DAT Director at YASSI

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

11 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Economics, Finance, Decentralized Systems, Cryptography, Mechanism Design, Digital Asset Economies, Market Mechanics, Game Theory, Incentive Alignment, Governance Mechanisms, Treasury Design, DAO Policy, Exchange Strategy, Liquidity Architecture, Data Modeling, Analytics

Industry

Description

🚀 About The Paradigm Shifters (TPS) We are building a next-generation public blockchain architecture powered by cutting-edge cryptography — including Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) and witness encryption. By decoupling verification from computation, our protocol unlocks massive performance gains, modular flexibility, and privacy-preserving smart contract design. Our modular chain is purpose-built for developers — designed to support advanced use cases in payments, AI agents, and beyond. Backed by pioneers in the blockchain space, including the Neo Foundation, a globally distributed team of blockchain pioneers, PhDs, cryptographers, and researchers/engineers. We're preparing for launch — and looking for our visionary. Our Team includes around 20 people: Founder, Research & Consensus Engineering (13), Founding GTM, Founding P&T/Ops, Director of Marketing, Tech Content Writer 🎯 The Role We are seeking a DAT Director to design, model, and optimize the economic framework of our chain, its native utility mechanisms, and future partnership technologies. This is a founding-level role: you will architect incentive structures, design community distribution frameworks, run simulations, and refine mechanisms post-launch. You’ll collaborate across research, engineering, marketing, content, and BD to ensure the digital asset architecture aligns with protocol design, ecosystem growth, and long-term sustainability. 🔨 What You’ll Do Build the full digital asset and governance architecture from scratch — including incentive design, distribution frameworks, and unlock schedules. Create participation systems for validators, users, and developers that work in practice. Run economic modeling and simulations to pressure-test edge cases and stress-test system assumptions. Integrate digital asset design seamlessly into protocol development with engineers. Design and operate both sides of grants: create programs for distributing ecosystem/community grants and structure frameworks for identifying, applying to, and receiving grants from partners, foundations, or research bodies. Shape treasury strategy, DAO frameworks, and CEX/DEX participation models. Track and analyze ecosystem performance before and after launch, iterating quickly. Stay on top of emerging research and industry practices, bringing in the best ideas while avoiding known pitfalls. ✅ Requirements 8+ years in economics, finance, or decentralized systems; strong grounding in cryptography and mechanism design. 5+ years architecting digital asset economies, market mechanics, or decentralized resource frameworks. Proven track record building or advising on large-scale decentralized networks or labs. Deep knowledge of game theory, incentive alignment, and governance mechanisms. Experience structuring grants programs (outbound) and securing external grants/funding (inbound). Expertise in treasury design, DAO policy, exchange strategy, and liquidity architecture. Familiarity with regulatory considerations across jurisdictions (U.S., Cayman, APAC). Hands-on ability with data modeling/simulation; skilled in on- and off-chain analytics. Comfort with early-stage chaos: fast pivots, limited resources, high ambiguity. Excellent communicator — able to explain complex mechanics simply. Passion for building something new as part of a distributed founding team (California ↔ APAC). 💎 Bonus Points Understanding of how ZK technology impacts incentive and governance design. Prior experience with L1, L2, or DeFi ecosystems. Published research or whitepapers on digital asset economics or mechanism design. Experience building governance systems or DAOs. Startup experience — scrappy, creative, resourceful.

Responsibilities

The DAT Director will design, model, and optimize the economic framework of the blockchain, including incentive structures and community distribution frameworks. This role involves collaboration across various teams to ensure alignment with protocol design and ecosystem growth.