BlockZenithBlockZenith
Hiring · 7 open roles

Work on the stack your future self will brag about.

Small teams, senior by default, remote‑first. We pay in the top decile in cash and in tokens of the protocols we help build. We ship in months, not quarters.

Why BlockZenith

Reasons people stay.

Unusually hard problems

Rollup state proofs, agent alignment in messy workflows, market microstructure, post‑quantum custody. Pick your poison.

Unusually small teams

Squad sizes top out at 6. No resource pools, no project managers managing project managers.

Unusually long tenure

Average tenure is 4.1 years. We write code we still want to own in 2028.

Unusually public work

We open‑source aggressively. You will ship under your own name, if you want to.

Benefits

What we offer, in detail.

CompensationTop‑decile cash · token grants from partner protocols · annual refreshers
EquityMeaningful equity from day one · 10‑year exercise window
Time off35 days PTO · 13 public holidays · "do‑nothing August"
HardwareTop‑spec laptop + monitor + chair · refreshed every 3 years
Learning$5k / yr for books, courses, conferences, hardware
Travel2 team offsites per year · visas & relocation support
HealthPrivate health, dental, mental; family cover where local law allows
Parental26 weeks fully paid · phased return · ergonomics budget
RetirementMatch up to 8% · employer paid fees
Open roles

7 positions · globally remote.

Lab 03 · ChainLab 01 · DeFAILab 02 · SwarmsStudioLab 05 · InfraCommunityRevenue
Interview

Five steps · under 3 weeks · paid.

01

Written intro

You send a 300‑word note + something you built. No CVs required; sent anyway welcome.

02

Craft conversation

45 minutes with two engineers about your actual work. No leetcode. No trivia.

03

Paid work trial

10 – 20 hours on a real problem, paid at your market rate. You keep the artifact.

04

Team fit

Two half‑hour conversations with future teammates. Honesty in both directions.

05

Offer

Cash + tokens + equity laid out in a memo. 72 hours to decide, not 24.

Don’t see your role?

Send us a note anyway.

If you ship things we would be proud to have shipped, we will make room. Tell us what you have built and what you want to build next.

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