Computer Science Jobs at Curve Labs

About Us

Curve Labs is a team of innovators architecting and developing solutions for the distributed economy. We try to tackle systemic challenges of the Anthropocene by creating, combining, and integrating modular open-source technologies.

The Lab, which launched early 2020, is a registered German limited liability company (GmbH) headquartered in Berlin. Our work currently covers three domains:

• We are a design and development agency that integrates Web3 primitives to digital-native blockchain organizations, a.k.a. “DAOs.” Our clients include an activist coop, a decentralized finance provider, and a complementary currency provider.
• We are social activists that create and advocate for self-sovereign Web3 solutions applied to finance and organizational design. We design and build holistic systems that aim to address both socioeconomic and ecological issues.
• We are hands-on technologists who create infrastructural Web3 building blocks, such as version control, governance, and fundraising systems. We understand that these primitives are crucial for mass adoption of blockchain systems.

Altogether, Curve Labs is an exciting and diverse collaborative network of passionate domain experts navigating the razor edge of innovation. Join us.

Student Worker Requirements:

• Must be enrolled in a full-time course of study and not in a vacation semester.
• 20 hours per week (up to 40 hours are possible during the lecture-free period).
• Apart from students at German 🇩🇪 universities, EU 🇪🇺 + Swiss 🇨🇭 students are also eligible.

Tasks and Workload

• Analyze and keep track of cutting-edge research assigned areas.
• Provide active support to teams
  • Take notes during research sessions and archive them for synthesis.
  • Assist, ideate and iterate on systems mapping, diagramming and documentation.
  • Summarize and share relevant research with team members.
• Work on and publish research in relevant area.
• Document, write and edit publications at a high-level.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Active studies (Graduate, Post-Graduate) in and around fields of interest to Curve Labs projects and research, such as Economics, Computer Science and Systems Engineering. We welcome interdisciplinarity and are biased towards applied research.
• Experience writing academic publications, drafting research requirements and documenting interviews. In general: a superb writer and able to convey complex ideas clearly and a keen eye for recognizing relevant patterns.
• Acquaintance with systems dynamics, network theory and cybernetics.
• Independently able to set and execute on priorities. Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Interest and willingness to learn in systems dynamics, cybernetics, game theory / mechanism design, network theory and social choice.
• Fascination and interest in the past, present and future of decentralized protocols and applications.
• Commitment to open-source as a philosophy.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Bonuses

• Involvement in a token engineering, decentralized finance, or decentralized governance community or ecosystem, or familiarity with the field of cybernetics.
• Possibility for further involvement with Curve Labs after graduation.
• Berlin located (not required, but we’d love to spend time with you in person!)

Curve Labs focuses on Governance, Cooperative, Economics, and Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. Their company has offices in Berlin. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.

You can view their website at https://www.curvelabs.eu/