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Work on Celo and join us in building a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As a Regional Lead for this decentralized technology, working with the team at&nbsp; cLabs, you will develop and implement the strategy for the region to maximize Celo awareness and adoption. You will be responsible for building out the Celo ecosystem for your region, acting as the spokesperson for Celo, leading the efforts of the Country Leads, and identifying ways to increase the flow of Celo assets.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As a Regional Lead for this decentralized technology, working with the team at  cLabs, you will develop and implement the strategy for the region to maximize Celo awareness and adoption. You will be responsible for building out the Celo ecosystem for your region, acting as the spokesperson for Celo, leading the efforts of the Country Leads, and identifying ways to increase the flow of Celo assets.


<li>Build and ecosystem for Celo in Africa so that Celo assets are easy to buy, sell, and spend.</li><li>Establish relationships with organizations that are aligned with the Celo mission and are interested in growing Celo and joining the Celo Alliance for Prosperity.</li><li>Build social channels to create awareness of Celo in the region.</li><li>Represent Celo in industry events across the region.</li><li>Lead Country Leads in the region.</li>

<li>Knowledge of blockchain and relevant business development experience in Africa.</li><li>Understand the various cultures and can help bring Celo to life in a very localized way.</li><li>Have a network of organizations in the region, such as digital wallets, mobile carriers, payment processors, blockchain associations, and/or Fintech companies.</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills and a drive to serve communities around the globe.</li><li>Nice to have: Strong sense of curiosity.</li><li>Nice to have: Technical acumen.</li><li>Nice to have: Experience in building a community.</li>

<div><span style="font-size: 11pt">At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</span></div>

At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.


<li>Partner with Celo foundation employees and the broader Celo APAC community to write and edit content for the communications strategy in APAC, including web, email, blog, news releases, and social</li><li>Assist APAC Comms Lead to implement a robust APAC media relations function, with agency support, to effectively position Celo in both industry and mainstream media outlets</li><li>Support APAC Comms Lead to manage local PR agencies including reviewing their article content, coordinating with press release posts, event planning, and tracking their monthly KPIs.</li><li>Translate Celo blog posts from English to Chinese and other APAC local languages</li><li>Assist in APAC community management on Wechat, telegram, discord, or other local preference platforms&nbsp;</li><li>Assist in APAC ambassador program management including reviewing their task submissions, tracking KPIs, coordinating weekly meetings, sharing supporting documents to make sure ambassadors always share the most up-to-date information about Celo with the community&nbsp;</li><li>Identify, sort, and prioritize local influencers and upcoming events to support the influencer partnership and event selection process</li><li>Collect data and create monthly reports to track PR strength in APAC&nbsp;</li><li>Monitor APAC local trending topics and policy changes regarding crypto and share them with the team&nbsp;</li><li>Coordinate communications between local builders and Celo’s dev team and collect builder and user stories about Celo</li><li>Tell beautiful stories that balance both the promise and realization of Celo’s mission</li><div><br></div>

<li>3-5 years work experience in PR, Media, or social media</li><li>2-3 years PR agency/vendor management experiences&nbsp;</li><li>Great article writing skills</li><li>1-2 years of social media management experience (platforms such as Weibo, WeChat, and more)</li><li>1-2 years of project and people management experience</li><li>2-3 years of community management experience</li><li>Basic knowledge of cryptocurrency, blockchain, and DeFi</li><li>Basic data analysis and reporting skills and comfortable using data to drive content insights</li><li>A visual storyteller that can use videos and images to tell beautiful stories</li><li>Bilingual: English and Chinese&nbsp;</li><li>Residency Location: Non-mainland of China citizens</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with multiple stakeholders within a rapidly changing industry</li><li>Thoughtfulness and attention to detail with regard to storytelling and the holding of the Celo brand, honoring the quality and uniqueness of Celo’s voice</li><li>Proven experience operating on a global level with an international perspective and sensitivity to cultural nuances</li><li>An avid user of social media networks with a keen sense for how people are using them</li><li>An excellent communicator with high emotional intelligence</li><li>An independent and self-driven go-getter who can prioritize work and self-manage</li><li>Excited about blockchain and cryptocurrency and their potential</li><div><br></div>

APAC Communications Partner, Celo Foundation

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As a Country Lead for this decentralized technology, working with the team at&nbsp; cLabs, you will build and support the community of collaborators and early adopters interested in contributing to and benefiting from the Celo platform. You will be responsible for building out the Celo ecosystem for your market and the implementation of a campaign to promote Celo and the different use cases for the technology, starting with building the community and including on-the-ground project management and engagement with key local collaborators.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As a Country Lead for this decentralized technology, working with the team at  cLabs, you will build and support the community of collaborators and early adopters interested in contributing to and benefiting from the Celo platform. You will be responsible for building out the Celo ecosystem for your market and the implementation of a campaign to promote Celo and the different use cases for the technology, starting with building the community and including on-the-ground project management and engagement with key local collaborators.


<li>Build an ecosystem for Celo in Asia so that Celo assets are easy to buy, sell, and spend</li><li>Establish relationships with organizations that are aligned with the Celo mission and are interested in growing Celo and joining the Celo Alliance for Prosperity</li><li>Build social channels to create awareness of Celo in the region</li><li>Represent Celo in industry events across the region</li><li>Lead Country Leads in the region</li><div><br></div>

<li>Knowledge of blockchain and relevant business development experience in Asia</li><li>Understand the various cultures and can help bring Celo to life in a very localized way</li><li>Have a network of organizations in the region, such as digital wallets, mobile carriers, payment processors, blockchain associations, and/or Fintech companies</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills and a drive to serve communities around the globe</li>

<li>Strong sense of curiosity&nbsp;</li><li>Technical acumen</li><li>Experience in building a community</li>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking Product Manager Interns to join our Commerce Product team. As a Commerce Product Intern, you will be responsible for owning a part of the Celo platform from planning, executing, to delivering your part of the Celo protocol. You will have the opportunity to grow within the role.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

cLabs is seeking Product Manager Interns to join our Commerce Product team. As a Commerce Product Intern, you will be responsible for owning a part of the Celo platform from planning, executing, to delivering your part of the Celo protocol. You will have the opportunity to grow within the role.


<li>Be part of the Commerce product cycle that develops real world applications</li><li>Work closely with the business, marketing and engineering teams to develop solutions that meet user needs and that provide maximum value to protocol stakeholders</li><li>Manage the product roadmap and backlog for your part of the protocol</li><li>Help create and deliver technical content for partners and the community</li><li>Encourage and celebrate diversity in the communities you build</li>

<li>A technical background, CS degree or relevant experience</li><li>Familiarity and passion for crypto, open source and/or distributed computing</li><li>Familiarity with FinTech applications</li><li>A passion for coming up with ways to address business problems through the use of technology</li><li>Excellent communication and critical thinking skills</li><li>Demonstrated the ability to work both independently and as a team</li><li>Demonstrated proactiveness and problem solving skills</li><li>BONUS: Experience with GitHub and/or ZenHub</li>

Commerce Product Intern (Spring/Summer 2022)

<div>At the Celo Foundation we partner with organizations across the Celo ecosystem including partnering with cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As the Comms Coordinator at Celo Foundation, you will support the lead link and MarCom circle&nbsp; in day-to-day operations.&nbsp;Keeping information flowing within the circle, between circles in the Celo Foundation and with external partners, including cLabs, will be a priority.&nbsp;Your organizational support will be a critical part of MarCom’s success in furthering Celo’s mission.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>

At the Celo Foundation we partner with organizations across the Celo ecosystem including partnering with cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As the Comms Coordinator at Celo Foundation, you will support the lead link and MarCom circle  in day-to-day operations. Keeping information flowing within the circle, between circles in the Celo Foundation and with external partners, including cLabs, will be a priority. Your organizational support will be a critical part of MarCom’s success in furthering Celo’s mission.  



<li>Schedule and conduct project meetings, assign tasks, tracks activities, and holds all project team members accountable</li><li>Work to ensure highest levels of work product from both internal teams and vendors</li><li>Partner with Head of Communications to develop and manage budgets, process invoices, and track progress against strategic plans and team OKRs</li><li>Responsible for tracking and analysis of internal communications and PR agency partners</li><li><br></li>

<li>Previous project/program management experience and exposure to highly technical products/solutions a plus</li><li>Experience working and thriving in fast-paced environments</li><li>Superb organizational and scheduling skills</li><li>Excellent communications skills, strong judgment, terrific diplomacy</li><div><br></div>

Communications Coordinator, Celo Foundation

<div><span style="font-size: 12pt">The Celo mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt">Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt">As part of the Celo Foundation in San Francisco, we are looking for a Community Manager  to support the larger team. The ideal candidate thrives when handling multiple, important tasks at once (with an attention to detail) while working in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication skills, both externally and internally, the candidate provides constructive feedback and input, and takes the initiative to get things done.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt">Candidates should bring a positive, go-getter attitude to the office with an earnest inclination to offer help before being asked. A creative mindset will be a huge asset in this role as there are opportunities to optimize current processes as well as encourage engagement and build culture within the organization and surrounding Celo community.</span></div>

The Celo mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As part of the Celo Foundation in San Francisco, we are looking for a Community Manager  to support the larger team. The ideal candidate thrives when handling multiple, important tasks at once (with an attention to detail) while working in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication skills, both externally and internally, the candidate provides constructive feedback and input, and takes the initiative to get things done.  

Candidates should bring a positive, go-getter attitude to the office with an earnest inclination to offer help before being asked. A creative mindset will be a huge asset in this role as there are opportunities to optimize current processes as well as encourage engagement and build culture within the organization and surrounding Celo community.


<li>Liaise with building management and operational vendors to ensure a functional, welcoming and productive work space</li><li>Create and hosts community programs and events to drive connection in line with Celo’s brand to encourage cross-functional collaboration and in partnership with team members and the larger community</li><li>Greet and meet with all of the members utilizing the office space and will help our companies and their employees to resolve any issues to ensure their satisfaction</li><li>Work closely with our finance, security and people teams to support the San Francisco office in on-boarding, expenses, and accounting</li><li>Lead and contribute to initiatives related to building and supporting a culture of collaboration, wellness, and health</li><li>Support the San Francisco (and other) offices as a strategist, consultant and implementer and share best practices across all Celo offices worldwide</li><li>Assume day-to-day responsibility for projects and tasks (internal and external operations, operational support, team management, meeting prep, travel support of the team, again working together with the SF roles in the respective fields)</li>

<li>Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities</li><li>Passion and experience in preparing, coordinating and attending local events</li><li>A team player with strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills</li><li>Quick learner</li><li>Extremely proactive and organized</li><li>Experience building personal connections</li><li>Comfortable synthesizing data and making sound, actionable recommendations</li><li>Flexible and comfortable with the changing priorities that come in a startup environment</li><li>Someone with a strong level of independence, autonomy and efficiency</li><li>Reliable and held to the utmost confidentiality</li>

<li>A passion for our mission and this role</li><li>4+ years of relevant professional experience</li><li>Fluency in Google Suite: GMail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, Google Forms</li><li>Strong verbal and written communication skills, project management, and business operations experience.</li><li>Experience thriving in a fast-paced startup</li><li>Demonstrated integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work ethic, and compassion in previous roles</li><li>A growth mindset and likes challenges, and embraces change in a fast-paced environment.</li>

<div>cLabs is seeking a Community Programs Management Intern to join our Community Development team.</div><div><br></div><div>The core purpose of Community Development is to bootstrap resources and support from the Celo Foundation to <b>enable groups and individuals to take action towards the common goal of growing the Celo Ecosystem. </b>We do this through several programs including allocating Community and Education grants, Global Ambassador Program, University Circles and others. In this role you will work on managing and scaling the operations of these programs to allow passionate community members to easily participate in and grow the Celo Ecosystem.</div>

cLabs is seeking a Community Programs Management Intern to join our Community Development team.

The core purpose of Community Development is to bootstrap resources and support from the Celo Foundation to enable groups and individuals to take action towards the common goal of growing the Celo Ecosystem. We do this through several programs including allocating Community and Education grants, Global Ambassador Program, University Circles and others. In this role you will work on managing and scaling the operations of these programs to allow passionate community members to easily participate in and grow the Celo Ecosystem.


<li>Learn and contribute to managing a portfolio of Community and Education grants and allocating funding to support and grow programs.</li><li>Research best practices and report on DAO's and DAO tooling.</li><li>Outreach to leaders and key stakeholders at University Blockchain Clubs to build out a network of Celo University Circles.</li>

<li>Curiosity and interest in Blockchain, Crypto, DAO's, DeFi.</li><li>Great communicator: ability to communicate clearly and deliver information in an accessible manner. We interface with a global community across different mediums: chat, email, video calls, Discord, Forum.</li><li>Passionate about community building and grassroots organizing: an ideal candidate has a passion for organizing and has experience in University clubs / chapters.</li><li>Passionate about education: education is one of key pillars of community development, an ideal candidate will work with us to identify opportunities for education programs.</li>

Community Programs Management Intern, Celo Foundation (Spring/Summer 2022)

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. </div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking a Core Security Engineer to join our Security team. As a Security partner you will be a core part of security enforcing and design at cLabs.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. 

cLabs is seeking a Core Security Engineer to join our Security team. As a Security partner you will be a core part of security enforcing and design at cLabs.


<li>Configure the security of cloud environments -  users, permissions, and ACLs. Help cLabs set a zero trust network</li><li>Help manage the single sign on (SSO) solution for the company and integrate it with different security systems and applications</li><li>Design security solutions for cLabs defense</li><li>Help with the secure design of our remote workforce environment</li><li>Help secure critical infrastructure of the Celo Blockchain</li>

<li>You have at least 3 years of work experience in Security Engineering or DevOps</li><li>You have at least 1 year of experience in Okta implementation</li><li>You have experience working in a security team or knowledge of security concepts such as secure software development and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)</li><li>You have experience working with container security practices on Kubernetes, Docker, or EKS</li>

<li>You have highly renowned certifications, education, or experience proving your ability in the field of security administration</li><li>You have experience working in the blockchain space or knowledge of the pain points faced by blockchain companies</li><li>You have experience in writing code to reduce operational tasks preferably using Python and Terraform</li>

<div>At the Celo Foundation we partner with organizations across the Celo ecosystem including partnering with cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As the Head of Corporate Communications at Celo Foundation you will develop and implement our corporate communications strategy with a particular focus on our Environmental, Social and Governance story-telling.&nbsp; We’re looking for someone who can tell beautiful stories that balance both the promise and realization of Celo’s mission.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>

At the Celo Foundation we partner with organizations across the Celo ecosystem including partnering with cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As the Head of Corporate Communications at Celo Foundation you will develop and implement our corporate communications strategy with a particular focus on our Environmental, Social and Governance story-telling.  We’re looking for someone who can tell beautiful stories that balance both the promise and realization of Celo’s mission. 



<li>Conceptualize and execute a communications strategy aligned to objectives around the Celo and cLabs brands.</li><li>Lead communication strategy and execution for Celo’s corporate moves, ESG initiatives, compliance and crisis communications.</li><li>Build an executive thought-leadership program that brings Celo’s executives to the center of influential conversations.</li><li>Partner with cLabs employees and the broader Celo community to write and/or edit content connected to our communications strategy, including: emails, blogs and press releases.</li><li>Lead the planning, development and execution of Celo’s annual report, support on communications to and related to Celo’s board of directors.</li><li>Act as the communications conduit between Celo and investor communications teams.</li><li>Serve as a leader on the broader communications team and partner to marketing, actively engage and manage external agencies.</li><li>Partner with HR to support internal communications as needed.</li><div><br></div>

<li>8-10 years of experience using strategic communications and public relations to build a global brand.&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with multiple stakeholders within a rapidly changing industry</li><li>Demonstrated ability to effectively manage external PR agencies and create a measurement framework for evaluating performance.</li><li>Experience in leading cross-functional communication projects from ideation to completion.</li><li>Proven experience developing and executing media relations programs focused on business, technology, consumer and/or crypto/blockchain audiences.</li><li>Ability to manage crisis communications in a cool, calm and strategic manner.</li><li>Served as a trusted communication partner for senior executives in prior roles.</li><li>Experience or passionate interest in cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology and their potential to create impact for communities around the world.</li><div><br></div>

Corporate Communications Lead, Celo Foundation

<div>cLabs is seeking a Data Engineer to build out our internal data platform. This role works with both the engineering team on operational and services data, as well as the business intelligence team to provide the necessary analytics and business intelligence infrastructure.&nbsp;</div>

cLabs is seeking a Data Engineer to build out our internal data platform. This role works with both the engineering team on operational and services data, as well as the business intelligence team to provide the necessary analytics and business intelligence infrastructure. 


<li>We are experienced startup founders and operators</li><li>We are mission-driven with a big goal: to bring sound currency and property rights to those who need it most</li><li>We are fast-paced and loosely-structured, with a number of offices and a growing team&nbsp; &nbsp;</li><li>We are a full-stack solution i.e. we are building both blockchain protocols and the applications that deliver end-user experiences on top of them</li><li>We are highly technical, with an accomplished team dedicated to learning and pushing boundaries</li><li>We have a strong engineering culture, which values open-source</li>

<li>You'll architect, implement, and steward end-to-end data infrastructure and data pipelines</li><li>You'll collaborate with product and engineering to ensure that new and existing features are appropriately tracked</li><li>You'll identify and evaluate Data Science, Engineering, and Analytics tools that may be appropriate to integrate as systems evolve</li><li>You'll drive best practices around security in data engineering</li><li>You'll drive data literacy and data-driven decision making across functions</li><li>You'll collaborate with engineering and product teams to identify KPIs and understand user behavior</li><li>You'll investigate trends and validate hypothesis using pilot data</li><li>You'll create Insights Reports for the broader Celo Community using both blockchain data from the Celo Protocol and usage analytics from the Celo Wallet</li>

<li>You have 4+ years of experience as a Software or Data Engineer</li><li>You have experience with Python (Pandas, Jupyter Notebooks) or Java</li><li>You have experience building and architecting data systems as well as maintaining data pipelines</li><li>You have experience building dashboards for end-users</li><li>You have experience building and deploying workloads to one or more common Cloud Providers</li><li>You have experience with data pipeline tools such as DBT, Airflow, Kafka, Hadoop, BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake</li><li>BONUS: You have experience with dashboard tools like Metabase, Google Data Studio, QuickSight, etc</li>

<li>Demonstrated ability to thrive in a small, fast-paced, high-autonomy organization</li><li>Prior experience working in either the fintech or blockchain domain, or within another regulated space such as healthcare</li><li>Experience building data infrastructure and teams from the ground up</li>

<div><span style="font-size: 11pt">At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">As the Developers Communications Lead, you will drive all aspects of Celo’s global Builder communication strategy and execution in support of Celo’s mission. You’ll work closely with the Builder Growth team to develop PR and communications strategies that raise the visibility of Builder projects and help attract new Builders to the Celo ecosystem. A seasoned communications leader, you will be responsible for managing external PR agency resources and a broad set of media touchpoints to maintain and extend Celo’s position in the blockchain ecosystem.</span></div>

At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As the Developers Communications Lead, you will drive all aspects of Celo’s global Builder communication strategy and execution in support of Celo’s mission. You’ll work closely with the Builder Growth team to develop PR and communications strategies that raise the visibility of Builder projects and help attract new Builders to the Celo ecosystem. A seasoned communications leader, you will be responsible for managing external PR agency resources and a broad set of media touchpoints to maintain and extend Celo’s position in the blockchain ecosystem.


<li>Manage Builder Growth Circle announcements in coordination with the head of builder growth.</li><li>Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on announcements and interview opportunities.&nbsp;</li><li>Work with Social Media Manager on communication campaigns.</li><li>Write and edit press releases and announcements.&nbsp;</li><li>Manage the work of external PR agencies and freelancers in the US, Europe (Germany/Portugal - Southern Europe/Turkey), Africa and LATAM.</li><li>Collaborate with thought leadership writers in the organization and help get their stories published.</li><li>Closely collaborate with the global Communications team to ensure key executives are well positioned in the regional press.</li><li>Measure and track coverage results and ensure organization is apprised of news flow.</li><div><br></div>

<li>7+ years in comms/public relations on client or agency side</li><li>Excellent copywriting and editing skills</li><li>Energetic, enthusiastic approach with a progressive and can-do mindset</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills</li><li>Ability to work in fast-paced, rapidly changing environment</li><li>Strong media relations expertise</li><li>Prior experience working with (or passion for) crypto tools/technologies</li><li>Excellent command of English</li><div><br></div>

Developer Communications Lead, Celo Foundation

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to join our Developer Relations team. As a Developer Relations Engineer partner you will be key to building excitement and interest in the Celo Developer Platform through producing interesting and relevant projects and programs that guide developers of varying experience levels and backgrounds to the Celo Ecosystem.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

cLabs is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to join our Developer Relations team. As a Developer Relations Engineer partner you will be key to building excitement and interest in the Celo Developer Platform through producing interesting and relevant projects and programs that guide developers of varying experience levels and backgrounds to the Celo Ecosystem.


<li>Own the relationship with developers building on top of Celo, from building awareness and driving adoption through to supporting established users</li><li>Design, implement, and improve the Celo mobile and web 2.0 developer experience.</li><li>Code integrations, example apps, and contribute to SDKs, bugs and enhancements</li><li>Write clear documentation, compelling tutorials, and engaging videos</li><li>Develop and deliver content, presentations that resonate with the community</li><li>Drive and participate in developer workshops and other external events</li><li>Help organize, build and train local developer communities and university developer groups</li><li>Encourage and celebrate diversity in the communities you build</li><li>Represent the community externally and internally and influence the product (SDK) team with your insights</li><li>Work closely with the cLabs product, engineering and community teams</li>

<li>3+ experience working as a software engineer or engineering-focused developer advocate</li><li>Ability to distill complex concepts into easy to understand explanations</li><li>Strong written and oral communication skills</li><li>Deep understanding of open-source development and communities</li><li>An intuition for what makes a good developer experience</li><li>Published technical articles and/or given technical presentations</li><li>Bonus: You've launched a mobile app and deployed a smart contract on Ethereum or other blockchains. You have deployed your own ERC-20, ERC-721</li><li>Bonus: You've built a native or mobile app or PWA website that interacts directly with a web3 smart contract</li><li>Bonus: You've launched something on Celo</li>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking a Product Manager Intern to join our Economics Product team. As a Economics Product Intern, you will be responsible for owning a part of the Celo platform from planning, executing, to delivering your part of the Celo protocol. You will have the opportunity to grow within the role.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

cLabs is seeking a Product Manager Intern to join our Economics Product team. As a Economics Product Intern, you will be responsible for owning a part of the Celo platform from planning, executing, to delivering your part of the Celo protocol. You will have the opportunity to grow within the role.


<li>Own the crypto economics product lifecycle, what tokens and coins get launched</li><li>Provide insights to the rest of the Product team on what products are sustainable and which are not</li><li>Own the product cycle for a part of the Celo protocol</li><li>Work closely with the developer relations and engineering teams to develop solutions that meet user needs and that provide maximum value to protocol stakeholders</li><li>Manage the product roadmap and backlog for your part of the protocol</li><li>Work with the Marketing &amp; Communications and Celo Foundation teams to coordinate go to market activities</li><li>Help create and deliver technical content for the community</li><li>Encourage and celebrate diversity in the communities you build</li>

<li>A technical background, CS degree or relevant experience</li><li>A passion for economics and how wealth is created</li><li>Familiarity and passion for crypto, open source and/or distributed computing</li><li>A passion for coming up with ways to address business problems through the use of technology</li><li>Excellent communication and critical thinking skills</li><li>Demonstrated the ability to work both independently and as a team</li><li>Demonstrated proactiveness and problem solving skills</li><li>BONUS: Experience with GitHub and/or ZenHub</li><li>BONUS: Product management experience</li>

Economics Product Intern (Spring/Summer 2022)

<div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking an Ethereum L1 Blockchain Engineer. Our team is responsible for maintaining Celo's blockchain client gocelo. This is the core software that validators on the Celo network run to peer with each other on a p2p network, reach consensus on new blocks, and create the fundamental platform upon which the Celo community builds user-facing applications.</div><div><br></div><div>Our client is based on <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum" class="postings-link">go-ethereum</a> (or geth), the Go implementation of the Ethereum client, with several key improvements such as the switch from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake. Our main challenges are scaling the network, improving its security and resiliency, and adding new features to the Celo ecosystem that can only be done at the client level (like paying gas fees with an ERC-20 token).</div><div><br></div><div>We work alongside other engineering teams within cLabs. This includes other platform teams such as the Contracts and Primitives team, as we constantly access smart contracts as part of our operations, and the Economics team, to design and implement the right incentives for our validators and full nodes. We also partner with user-facing teams such as the Wallet and Developer Experience teams, as a big part of our job is to make end users' and contributors' lives easier. This is a role with wide exposure to many areas of the stack, and you'll quickly get acquainted with all the moving parts in a modern blockchain project.</div>

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

cLabs is seeking an Ethereum L1 Blockchain Engineer. Our team is responsible for maintaining Celo's blockchain client gocelo. This is the core software that validators on the Celo network run to peer with each other on a p2p network, reach consensus on new blocks, and create the fundamental platform upon which the Celo community builds user-facing applications.

Our client is based on go-ethereum (or geth), the Go implementation of the Ethereum client, with several key improvements such as the switch from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake. Our main challenges are scaling the network, improving its security and resiliency, and adding new features to the Celo ecosystem that can only be done at the client level (like paying gas fees with an ERC-20 token).

We work alongside other engineering teams within cLabs. This includes other platform teams such as the Contracts and Primitives team, as we constantly access smart contracts as part of our operations, and the Economics team, to design and implement the right incentives for our validators and full nodes. We also partner with user-facing teams such as the Wallet and Developer Experience teams, as a big part of our job is to make end users' and contributors' lives easier. This is a role with wide exposure to many areas of the stack, and you'll quickly get acquainted with all the moving parts in a modern blockchain project.


<li>Design, architect &amp; implement solutions for celo-blockchain. What you might work on will vary, but some areas include the networking protocol, consensus systems, systems throughput optimizations, and scalability.</li><li>Work within a Teal Organization, which involves working among peers, with a high degree of autonomy and opportunity to contribute to the company at any level.</li><li>Coach &amp; mentor other engineers in a constant learning culture.</li>

<li>2+ years of experience working with go-ethereum project or fork of it. Alternatively, any other blockchain client</li><li>Good understanding of blockchain related cryptography (public key, BLS signatures, MACs, etc)</li><li>Autonomy &amp; ability to design complex systems</li><li>Passion for growing others</li><li>BONUS: 2+ years of experience working with Go</li><li>BONUS: Experience working with low level database programming &amp; systems optimization</li><li>BONUS: Experience designing &amp; implementing layer 2 blockchain solutions</li>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>This position will provide support to our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as well as very limited support for other members of the executive team.</div><div><br></div><div>This person will handle a wide range of administrative and executive support-related tasks while being a strategic thought partner to increase efficiency, collaborate cross-functionally, and manage crucial information and tasks with much autonomy. This person will also be extremely proactive, organized, flexible, and enjoy the administrative challenges of supporting fast-paced executives.</div><div><br></div><div>Crucial to this role is the ability to interact with staff (at all levels) and high-level executives in a fast-paced environment&nbsp; - remaining flexible, resourceful, and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. Equally important is strong business acumen, expert-level written and verbal communication skills, strong decision-making ability and attention to detail.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

This position will provide support to our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as well as very limited support for other members of the executive team.

This person will handle a wide range of administrative and executive support-related tasks while being a strategic thought partner to increase efficiency, collaborate cross-functionally, and manage crucial information and tasks with much autonomy. This person will also be extremely proactive, organized, flexible, and enjoy the administrative challenges of supporting fast-paced executives.

Crucial to this role is the ability to interact with staff (at all levels) and high-level executives in a fast-paced environment  - remaining flexible, resourceful, and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. Equally important is strong business acumen, expert-level written and verbal communication skills, strong decision-making ability and attention to detail.


<li>Manage complex and multiple calendars by utilizing judgment in the allocation of time between meetings and meeting logistics. Coordinate and schedule all appointments, which may require last minute changes, and communicate those changes in a timely and organized manner.</li><li>Ability to organize complex travel schedules with many moving parts, plan and arrange extensive international and domestic travel, including, but not limited to preparing trip logistics, agendas, meeting materials, and detailed itineraries, which may require last minute changes, and communicate those changes in a timely and organized manner.</li><li>Assist with the organization of longer-term projects, including preparation of project management-related materials (e.g., to do lists, step plans, timelines, working group lists, etc.).</li><li>Handle confidential and non-routine information, applying extreme confidentiality and sensitivity in the dissemination of this information.</li><li>Communicate with and work across the organization, as well as with investors, entrepreneurs, and builders in the ecosystem.</li><li>Review and analyze requests and inquiries and disseminate, as appropriate.</li><li>Compile and submit expenses via Expensify in a timely manner.</li><li>Provide administrative support including filing, copying, scanning and mailing/couriering correspondence. Transcribe and organize meeting notes into a comprehensive document.</li>

<li>Five years or more years of experience supporting more than one executive.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both written and oral.</li><li>Self-starter, extremely organized and detailed-oriented with strong commitment to accuracy.</li><li>Observant to areas where the executives could best use your skills to be most efficient and productive in their roles.</li><li>Ability to operate with a high degree of independent judgment.</li><li>Absolute discretion when dealing with confidential matters.</li><li>Ability to establish strong working relationships with senior management and all levels of the organization.</li><li>Must be able to work in a fast paced, high-energy environment.</li><li>Positive attitude.</li><li>Are SF-area based and able to work from the office.</li>

<div>cLabs is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to join our Data Services Engineering team. This team is responsible for building and maintaining web applications that serve end users and developers on Celo. Celo is a full stack protocol, and this is a full stack team - you may work on anything from observability to CSS. This position can be remote.</div>

cLabs is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to join our Data Services Engineering team. This team is responsible for building and maintaining web applications that serve end users and developers on Celo. Celo is a full stack protocol, and this is a full stack team - you may work on anything from observability to CSS. This position can be remote.


<li>Design, operate, and securely distribute cloud services on platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform.</li><li>Mentor other engineers and deeply review code to help shape the team's culture.</li><li>Work within a Teal Organization, with involves working among peers with a high degree of autonomy and opportunity to contribute to the company at any level.</li>

<li>5+ years real-world experience in software.</li><li>Solid knowledge of Elixir and Postgres.</li><li>Experience with designing and operating scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure services.</li><li>Ability to write high quality, well-tested code.</li><li>Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions.</li><li>A strong passion for Celo's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKggE5OvyhE" class="postings-link">mission of prosperity for everyone</a>.</li><li>BONUS: Good knowledge of golang.</li><li>BONUS: Good knowledge of Phoenix and GraphQL.</li><li>BONUS: Experience with data pipeline tools such as dbt, Airflow, Kafka, BigQuery.</li><li>BONUS: Experience in blockchain and cryptocurrency.</li>

<li>Competitive salary, equity, and coin plan</li><li>Medical, dental, and vision insurance</li><li>Commuter benefit</li><li>401k plan</li><li>Team outings, TGIFs, and more</li>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>This senior position would report to the General Counsel and lead the Company’s government relationship management, political affairs, and public policy advocacy with federal and state governmental agencies and other stakeholders. This role will also partner closely with other Company leaders including the CEO, General Counsel and our Head of Communications, along with other cross-functional groups, to ensure that our external affairs work for the company is cohesive, holistic, and aligned with the strategic and operational needs of the business.</div><div><br></div><div>Necessary experience and skills include critical thinking in the development and provision of political and public policy analyses and the provision of strategic counsel, strong and effective written and oral communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to lead while seamlessly and collegially partnering with internal and external teammates.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

This senior position would report to the General Counsel and lead the Company’s government relationship management, political affairs, and public policy advocacy with federal and state governmental agencies and other stakeholders. This role will also partner closely with other Company leaders including the CEO, General Counsel and our Head of Communications, along with other cross-functional groups, to ensure that our external affairs work for the company is cohesive, holistic, and aligned with the strategic and operational needs of the business.

Necessary experience and skills include critical thinking in the development and provision of political and public policy analyses and the provision of strategic counsel, strong and effective written and oral communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to lead while seamlessly and collegially partnering with internal and external teammates.


<li>Track and analyze federal and state policy issues impacting the Celo ecosystem and blockchain development, crafting appropriate public policy campaigns in collaboration with legal, compliance, and communications teams.</li><li>Engage with government officials, staff, and regulatory agencies to promote the Celo ecosystem and blockchain development.</li><li>Build strategic partnerships with external stakeholders including advocacy groups, trade groups (e.g., the Blockchain Association) and global thought leaders.</li><li>Identify and manage external consultants to deliver defined political and policy objectives.</li><li>Serve as a thought leader and respected representative in the external community for Celo at conferences and forums, promoting decentralized technologies, innovation, strategic vision, and public policy points-of-view.</li><li>Establish and manage a corporate political action committee (PAC) and manage strategic dissemination of PAC funds with oversight from the Celo community.</li><li>Support compliance with applicable laws and regulations regarding government advocacy.</li>

<li>Bachelor’s degree required, masters or law degree preferred.</li><li>Business experience with technology and financial services.</li><li>Understanding of blockchain technology.</li><li>Knowledge and experience in U.S. and state governmental and public policy affairs required, with government experience as it pertains to financial services and technology.</li><li>Experience establishing and managing a political action committee (PAC).</li><li>Strong understanding of and experience with effective public policy and political advocacy, public affairs programs, and associated campaign management concepts and methods.</li><li>Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with a focus on effectively assessing opportunities and threats, prioritization of focus, analyzing and anticipating developments as well as emerging trends, threats and opportunities.</li><li>Comfort with ambiguity, along with the ability to process, synthesize and share significant amounts of disparate information and intelligence.</li><li>Ability to build strong partnerships across all areas of the organization and levels. </li><li>Strong executive presence and presentation skills.</li>

<div><span style="font-size: 11pt">At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The team at Celo is looking for a Head of Marketing with an entrepreneurial spirit to oversee the strategy and execution of marketing programs for the company, its strategic partners, and global builder community. The Head of Marketing will work in partnership with the CMO and senior leadership to develop and execute an integrated marketing strategy designed to create global awareness and adoption of the Celo community and technology and build a world class inhouse team to execute against it. The role spans the entire Celo ecosystem, including: cLabs, the Celo Foundation, third party organizations building on the Celo platform, and relevant industry partners and leaders.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Experience and/or a genuine interest in crypto/blockchain technologies, developer communities, and decentralized finance are a strong plus.</div><div><br></div>

At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

The team at Celo is looking for a Head of Marketing with an entrepreneurial spirit to oversee the strategy and execution of marketing programs for the company, its strategic partners, and global builder community. The Head of Marketing will work in partnership with the CMO and senior leadership to develop and execute an integrated marketing strategy designed to create global awareness and adoption of the Celo community and technology and build a world class inhouse team to execute against it. The role spans the entire Celo ecosystem, including: cLabs, the Celo Foundation, third party organizations building on the Celo platform, and relevant industry partners and leaders. 

Experience and/or a genuine interest in crypto/blockchain technologies, developer communities, and decentralized finance are a strong plus.



<li>Clearly define and execute on an integrated marketing strategy to create global awareness and adoption of the Celo community, technology and assets.</li><li>Help build and grow the team responsible for all critical aspects of marketing, including but not limited to product, growth, lifecycle, partner, exchange and content marketing.</li><li>Drive implementation and execution of marketing strategies and tactics to achieve, measure and scale key results as set on a quarterly basis.</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams to solidify Celo’s audience segmentation work, prioritize key audiences and translate that work into a strategy that ensures Celo’s owned channels, campaigns and assets meet the needs and expectations of a diverse set of key audiences.</li><li>Collaborate with communications and design to evolve the voice and visual identity of the Celo brand.</li><li>Work cross-functionally with the cLabs Developer Relations and Community Management teams to grow our passionate user and developer communities and catalyze market adoption of decentralized applications and crypto/blockchain technologies.</li><li>Be a proven people leader with a passion for building and leading highly effective teams.</li><div><br></div>

<li>A minimum of 12+ years of relevant work experience in a marketing function.</li><li>Pre-existing knowledge of and/or passion for learning more about the cryptocurrency/blockchain space.</li><li>Demonstrated effective management of both internal teams and external marketing agencies.</li><li>An understanding of how to build and scale a corporate brand.</li><li>A positive, entrepreneurial, can-do spirit with a passion for building teams and processes from the ground up.</li><li>Proven experience operating on a global level with an international perspective and sensitivity to cultural nuances.</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with multiple stakeholders within a rapidly changing industry.</li><li>Experience launching / expanding across key growth regions, including cultural, language, and logistical execution and remote/distributed team management.</li><li>Strong quantitative skills and data analysis capabilities.</li><li>Thoughtfulness and attention to detail with regard to storytelling and the holding of the Celo brand.</li><li>Experience collaborating with developer relations and technical teams.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><div><br></div>

<li>Direct experience working in the crypto/blockchain industry.</li><li>Experience in influencer and community marketing within the crypto space.</li><div><br></div>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As an HR  Business Partner at cLabs GmbH, you'll be working in a fast-growing and dynamic team, as we scale our processes operations and processes worldwide. </div><div><br></div><div>As we are growing incredibly quickly, it's a great opportunity to join the team and contribute to building new processes that help support our success. If you enjoy working on exciting projects and you are eager to learn and be part of the booming crypto industry, then we are looking for you.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As an HR  Business Partner at cLabs GmbH, you'll be working in a fast-growing and dynamic team, as we scale our processes operations and processes worldwide. 

As we are growing incredibly quickly, it's a great opportunity to join the team and contribute to building new processes that help support our success. If you enjoy working on exciting projects and you are eager to learn and be part of the booming crypto industry, then we are looking for you.


<li><b>Bring expertise in HR practices a</b>nd compliance for our global team. Leverage deep knowledge of “HR practices” in order to guide the business in connecting business challenges and opportunities to the right people solutions</li><li><b>Provide thought partnership </b>in all aspects of our <b>employee experience</b></li><li>Be available to support through employee relations while also providing proactive partnership and coaching&nbsp;</li><li>Be a <b>key contributor in designing, developing, and facilitating our people programs </b>and helping us improve them over time</li><li>Develop and demonstrate a strong understanding of our business including our growth, market differentiation, technology, and innovation <b>priorities </b>and how talent can adapt and support in order to achieve them</li><li><b>Review and analyze business unit data t</b>o identify trends and recommend solutions to improve performance, retention, and employee experience</li><li><b>Act as a change agent</b>.&nbsp; Successfully communicate and influence change throughout the organization cross-functionally</li><li>Continuously <b>think about talent,</b> and work regularly with leaders to ensure seamless transitions and succession planning</li><li>Support the business with effective<b> organizational design</b> as we continue to grow and evolve.</li><li><b>Be a coach </b>at all levels, as well as a mentor to all employees</li>

<li>A passion for Celo’s mission to create a monetary system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all</li><li>6+ years of experience in Human Resources, possibly from a variety of roles but ideally with a minimum of 2 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or similar</li><li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in one-on-one settings and group settings; able to convey complex HR and legal concepts in straight-forward, caring, and non-corporate language</li><li>Experience supporting HR programs like career path, leveling, learning programs, calibrations; experience enabling managers to leverage these and other tools effectively</li><li>Tech-savvy and comfortable with data and multiple HR platforms</li><li>Naturally exude positivity, compassion, support; strong sense of integrity and an ability to discern the right path forward through HR compliance regulations; strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to follow through and get results</li><li>Demonstrated expertise in this field including mastery of HR compliance and legal requirements</li>

<li>Competitive salary and coin plan</li><li>Learning and development budget</li><li>Excellent career prospects</li><li>Mentorship</li><li>Professional coaching</li><li>Direct contribution to a meaningful mission</li><li>Challenging problems</li><li>Flexible schedule</li><li>Fun and global team</li><li>Innovative Teal culture</li><li>Team offsite events</li>

<div>At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>We are looking for a self-motivated problem solver of high integrity to join our growing ecosystem at the Celo Foundation as an Investment Analyst working directly with the Head of Finance. You thrive in a dynamic fast paced environment with evolving needs while being able to bring structure and process to new problems. You’re excited by the opportunity to accelerate Celo’s mission through investments.</div>

At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

We are looking for a self-motivated problem solver of high integrity to join our growing ecosystem at the Celo Foundation as an Investment Analyst working directly with the Head of Finance. You thrive in a dynamic fast paced environment with evolving needs while being able to bring structure and process to new problems. You’re excited by the opportunity to accelerate Celo’s mission through investments.


<li>Facilitate due diligence on funds and direct investments, including legal, financial, and technical due diligence.</li><li>Promote and nurture a network of angel investors in the Celo Ecosystem by supporting deal flow and information sharing.</li><li>Leverage insights from the business intelligence team to inform investment decisions.</li><li>Manage a network of investment funds focused on the Celo Ecosystem and proactively connect the dots.&nbsp;</li><li>Organize and structure post-investment management and follow-up. Review reporting information on underlying investments.</li><li>Leads and/or participates on deal teams for prospective investments.&nbsp;</li><li>Serving as a relationship manager on investment projects.</li><li>Identifies additional investment opportunities.</li><li>Attends events with limited partners, general partners and portfolio company management.</li><li>Participates in negotiating terms for investment documents.</li><li>Review &amp; develop rebalancing and tax loss harvesting recommendations.</li><div><br></div>

<li>Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.</li><li>Minimum 2-4 years prior experience related to investment analysis and/or investment management.</li><li>Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills.</li><li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with colleagues.</li><li>You get stuff done while being detail-oriented. You are entrepreneurial and know how to solve problems on your own, but you also know when to ask for support.</li><li>Results driven with a high level of ownership, initiative, teamwork, accountability, and integrity.</li><li>Strong numeracy and analytical skills.</li><li>You're excited about the potential of cryptocurrency to promote financial inclusion and understand the basics.</li><div><br></div>

Investment Analyst Partner, Celo Foundation

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As an Accountant at cLabs GmbH, you'll be working in a fast growing and dynamic team, as we scale our accounting operations and processes in Germany and beyond. You'll be at the forefront, working with our talented team to ensure timely settlement of transactions and reporting while developing robust internal controls and managing day-to-day financial activity.</div><div><br></div><div>As we are growing incredibly quickly, it's a great opportunity to join the team and contribute to building new processes that help support our success. If you enjoy working on exciting projects and you are eager to learn and be part of the booming crypto industry, then we are looking for you.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As an Accountant at cLabs GmbH, you'll be working in a fast growing and dynamic team, as we scale our accounting operations and processes in Germany and beyond. You'll be at the forefront, working with our talented team to ensure timely settlement of transactions and reporting while developing robust internal controls and managing day-to-day financial activity.

As we are growing incredibly quickly, it's a great opportunity to join the team and contribute to building new processes that help support our success. If you enjoy working on exciting projects and you are eager to learn and be part of the booming crypto industry, then we are looking for you.


<li>Support financial operations in Germany, including coordinating with our payroll and tax provider and local authorities</li><li>Participate in and manage accurate and timely month-end close processes</li><li>Maintain accurate records of financial transactions and operations</li><li>Complete payments and control expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices</li><li>Assist our global team with system implementation and help create more efficient accounting processes</li><li>Support ad hoc financial information requests and other special projects as needed</li>

<li>Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration (BWL)</li><li>Strong IFRS accounting Knowledge</li><li>General VAT accounting knowledge</li><li>2-5 year of account operations experience</li><li>Fluent in German and English</li><li>Strong numeracy and analytical skills</li><li>Good problem-solving and time management skills</li>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>As a<b> People Operations Intern at cLabs</b>, you will be a key thought partner in the development of key people programs at an innovative and mission-driven crypto/blockchain startup. More than just handling traditional human resources topics, the People Circle takes into account the entire employee experience while also stewarding the culture of our teal organization. This role is designed to help the People Circle in its mission to create the conditions of growth and development of all cLabbers.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.
Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

As a People Operations Intern at cLabs, you will be a key thought partner in the development of key people programs at an innovative and mission-driven crypto/blockchain startup. More than just handling traditional human resources topics, the People Circle takes into account the entire employee experience while also stewarding the culture of our teal organization. This role is designed to help the People Circle in its mission to create the conditions of growth and development of all cLabbers.


<li>Conduct and synthesize research that will inform the redesign of people operations</li><li>Conduct interviews of co-workers about existing people programs to gauge satisfaction</li><li>Support in the execution of our people operation programs, such as benefits, mentorship, and onboarding</li><li>Help research and draft firmwide policies</li><li>Assist in consolidating and migrating information across our technology platforms</li><li>Complete ad hoc projects in support of the People Circle meeting their OKRs, such as: </li><li>	Preparing slides for inclusion in our biweekly All Hands Meeting</li><li>	Analysing survey results and preparing recommendations</li><li>	Researching functions, features, and pricing of vendors platforms</li>

<li>You are a student in a Bachelor or Master program, preferably in the field of communication or HR. This can also be a working student.</li><li>You are a collaborative, communicative, and resourceful person who can work both independently and as part of a team.</li><li>You are highly organized and can manage several projects and tasks simultaneously.</li><li>You are fluent in both written and spoken English.</li><div><br></div><div>Nice to Have Skills/Abilities:</div><li>Knowledge about cryptocurrencies or financial services or fintech</li><li>Fluent written and spoken German</li><li>Familiarity with Gusto, BambooHR, Sapling, Rippling, Notion</li><li>Experience working remotely</li>

People Operations Intern / Working Student

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking Product Manager Interns to join our Platform Product team. As a Platform Product Intern, you will be responsible for owning a part of the Celo platform from planning, executing, to delivering your part of the Celo protocol. You will have the opportunity to grow within the role.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

cLabs is seeking Product Manager Interns to join our Platform Product team. As a Platform Product Intern, you will be responsible for owning a part of the Celo platform from planning, executing, to delivering your part of the Celo protocol. You will have the opportunity to grow within the role.


<li>Own the product cycle for a part of the Celo protocol</li><li>Work closely with the developer relations and engineering teams to develop solutions that meet user needs and that provide maximum value to protocol stakeholders</li><li>Manage the product roadmap and backlog for your part of the protocol</li><li>Work with the Marketing &amp; Communications and Celo Foundation teams to coordinate go to market activities</li><li>Help create and deliver technical content for the community</li><li>Encourage and celebrate diversity in the communities you build</li>

<li>A technical background, CS degree or relevant experience</li><li>Familiarity and passion for crypto, open source and/or distributed computing</li><li>A passion for coming up with ways to address business problems through the use of technology</li><li>Excellent communication and critical thinking skills</li><li>Demonstrated the ability to work both independently and as a team</li><li>Demonstrated proactiveness and problem solving skills</li><li>BONUS: Experience with GitHub and/or ZenHub</li><li>BONUS: Product management experience</li>

Platform Product Intern (Spring/Summer 2022)

<div>We believe the ability to create, save, and share value is a fundamental human right. At the Celo Foundation we partner with organizations across the Celo ecosystem to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>The Celo Foundation aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies with cutting-edge technology and a deep focus on end-user needs. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Celo Ecosystem is global and growing, with over 1 million wallet addresses and 60 million transactions on the network. Over 150 organizations have joined Celo’s Alliance for Prosperity. And over 250 teams from 80 countries are building on Celo.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo Foundation is seeking Research &amp; Innovation Interns to join our Builder Growth team. As an R&amp;I Intern, you will bring a multidisciplinary approach to exploring new use cases on the Celo blockchain.</div><div><br></div><div>The following are some project ideas that you may work on (subject to change):</div><div><br></div><div><i>How might we...</i></div><div>- Design a mobile game utilizing the Celo blockchain</div><div>- Tokenize <a href="https://medium.com/celoorg/introducing-the-celo-climate-collective-6f056f190a04" class="postings-link">natural resources</a> beyond trees and incentivize other organizations to tie their business models to these assets</div><div>- Create more liquid capital markets (e.g. fixed income or trade finance)</div><div>- Design better on-ramps and of-framp mechanisms to obtain CELO / cUSD beyond exchanges/ wallets</div><div>- Help artisans in unbanked communities realize benefits of NFTs</div><div>- Enable novel identity use cases in the industry with NFTs on Celo</div>

We believe the ability to create, save, and share value is a fundamental human right. At the Celo Foundation we partner with organizations across the Celo ecosystem to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

The Celo Foundation aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies with cutting-edge technology and a deep focus on end-user needs. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. 

The Celo Ecosystem is global and growing, with over 1 million wallet addresses and 60 million transactions on the network. Over 150 organizations have joined Celo’s Alliance for Prosperity. And over 250 teams from 80 countries are building on Celo.

Celo Foundation is seeking Research & Innovation Interns to join our Builder Growth team. As an R&I Intern, you will bring a multidisciplinary approach to exploring new use cases on the Celo blockchain.

The following are some project ideas that you may work on (subject to change):

How might we...
- Design a mobile game utilizing the Celo blockchain
- Tokenize natural resources beyond trees and incentivize other organizations to tie their business models to these assets
- Create more liquid capital markets (e.g. fixed income or trade finance)
- Design better on-ramps and of-framp mechanisms to obtain CELO / cUSD beyond exchanges/ wallets
- Help artisans in unbanked communities realize benefits of NFTs
- Enable novel identity use cases in the industry with NFTs on Celo


<li>Be part design researcher, part strategist, and part operational guru, working alongside other builders and thinkers from different backgrounds</li><li>Conduct industry research, user interviews, and competitive landscaping to identify key gaps and opportunities</li><li>Design and implement a pilot with real users to validate (or invalidate) your hypotheses</li><li>Synthesize results and present your findings to key stakeholders across the organization and Celo community</li><li>Publish your results and findings publicly to the Celo community</li>

<li>A demonstrated interest in blockchain, cryptocurrency, distributed systems, or fintech</li><li>The ability to see the big picture, identify trends, and think strategically</li><li>A go-getter attitude and and the ability to thrive in uncharted waters</li><li>The skills to work independently with limited supervision, but also the capacity to work well with people from different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences</li><li>Excellent communication skills and high emotional intelligence</li>

Research & Innovation Intern, Celo Foundation (Spring/Summer 2022)

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking a <b>Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to join our Blockchain Team</b>. Our team is responsible of the celo's blockchain node; that is the software that maintains a p2p network; where the validators reach consensus new blocks, that then every other nodes syncs &amp; validates. Our node is based on go-ethereum software with several transformations (like the consensus engine) that makes the celo blockchain unique. Our main challenges are scaling the network, improving its security and resiliency; and adding new features to the celo ecosystem that can only be done at the node's level (like paying gas with an ERC20 token).</div><div><br></div><div>We work alongside other engineering teams within cLabs. This includes other platform teams such as the Contracts and Primitives team, as we constantly access smart contracts as part of our operations, and the Economics team, to design and implement the right incentives for our validators and full nodes. We also partner with user-facing teams such as the Wallet and Developer Experience teams, as a big part of our job is to make end users' and contributors' lives easier. This is a role with wide exposure to many areas of the stack, and you'll quickly get acquainted with all the moving parts in a modern blockchain project.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

cLabs is seeking a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to join our Blockchain Team. Our team is responsible of the celo's blockchain node; that is the software that maintains a p2p network; where the validators reach consensus new blocks, that then every other nodes syncs & validates. Our node is based on go-ethereum software with several transformations (like the consensus engine) that makes the celo blockchain unique. Our main challenges are scaling the network, improving its security and resiliency; and adding new features to the celo ecosystem that can only be done at the node's level (like paying gas with an ERC20 token).

We work alongside other engineering teams within cLabs. This includes other platform teams such as the Contracts and Primitives team, as we constantly access smart contracts as part of our operations, and the Economics team, to design and implement the right incentives for our validators and full nodes. We also partner with user-facing teams such as the Wallet and Developer Experience teams, as a big part of our job is to make end users' and contributors' lives easier. This is a role with wide exposure to many areas of the stack, and you'll quickly get acquainted with all the moving parts in a modern blockchain project.


<li>Design, Architecture &amp; implement solutions within celo-blockchain (layer 1 &amp; 2). Topic will vary, some examples are network protocols, decentralised protocols, systems throughput optimisations, scalability.</li><li>Work within a Teal Organization, with involves working among peers, with a high degree of autonomy and opportunity to contribute to the company at any level</li><li>Coach &amp; Mentor other engineers in a constant learning culture.</li>

<li>4+ years of experience working on distributed systems, preferable within the blockchain space</li><li>Autonomy &amp; ability to design complex systems</li><li>Passion for growing others</li><li>BONUS: Good understanding of blockchain related cryptography (public key, BLS signatures, MACs, etc)</li><li>BONUS: Experience with low level database programming</li><li>BONUS: Experience working on systems optimisation</li><li>BONUS: 2+ years of experience working with Go</li>

<div><span style="font-size: 10pt">cLabs is looking for a Senior Attorney to join its legal team. As a generalist, with specific responsibilities for highly strategic deals and policies, this role will work directly with the General Counsel and business teams on a variety of aspects, including strategic grants, process and risk, and blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation review. Although based in San Francisco or Berlin, importantly this role will support the global expansion of the Celo decentralized protocol. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt">The successful Legal Counsel is a clear communicator, highly analytical, and possesses the necessary skills and experience to work effectively in a team. The ideal candidate has a collaborative attitude, makes thoughtful decisions in a timely manner and never hesitates to roll up their sleeves. You have an eye for detail, hold yourself to the highest standard and are inspired to help your team reach success.</span></div>

cLabs is looking for a Senior Attorney to join its legal team. As a generalist, with specific responsibilities for highly strategic deals and policies, this role will work directly with the General Counsel and business teams on a variety of aspects, including strategic grants, process and risk, and blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation review. Although based in San Francisco or Berlin, importantly this role will support the global expansion of the Celo decentralized protocol. 

The successful Legal Counsel is a clear communicator, highly analytical, and possesses the necessary skills and experience to work effectively in a team. The ideal candidate has a collaborative attitude, makes thoughtful decisions in a timely manner and never hesitates to roll up their sleeves. You have an eye for detail, hold yourself to the highest standard and are inspired to help your team reach success.


<li>Draft and negotiate strategic agreements and investments;</li><li>Advise on a wide range of legal issues, including complex regulatory aspects, with an eye toward collaborative problem solving;</li><li>Provide practical and strategic advice to business clients, with the ability to summarize and communicate complex legal concepts to make them operational and usable for the business;</li><li>Develop and implement legal guidelines, processes and policies, and conduct internal training on the same;</li><li>Remain current on relevant industry standards, laws and regulations; and</li><li>Collaborate with other legal team members and cross functional stakeholders to support the continuous improvement of legal support and processes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><div><br></div>

<li>JD degree from an accredited law school, and a member of the California State Bar</li><li>10 years of relevant experience, either in-house or at a law firm, with a focus on contracts, processes, and policies.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience working on many different projects simultaneously, with the ability and skill to prioritize</li><li>Experience building consensus across cross-functional stakeholders</li><li>Comfortable and adept at balancing legal risk and thinking creatively to affect business needs</li><li>Team oriented with excellent judgment and a positive attitude</li><li>Highly organized and responsive to tight deadlines</li><li>Experience and interest in blockchain and cryptocurrencies preferred</li><li>Simultaneously an independent analytical thinker and high-energy team-player</li><li>Ability to manage the details without losing sight of the big picture</li><li>Understands and thrives from Celo’s vision of supporting financial products for unbanked populations</li><div><br></div>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application incubated by the internal team at cLabs and successfully spun-out on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>cLabs is seeking a Smart Contracts Engineer to join our Contracts Team. As part of the contracts team you will help design and develop Celo's core smart contracts and help develop best practices and processes to ensure those smart contracts are secure. This includes our governance, proof of stake, stability mechanisms, and the decentralized identity system.</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application incubated by the internal team at cLabs and successfully spun-out on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

cLabs is seeking a Smart Contracts Engineer to join our Contracts Team. As part of the contracts team you will help design and develop Celo's core smart contracts and help develop best practices and processes to ensure those smart contracts are secure. This includes our governance, proof of stake, stability mechanisms, and the decentralized identity system.


<li>You'll be writing production-level code in Solidity and Typescript</li><li>You'll be gathering requirements from Product Managers, Engineering Partners, and other key internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Celo Validators, Celo Stakeholders) in order to determine and implement changes to our core Smart Contracts</li><li>You'll facilitate the guiding of the proposed changes to the core Smart Contracts</li><li>You'll collaborate with third party Smart Contract Auditors to ensure the quality assurance of the proposed changes as they go through our smart contract release process</li>

<li>You have at least 4 years of experience in software engineering primarily working in Javascript, Typescript, and React </li><li>You have 1 - 2 years of experience in Solidity programming and using development frameworks like Truffle or Hardhat</li><li>You have prior experience in deploying complex smart contract systems to a public blockchain (e.g. Ethereum)</li><li>You are knowledgable of the Ethereum Virtual Machine.</li><li>You have passion for blockchain technology and Celo's mission</li><li>You have experience working with cloud-based platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform</li><li>You have experience with CI/CD pipelines and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)</li><li>BONUS: You have experience working with third party smart contract auditors such as OpenZeppelin, Certora</li><li>BONUS: You have worked on a smart contract system that have processed high dollar volume amount</li><li>BONUS: You have knowledge of past and common smart contract exploits and know how to avoid them</li>

<li>You have prior experience in deploying complex smart contract systems to a public blockchain (e.g. Ethereum).</li><li>You have experience in smart contract release processes</li><li>You have experience working with third party smart contract auditors such as OpenZeppelin, Certora</li><li>You have worked on a smart contract system that have processed high dollar volume amount</li><li>You have knowledge of past and common smart contract exploits and know how to avoid them</li>

<div><span style="font-size: 10pt">cLabs is seeking engineers to join our Developer Experience Engineering team. This team is responsible for supporting and building tools to grow the Celo ecosystem. Some of the existing tools include the ContractKit SDK, the Celo CLI, the Alfajores developer network, the Eksportisto chain data exporter, and our docs. You’ll work closely with Product, Developer Relations, and our Ecosystem Growth teams. This position is located in either Berlin or Remote.</span></div>

cLabs is seeking engineers to join our Developer Experience Engineering team. This team is responsible for supporting and building tools to grow the Celo ecosystem. Some of the existing tools include the ContractKit SDK, the Celo CLI, the Alfajores developer network, the Eksportisto chain data exporter, and our docs. You’ll work closely with Product, Developer Relations, and our Ecosystem Growth teams. This position is located in either Berlin or Remote.


<li>Build, document, and release tools to support the needs of developers</li><li>Provide architecture advice and engineering support to teams building on Celo</li><li>Diagnose and help fix technical issues developers face building on Celo</li><li>Assist in creating Celo payments integrations</li>

<li>2+ years of relevant industry experience</li><li>Past experience writing production software in any or all of these languages: JavaScript, Python, Java, Solidity, Go</li><li>Experience using the following tools: NPM, TypeScript</li><li>A desire to work across the stack and with multiple languages</li><li>Passion for Celo's mission</li><li>Bonus: Experience in a similar role - Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Developer Relations</li><li>BONUS: Experience working with blockchains and/or knowledge of blockchain application architecture</li><li>BONUS: You have experience dealing with the payments ecosystem</li>

<li>Competitive salary, and coin plan</li><li>Team outings, TGIFs, and more</li>

<li>We are a full-stack company i.e. we are building both blockchain protocols and the user experiences on top of them</li><li>We are experienced startup founders and operators</li><li>We are highly technical, with backgrounds at places like Google and MIT</li><li>We are mission driven with a big goal: to bring sound currency and property rights to those who need it most</li><li>We have a strong engineering culture, which values open-source</li>

<li>Implement, test, and audit the stability and/or identity portion of the Celo protocol</li><li>Work with senior engineers to contribute high level decisions about the Celo protocol and architecture</li><li>Build back-end services that power our APIs</li><li>Help to hit product milestones by writing high quality, well tested code </li><li>Help communicate and implement best practices across the engineering team</li><li>Author detailed technical specifications</li><li>Perform and participate in code reviews</li><li>Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks</li><li>Work in a high performance scrum team</li><li>Collaborate with product and design teams</li>

<li>A strong passion for Celo's mission </li><li>Ability to write high quality, well tested code</li><li>Ability to grow and adapt to a rapidly evolving technology stack</li><li>Strong experience developing production software</li><li>Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions</li><li>Experience building software that is reusable, extensible, and modular</li><li>A passion for testing and achieving high test coverage</li><li>Enthusiasm to work in a startup environment</li><li>Bonus: Deep understanding or passion for blockchain technology</li><li>Bonus: Background is distributed systems, cryptography, or programming languages</li><li>Bonus: Knowledge of Solidity and the EVM</li>

<li>Competitive salary, equity, and coin plan</li><li>Medical, dental, and vision insurance</li><li>Commuter benefit</li><li>401k plan</li><li>Beautiful office space</li>

<div>At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.</div><div><br></div><div>We are looking to hire software engineering interns in the US and EU to assist our Engineering teams!</div>

At cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launching on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

We are looking to hire software engineering interns in the US and EU to assist our Engineering teams!


<li>We are a full-stack company i.e. we are building both blockchain protocols and the user experiences on top of them</li><li>We are experienced startup founders and operators</li><li>We are mission driven with a big goal: to bring sound currency and property rights to those who need it most</li><li>We have a strong engineering culture, which values open-source</li><li>Learn more about our team: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DZBo75vHHsn7pGWtVV3lw3DhvbQ9AwVb/view" class="postings-link">1 minute video from one of our engineering leaders</a></li><li>Learn more about our stack: <a href="https://celo.org/developers" class="postings-link">Developer Resources</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsQbsop73cfGmUdABArPaXagPB2EpBkNc" class="postings-link">Celo Tech Talks</a></li><li>Learn more about our mission: <a href="https://celo.org/about" class="postings-link">celo.org/about</a></li>

<li>Help to hit product milestones by writing high quality, well tested code</li><li>Perform and participate in code reviews</li><li>Work in a high performance scrum team</li><li>Collaborate with product and design teams</li><li>Receive highly technical mentorship from experienced engineers with backgrounds at places like Google and MIT</li><div><b>Example projects:</b></div><li>Implement, test, and audit portions of the Celo protocol</li><li>Build back-end services that power our APIs</li>

<li>Willingness to ask questions and share perspectives openly</li><li>A strong passion for Celo's mission</li><li>Ability to write high quality, well tested code</li><li>Experience building software that is reusable, extensible, and modular</li><li>Enthusiasm to work in a startup environment</li>

Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2022)

<div>In this role you will have the opportunity to shape the vision and drive the execution of Central Bank Digital Currencies solutions using Provo. You will be responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements in support of Provo. You will have the opportunity to shape and grow within the role.</div>

In this role you will have the opportunity to shape the vision and drive the execution of Central Bank Digital Currencies solutions using Provo. You will be responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements in support of Provo. You will have the opportunity to shape and grow within the role.


<li>Interface with Provo clients and identify their needs.&nbsp;</li><li>Work with key internal stakeholders from engineers, CBDC business development and Provo strategy lead to ensure a plan is in motion to improve the client's experience.&nbsp;</li><li>Research/ask for information regarding the legacy technology the clients are&nbsp; using and understand how to best balance various aspects of the project, from safety to design.</li><li>Assist CBDC Biz Dev and other team members with technical presentations and reports including but not limited to the sandbox.&nbsp;</li><li>Turn client feedback into product requirements. Help define sandbox access-levels and understand when a user is best served by accessing a different level or is ready to move to prototype ideation.</li>

<li>Passionate about Celo’s mission and financial inclusion.</li><li>Strong technical background, CS, Fin Engineering, Data Science&nbsp;degree and 3-5 yrs of&nbsp; work experience.</li><li>Experience with React, React-Native, Redux, and/or NodeJ.</li><li>Experience with Github, GCP, AWS, Containers and data pipelines.</li><li>A working knowledge of DeFi, Ethereum, and Web3.</li><li>A passion for crypto, open source and/or distributed computing.</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and critical thinking skills.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a team - we are looking for someone who is proactive and a problem solver in this role, with experience in project management.</li><li>The ability to clearly convey technical concepts to business audiences with varying degrees of sophistication, as well as the ability to convert public sector (World Bank, UN etc)&nbsp;requests into technically feasible solutions and convey these back to the engineering team.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience taking features from a hypothesis to delivering value to real users, with being able to communicate this roadmap and vision across multiple stakeholder groups.</li><li>NICE TO HAVE: Experience working with other layer one projects.</li><li>NICE TO HAVE: Experience working with implementing technical solutions for large financial institutions or government agencies, central banks. </li>

<div><span style="font-size: 10.5pt">This is an exciting opportunity to work with a fast-paced startup, where people come first. We are looking for a technical recruiter to help grow our team. This position will own and drive the recruiting process from beginning to end. The ideal candidate is resourceful and makes intentional decisions when crafting the candidate pipeline and experience, and also is deliberate about building a diverse team.</span></div>

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a fast-paced startup, where people come first. We are looking for a technical recruiter to help grow our team. This position will own and drive the recruiting process from beginning to end. The ideal candidate is resourceful and makes intentional decisions when crafting the candidate pipeline and experience, and also is deliberate about building a diverse team.


<li>Source, engage and manage candidate relationships while creating an inviting and meaningful candidate experience</li><li>Help strategy and execute on innovative ways to build a diverse candidate pipeline</li><li>Work closely with the team to drive the hiring plan and design the recruiting brand</li><li>Provide training and coaching on recruiting strategies, tools and practices</li><li>Continuously improve the candidate experience</li>

<li>A passion for people, your role, and Celo's mission</li><li>6+ years of sourcing and/or recruiting experience</li><li>Experience recruiting talented candidates in a fast-paced startup environment </li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills </li><li>An interest and natural curiosity to continue growing</li><li>Experience in Recruiting Operations</li><li>Understanding and desire to hire diverse talent</li><li>Relevant technology knowledge experience </li><li>Bonus: if you have experience working with a cryptocurrency company</li>

<li>Competitive salary and coin plan</li><li>Medical, dental, and vision insurance</li><li>Cell phone reimbursement</li><li>Commuter benefit</li><li>401k plan</li><li>Beautiful office space</li><li>Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, beer, and coffee</li><li>Team outings, TGIFs, and more</li>

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