Strategy Analyst (Uniswap Foundation)

We build protocols.

Auditless is a web3-native protocol studio focused on protocol strategy, design & development. We help crypto protocols improve their performance through strategic advisory and protocol development.

Not a dev shop.

Our process combines techniques from strategy consulting, product management and high assurance software engineering to ensure that the features we ship deliver bottom line impact. We are proud to collaborate with some of the most sophisticated and impactful companies in crypto.

Partnering with ambition.

We are not afraid to work on ambitious ideas from the earliest stages. We enjoy building products that aim to radically improve user experience in large markets and we actively seek out problems that are research heavy in their scope.

We do this for fun.

Auditless is an independently owned studio and not beholden to any outside interests. We actively choose projects that we think will be impactful and also challenge us in new ways.

Here’s a recent example of our work.

This is a Uniswap Foundation-specific opportunity.

The Uniswap Foundation is allocating a $1.2M grant to Auditless to spearhead the Protocol Grants Program. The scope of the grant will be to create value for all Uniswap ecosystem stakeholders by funding protocol development with the goal of reducing transaction costs and latency, increasing protocol flexibility and scalability and strengthening Uniswap’s value proposition as a developer platform. We will build relationships with core stakeholders in the ecosystem, stay on the cutting edge of DeFi innovation and design grants to support the continued development and innovation of the protocol. We will also collaborate closely with the grantee teams, facilitate collaboration between the grantees, existing protocol contributors and core stakeholders.

If you love Uniswap and are excited about helping to develop one of the most pivotal ecosystems in DeFi in collaboration with some of the highest calibre individuals in crypto, this is the role for you.

For more about the grant, see Uniswap Foundation’s blog post:

Announcing New Grant to Auditless for the Protocol Grants Progra…

TL:DR;

This role is ideal for someone who is looking to “do their best work yet” in the crypto space and impact one of the industry’s most important and beloved protocols. You will have the opportunity to tackle both high-level strategic questions and explore the technical details of bleeding edge innovations while drawing a connection between the two. You’ll be part of a team whose work will determine new product creation, significant grant allocations and other industry shaping decisions.

The right candidate values a data-driven approach to research and decision making and is excited to use and further develop systems to achieve ambitious and measurable targets.

For better or worse, you’ll also get to work closely with me (Peteris).

What you’ll do

• Study articles, blogs, YouTube videos, dashboards and other varied sources of insight to conduct high quality strategic research in diverse areas of crypto
• Produce compelling written and visual communication in tools like Notion to express your point of view and summarize your findings
• When helpful, developing analytical models and data estimates in Google Sheets
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the team at Auditless and other ecosystem stakeholders to arrive at the best possible answer
• Develop systems and methodologies around research, interviews, communications, content marketing that could be used to improve our leverage
• This is a client-facing role. The ideal candidate will be excited to work closely with a top-tier crypto institutions and talent on high impact projects.

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a professional research-heavy role (consulting/finance/content marketing)
• Strong interest and understanding of prevailing trends in crypto with an emphasis on DeFi. Must be an user of cryptocurrencies and DeFi products with a significant interest and opinions in industry news, podcasts, social media accounts
• Comfortable learning about complex concepts in crypto from first principles. Doesn’t need to be technical but need to be confident enough to figure out the essence of where technical nuances matter by asking questions and learning from others
• Confident with conducting a lot of interviews with industry representatives to dive deeper on research topics
• Ability to set independent goals, arrive at hypotheses and drive work streams towards clarity to support decision making in a predictable time frame
• Ability to work efficiently in a remote environment
• Ability to write clear & compelling copy distilling complex concepts and an appetite for continuous improvement
• Excitement to work in an early stage setting with significant uncertainty, evolving scope/requirements and many hats to wear
• Interest in learning technical tools to enhance analytical toolkit like Dune dashboard development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a highly collaborative or client-facing organization
• Experience in data analysis / Python
• Experience in producing content for social media (e.., Mirror, X, YouTube, newsletter)