, and geographic location.)
Benefits for US employees include:
World class benefits package (medical/dental/vision)
Unlimited paid time off
401(k) retirement plan + company match
Lunch and dinner stipend (in-office NYC)
Monthly wellness benefit
Paid parental leave
Top Skills
What We Do
Category Labs (formerly known as Monad Labs) is a team of systems engineers and researchers on a mission to design and build at the frontier of decentralized technology. We strive to design and build step-function improvements over existing blockchain solutions. Such greenfield systems include from-scratch databases, Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanisms, JIT compilers for EVM bytecode, and much more.
We recently raised $225M in series A funding, and are backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital, and others.
Category Labs is building the next generation of blockchain infrastructure with Monad, an EVM-compatible layer 1 that dramatically improves performance. Deep optimization is needed across all levels of the stack - from the database layer, to the virtual machine layer, to the consensus and networking layer - in order to streamline EVM transaction processing. We are introducing these low-level optimizations, allowing consumer-grade hardware to deliver exceptional performance while maintaining a high degree of decentralization.
