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🏆 2023 and You: Free Year in Review + Goal-Setting Workshop

Hello from the Local Boys—your inside scoop on who's hiring, who's funded, and how to get a job in web3

INSIDE WEB3 JOBS

Hello from the Local Boys—your weekly inside scoop on who's hiring, who's getting funded, and how to get a job in web3.

We're the Miracle-Gro to your rogue indoor house plant, helping you thrive no matter the conditions.

Let's dive in:

  • 🔥 Freshly Posted Jobs

  • 🎯 Free Workshop: Personal Year in Review + Goal-Setting

  • 🔮 WTF is happening Reads from the Week

  • 🌱 Startup Funding

FRESH JOBS 

Open roles that dropped this week (remote-based unless otherwise noted).

👾 Mid-Market Account Executive 💸 $130k-160k, Chainalysis High-performers need apply. A Series F blockchain data insights platform targeting corporate and government entities (aka crime-fighting detectives...hot) is looking to DTR with those that have experience selling in fintech, cybersecurity, regtech, or web3.

🏆 Product Designer 💸 $50.00-75.00 per hour, NiftyApes 3-month contract-to-hire position for anyone with 2 years design experience and CSS. Showcase your skills and earn yourself a long-term gig. Bonus points if you know React.

🌍 Sales Engineer 💸 $60k- 180k, Magic Show users and partners how to Magic(ally) onboard into web3. Here's your chance to be the first sales engineer aboard the Magic carpet—platinum-level health, vision, dental insurance included. Puns: limitless.

😎 Head of Marketing 💸 $Unknown, Molecule Build the brand and marketing team for the first web3 biotech marketplace. Stand aside, Poshmark, there's a new place to shop for genes.

🚢 Creative Director 💸 $95k-125k, VOW for Girls Finally, some tech work for social good. Join a company on a mission to end child marriage and empower girls everywhere. Leverage your creative direction expertise for storytelling and feel-good action IRL. Inquire within.

🌞 Jr. Graphic Designer 💸 $Unknown, ParagonsDAO Unleash the potential of web3 gamers with a hands-on role that reports to the Head of Design. Be apart of a community with $10m+ in the treasury. Let's get DAOn to business.

💽 Web3 Crypto Product Manager 💸 $85-165k, Sismo Crypto buzzword usage is obviously a must for this role. This modular attestation protocol that does something with ZK badges is looking for an organizational force to drive product forward. It was on Vitalik Buterin’s "most exciting projects" list for Ethereum so—you're welcome.

⛺️ Senior Talent Sourcer 💸 $80k-200k, Pagoda/NEAR Influence the growth of the Pagoda team, and get a front row seat as you help scale a building block of the NEAR protocol. Our crystal ball says this blockchain is positioned to power tomorrow's startups.

🗽 Head of Product 💸 $100-130k, Rift Finance Backed by all the names you know. Lead product for a team backed by Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, founder of Aave, cofounder of Polygon and other industry heavyweights.

🏗️ Senior Software Engineer 💸 $60-200k, MakersPlace Build the software to create, sell and collect rare digital artwork for a brave new world. Ideal technical stack: React, GraphQL, Python, Django, Celery, Redis, ElasticSearch, MySQL, Solidity, Geth, and IPFS. FYI, there's also a Lead Engineer role open.

🧡 Dispute Operation Team Leads 💸 $82-110k, CashApp Lead a risk operation team of approximately 10-15 for CashApp disputes. That's it, that's the pitch.

🔮 Founding Engineer 💸 $120-180k + 0.50% - 2.00% Do you have 2+ experience in next.js, typscript, react and postgres? Reply to this email with " Founding Engineer Convo" if you're interested in learning more. Include your resume and LinkedIn profile link.

Are you a hiring company looking for a high-quality collab? We have eyeballs, you have talent needs. Reply to this email to talk about a partnership. We'll get you direct referrals for qualified talent at no fee.

KICKSTART 2023:

YOUR YEAR END REVIEW

High performers across all industries have one thing in common: they make space for reflection. From Serena to Sampras, Steve Jobs to Ye Benioff, all the greats ensure they have a regular cadence of looking back in order to look forward. Here's your chance to make next year your year.

Click the video to complete your very own year end review and set up 2023 for success. 👇

READS FROM THE WEEK

1️⃣ The Art of Messi. Read.

2️⃣ Looking into the greatest holiday heist story: The Grinch. Read.

3️⃣ Traveling? How airports liberate (and constrain) those who pass through them. Read.

4️⃣ Parting wisdom to round out 2022. Listen.

5️⃣ 5 steps for a more creative brain. Read.

It's always...

FUNDING SZN

Every week we give you a rundown of companies with recent investment activity. Why? Because $$$ means growth and growth means jobs are coming. Hop into this list and do some outreach. You might nail a job that's not yet posted.

  • Utorg: $5m Seed. One crypto-app to rule them all. This one is gunning to be the sole financial hub for any person on the planet. Round led by Dragonfly.

  • BlockNative: $15m Series A. Currently one of Ethereum's biggest builders (determining which transactions get included in blocks and in what order). Round let by Blockchain Capital, Foundry Group and more.

  • Aztec: $100m Series B. Blockchain encryption "without trade-offs". We await with bated breath. Round led by a16z, A Capital, King River and more.

  • Dogami: $7m Seed. A play-to-earn, metaverse-ready, virtual companion? We have questions. Round led by XAnge. More questions.

  • Evertas Risk: $14m Series A. Cryptocurrency insurance firms have officially arrived. Will boating accident numbers suddenly decrease? Round led by Polychain, SinoGlobal, Morgan Creek and Balaji.

  • Slingshot Aerospace: $40.8m Series A2. Building space simulation and analytics solutions. Round led by Sway Ventures.

  • Amber Group: $300m Series C. Necessary raise to stabilize this trading firm in the rocky post-FTX waters. Might not recommend for job seekers, but hey—$300m is $300m.

That's a wrap. Please enjoy the end bits of 2023 with family and friends! We're taking a break next week so we'll see ya in the new year. Follow us on Twitter (@LocalBoys_xyz) and give us a shout.

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