Technical Educator

Web3 Foundation

Technical Educator (100%)

Remote or Switzerland, available immediately

The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications for the decentralized web. We collaborate with cutting-edge developer teams, researchers, and community leaders to strengthen and extend the uses of decentralized technologies; building the future of identity, privacy, financial markets, commerce, and more.

Our core project is Polkadot, a protocol designed to connect blockchains and allow them to interoperate, share security, and more. In addition, we are supporting the development of several technologies that form the Web 3.0 tech stack, such as proof of personhood, decentralized messaging, distributed storage, and secret management.

About the Role & Technical Education

The core of fulfilling our mission is making the Web3 technology stack accessible to developers and making it easy for projects and individuals with great ideas to build on our platform. As a Technical Educator, you will bridge the gap between research/implementation and those who want to build the future of the decentralized web. The ideal candidate would be someone who excelled at DevRel in Ethereum or its L2s and has access to a developer network that can bootstrap grassroots smart contract development on Polkadot.

We are a lean team with a flat organization. You will work closely with team members in Zug and remote locations, as well as with diverse service suppliers. 

Responsibilities

• Help to maintain and contribute to the Polkadot Developer Documentation and the Wiki


• Actively support developers on the official online support platforms by answering questions and providing technical guidance


• Write sample applications and tutorials that demonstrate the unique features and selling points of the Polkadot technology stack


• Grow the developer community through talks at conferences, webinars, video demonstrations, walk-throughs, and AMA sessions


• Contribute to the developer growth strategy and coordinate with stakeholders


• Actively engage with developers and users of the chain to understand their needs and develop docs and tutorials in response


• Coordinate with and align the ecosystem teams that are tasked with Developer Relations activities like conferences and hackathons


• Curate educational content created by the community and ensure its accessibility


• Partner with the Polkadot Support team to answer technical questions from developers, users, and other team members working with Polkadot and related technologies

Requirements 

• Solid Programming skills in Solidity or Rust (Preferably both)


• Technical writing skills (tutorials, articles, and code examples)


• Knowledge and understanding of blockchain technologies and applications


• Ability to review and document code


• Quickly able to learn and teach new technologies and frameworks


• Passionate about working within the Web3 movement / decentralized technology space and open source, privacy-minded communities


• Native-level written and spoken English. Fluency in Spanish or additional languages are a plus

A Plus

• DevOps experience


• Programming experience in Javascript, TypeScript and Python


• Experience writing dapps, smart contracts, or other blockchain-related code


• Experience within the Polkadot or Kusama ecosystems


• Previous teaching experience eg. teaching a class, workshop or online education through blog posts/ videos.

Benefits

• Company & team retreats at unique locations around Europe


• Competitive compensation + benefits


• Opportunity to be part of an interdisciplinary team working on cutting-edge technologies


• Ample room for tech creativity, innovation, autonomy and own ideas

For more information about us, visit us on:

• Web3 Foundation website: https://web3.foundation/  


• Polkadot website: https://polkadot.com/


• Github: https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-wiki