Monad Labs is a venture-backed tech startup building the Monad blockchain, a high-performance smart contract platform built to bring world adoption to decentralized apps. Monad combines unparalleled performance (10,000 transactions per second) with portability (full compatibility for Ethereum smart contracts), leveraging innovations in parallel execution and distributed consensus.

We are founded by Jump Trading alums, and backed by notable leaders in the crypto space, including Dragonfly, Placeholder, and Naval Ravikant. We have an office in NYC, and are partially distributed throughout the US and Canada.

The Role

We're looking for a Research Writer who combines excellent Ethereum technical knowledge with a knack for storytelling. As Research Writer, you will become the voice of Monad Labs and a key evangelist for the Monad blockchain. Your work will educate many users and developers, and will help Monad's community grow rapidly. This role is on the critical path of Monad's growth.

Requirements

Required experience/skills:

• Excellent knowledge of major crypto protocols, especially L1s and L2s (e.g. consensus mechanisms, economic security design, interoperability). Some examples of topics you should know well: PoW in Bitcoin, PoS in Ethereum, tendermint, IBC, MEV, PBS, and others
• Strong writing and storytelling ability
• Prior experience writing technical crypto topics in a clear and engaging manner
• Crypto-nativity: you're immersed in crypto culture, and aware of the prevailing personalities, memes, and major narratives and projects
• Experience writing engaging Twitter threads

Required personal attributes:

• Attention to detail
• Creativity
• Resourcefulness and independence
• Ambition to have your writing reach many people
• Technical curiosity
• Clarity of thought
• A sense of humor
• Enthusiasm about learning and teaching
• Enthusiasm for Monad's mission of enabling far more decentralized computation

Bonuses:

• Experience developing your own publication (substack etc)
• Previous experience at a L1 or L2 blockchain protocol
• Experience with Dune Analytics or more generally with querying blockchain data for insights
• Knowledge of Solidity and smart contract security
• CS background
• A love for memes

What you'll be doing

• You'll conduct research on technical topics related to Monad's mission of decentralization and scale. These topics will range from Monad-specific innovations and performance, to more general insights about the crypto space and current user or app behavior.
• You'll convert that research into insightful articles and twitter threads that educate the community about Monad's technology, and what the future will look like with Monad in the mix.
• You'll develop content for varying levels of technical background (everyday users, app developers, and researchers).
• You'll write for various platforms, from long-form (medium and mirror.xyz) to twitter, reddit, and podcasts.
• You'll work alongside other members of our team to build a coherent brand and voice for Monad.
• You'll stay up-to-date on apps, topics, and narratives, and incorporate current events into your writing. Your knowledge of the state of crypto will help inform our team's strategy with respect to partnerships and new initiatives.
• You'll help Monad's presence grow to be as big and engaged as possible.

Why work with us

• You'll be at the forefront of Monad's success story, communicating our unique selling points and sharing our vision of the future
• You'll shape the culture as an early employee and make impactful contributions from day one
• You'll work with great people
• You'll receive a competitive salary and equity package
• Your work will be deeply impactful, helping crypto and decentralization to scale, and ultimately paving the way for a new world of dapps that improve many people's lives.