Protocol Designer

🏄 About Safe and the team

Safe is the most trusted decentralized custody protocol and Safe the flagship wallet for the ecosystem on Ethereum and the EVM. Our team is on a mission to unlock digital ownership for the world. By building robust and accessible tools, we aim to fix some of web3’s biggest challenges. For more information about Safe, check out our website.

You’ll be joining a growing team that currently includes 50+ people overall. The Protocol Designer role sits within our Safe{Core} team that currently includes 12 members distributed across Europe. The Safe{Core} team looks after: Protocol, API and SDK products which make up the Safe ecosystem.

👨‍💻 About the role

As a Protocol Designer you will be responsible for the delivery and execution of a process which will facilitate the design, analysis, and implementation of Safe’s token model. You will work with the protocol team, Safe’s founders, investors, external agencies and other key stakeholders to ensure that the token implementation maximizes impact while minimizes risk.

🗂 What you’ll be doing

• Collaborating  with the founders of Safe to shape a token model for the project
• Research and analysis of different (existing and future) token models, and incentivisation mechanisms comparing their pros/cons/trade offs
• Implementing new token models for the Safe project collaborating with the development teams of Safe{Core} and Safe{Wallet}
• Interact closely with the SafeDAO and Safe Ecosystem Foundation on integrating and evolving the tokenomics in the Safe project

🎒 What you’ll bring

• Expert knowledge of different token types
• security vs utility
• limited vs unlimited supply
• fungible vs non fungible
• Strong knowledge of different token models
• mining, staging
• yields, burning
• vesting and allocations
• Strong analytical and web3 experience
• Analyze the Ethereum state using SQL queries with Dune
• Query data from the Blockchain using RPC endpoints
• Understanding of existing token model implementations by different projects
• Good understanding of decentralized governance and DAO’s
• Modelling experience with cadCAD or similar

🎉 What we can offer you

• Personal education and conference budgets
• Friday afternoons on research or on a side project in our ecosystem
• Flexible workplace when it comes to your work schedule
• Token allocation for all employees
• Annual company retreats
• Office space in Berlin (Full Node – a co-working space for blockchain projects)

Please apply with your English resume.

We’re growing rapidly, the industry is expanding fast, and we have a lot to do. If you’re someone who loves taking initiative and getting things done, there’s a lot of opportunities for you at Safe. We look forward to your application!

Variety is the spice of life and a celebrated component of our culture. At Safe, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer: all qualified applicants are considered for positions regardless of race, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, marital status, gender identification, sexual orientation, or physical ability.