Who Are We?
Obol is a remote first research and software development team focused on building decentralized software for public proof of stake blockchain networks. Over the past 12 months we have been building a community of strategic supporters across the entire stack to enable more resilient and distributed staking infrastructure on public blockchain networks through the Shared Secret Validator (SSV) effort, initiated by the Ethereum Foundation.Â
SSV is a powerful infrastructure primitive that can be used in a variety of configurations and implemented on almost any public blockchain network. The primitive has been researched and designed to improve resiliency and security at the validator client and beacon node level of the Ethereum stack, mitigating risks such as crash faults, key theft, and slashing risk. This is achieved by splitting a validator key across multiple independently operating instances and utilizing threshold signatures to perform validation duties (think: a multi-sig validator).Â
https://blog.obol.tech/lido-development-grant-to-obol/
Obol is currently focused on utilizing the SSV primitive as a building block to develop a trust-minimized staking protocol. We believe that this primitive is most useful at the lower layers of the blockchain stack and should be deployed to main net with an architecture that enables it to be built on top of, accelerating vertical innovation in staking products, similar to the way roll-up technologies have evolved over the past few years.Â
Our mission is to increase the security and resiliency of public blockchain networks by evolving the SSV primitive to become a sustainable public good accessible by developers and validators all over the world.
The Obol protocol will become an open, community governed, self-sustaining project over the coming months and years. Its participants will be responsible for the security and distribution of consensus finding on the world's most used public blockchain networks. Together we will incentivize, buidl, and maintain distributed technology that makes public proof of stake networks a more secure and resilient foundation to build on top of.
Who are we?
DV labs is a remote-first research and software development team focused on Proof of Stake infrastructure for public blockchain networks. Specific topics of focus are Internet Bonds, Distributed Validator Technology, and Multi-Operator Validation. The core team includes +30 members spread across +15 countries.
The core team is building the Network, a protocol to foster trust-minimized staking through multi-operator validation. This will enable low-trust access to Ethereum staking yield, which can be used as a core building block in various Web3 products.
The Network
The network can be best visualized as a work layer that sits directly on top of the base layer consensus. This work layer is designed to provide the base layer with more resiliency and decentralization as it scales. In this chapter of Ethereum, we will move on to the next great scaling challenge, which is stake centralization. Layers like DV Labs are critical to the long-term viability and resiliency of public networks, especially networks like Ethereum.
DV Labs as a layer is focused on scaling main chain staking by providing permissionless access to Distributed Validators. The network utilizes a middleware implementation of Distributed Validator Technology (DVT), to enable the operation of distributed validator clusters that can preserve validators' current client and remote signing configurations.
Similar to how roll-up technology laid the foundation for L2 scaling implementations, we believe DVT will do the same for scaling the consensus layer while preserving decentralization. Staking infrastructure is entering its protocol phase of evolution, which must include trust-minimized staking networks that can be plugged into at scale. We believe DVT will evolve into a widely used primitive and will ensure the security, resiliency, and decentralization of public networks.
The Network develops and maintains three core public goods that will eventually work together through circular economics:
The DV Launchpad, a User Interface for bootstrapping and managing Distributed Validators
Charon, a Golang based middleware client that enables validators to run in a fault-tolerant, distributed manner.
Obol Splits, a set of solidity contracts for the formation of Distributed Validators tailored to different use cases such as DeFi, Liquid Staking, and Fractionalized DepositsÂ
Responsibilities
- Own and drive Obol's product vision & strategy to enable growth & success. Scale and lead our product & design organization while maintaining a high-performing culture.
- Oversee the companyâs entire product suite Act as a counterpart for our CTO and provide the Roadmap definition. Define âwhat are we buildingâ and âwhy are we building itâ.
- Focus on the software products and services offered by DV Labs. Translate the product roadmap and the steps taken by the product team into board-level appropriate communication.
- Lead the design of node operator tooling and its accompanying developer experience to enable the deployment of DVs across retail to enterprise deployment environments. (E.g. Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, Ansible and Docker based products).
- Refine and further develop our Solidity products to facilitate the seamless incorporation of DVs into existing Ethereum protocols.
- Develop best-in-class onboarding flows for UI and programmatic creation of distributed validators (e.g. DV Launchpad, Obol SDK, Obol API).
- Develop editable distributed validator clusters, including specifying and overseeing the changes that need to ripple through the rest of the Obol Product Suite to enable such mutability.
- Analyze product performance and iterate on the product suite's design to solve challenges that arise when using Obol's products.
- Push the distributed validator vision with external clients and public facing outlets. Take ownership of and be accountable for the integration process, ensuring seamless coordination and implementation.
- Executive Duties:Â Manage and progress the operations of DV Labs by working closely with the Executive team to define strategies to grow and differentiate our product. You will also need to be informed of our competitorâs developments.
- Ensure products are aligned to the company strategy and to verify that the product team is resourced appropriately.
- Contribute with the recruiting processes of the Product team to ensure we add qualified and talented team members.
Requirements
- The ideal Chief Product Officer (CPO) should have a deeply technical background, with mandatory expertise in Solidity smart contract design.
- In addition, the CPO should be knowledgeable in the following areas: Protocol design and development, REST API and SDK development, Front-end DApp development, Ethereum validator tech stacks, Ethereum clients, Ethereum Layer 2s, DevOps/Running production-grade infrastructure.
- Preferred time zone: GMT-5 to GMT+3.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Annual Global Off-site
- Annual opportunity to attend DevCon (or a blockchain conference of choice)
- Generous paid time off
- Budget for personal equipment
- Budget for training or education
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