Technical Product Manager (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 lead 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. They also understand how to build buy-in within an organization and externally while balancing a complex set of strategic, technical, regulatory and resource constraints.

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

What you’ll do

• Lead strategy and market research projects end-to-end, building work plans, interacting with clients, external advisers and building strong buy-in every step of the way
• Build and maintain an interventions roadmap that includes internal initiatives, partnerships and grants prioritized by measurable impact potential
• Support the grant lifecycle from research to RFP/grant scope development to vendor selection and reporting. Negotiate with potential grantees
• Liaise with and support grantees throughout the grant lifecycle as a trusted and influential resource. Ensure each grant delivers on intended outcomes
• Help manage a team of diverse contributors
• Develop reporting and outside comms material to ensure wider community support
• Contribute and evolve our internal methodologies, strategy playbooks, research sources, technology templates (e.g., Dune queries) and other standard operating procedures
• Write blog posts or other forms of content marketing related to your work from time to time
• This is a client-facing role. The ideal candidate will be excited to work closely with a top-tier crypto institutions and talent on a high impact project. May involve some US travel to joint off-sites

Required qualifications

• A computer science degree or experience in a professional engineering role
• 4+ years of experience across Product Management, Management Consulting in Technology or Technology Investing with a proven track record. A strong understanding of Product Management best practices
• 2+ years of experience in crypto, ideally in DeFi. A strong understanding of common crypto protocols
• Passionate about all aspects that make a crypto protocol successful from UX to community narrative to monetary premium/mechanism design
• Comfortable learning about complex DeFi and infrastructure projects
• Mastery of common productivity tools like Notion and spreadsheets
• Ability to work efficiently in a remote environment
• Ability to effectively communicate, collaborate and connect with clients, partners and other third parties
• Ability to influence decision making at a high performing organization
• Experience collaborating with multiple teams and juggling several projects at once
• Excitement to work in a fast moving setting with significant uncertainty, evolving scope/requirements and many hats to wear

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the DEX landscape (including emerging DEX designs, rollups and other peripheral markets)
• Experience in Solidity smart contract development
• Experience writing high-impact public-facing content/communications
• Experience developing a crypto protocol in a product role
• Experience developing analytics (e.g., with Dune) or automations
• A familiarity and interest in strategy frameworks and relevant case studies