DAT Director

🚀 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.