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About Vac

Vacbuildspublic good protocols for the decentralized web.We do applied research based on which we build protocols, libraries and publications.

Who are we?

We are theVac Token Economics Team (TKE), an in-house expert group dedicated to assisting incubated programs at IFT, such as Status and Logos, in designing their token economies, incentives, and markets. Our collaboration with these teams is intensive and on a day-to-day basis, where we not only respond to their needs but also proactively drive the conversation forward by suggesting new ideas and strategies based on our research. Our team brings together a broad spectrum of skills and knowledge, ranging from the modeling of dynamic systems to theoretical modeling, and general cryptoeconomics.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse current token mechanics risks and architect a variety of solutions
• Develop financial models of complex systems.
• Analyse and understand the total value of various mechanism/incentive models
• Experience building and validating business models or cases
• Familiarity and experience with investment process in web3 (market validation, go-to-market strategy, token allocations and vesting )
• Give visibility to other projects (Finance and portfolio governance)

Ideally you will have:

• A background in economics; degree or equivalent in relevant field
• Experience with analyzing, creating and testing token mechanics & incentives
• Understanding and experience of application of market design, mechanism design and token design concepts
• Able to integrate sustainable tokenomics into already established economies/assets
• Extensive interest and exposure to web3 and the trends/technology, including smart contracts, NFTs, DAOs, tokens, blockchains, and crypto as a whole.
• Extensive experience with tokens, including creation, minting, yield farming, issuing, burning and staking
• Experience in, and passion for, blockchain technology
• A strong alignment to our principles:https://status.im/about/#our-principles

Bonus points if

• Familiarity with statistical programming languages & tools such as Python, R, Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, etc.
• Experience having previously written or involved with creation of whitepapers
• Comfortable working remotely and asynchronously
• Experience working for an open source organization.

[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role!]

Interview Process

• Interview with our POps team
• Interview with team member from the Vac TKE team
• Take home assignment & discussion with team member from the Vac TKE team
• Interview with Vac team lead