Founder Success Operations

Founder & Ecosystem Engagement

• Build trusted, sustainable relationships with early-stage founders across the Ethereum ecosystem.

• Support the identification of net-new founder talent and early-stage innovation through ongoing ecosystem engagement, events, and partner relationships.

• Maintain processes and connections to surface, track, and follow promising founders, including teams that are very early, pre-funding, or not yet publicly visible.

• Act as a thoughtful point of contact for founders navigating fundraising, early product decisions, go-to-market considerations, and ecosystem integration.

• Surface recurring founder needs, bottlenecks, and patterns to inform Founder Success and broader EF strategy.

• Represent the Ethereum Foundation at selected ecosystem events, founder gatherings, and partner initiatives.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of experience in crypto, as a founder, early operator, investor, or in a founder-facing ecosystem role, with direct experience working closely with early-stage founders.

• Strong understanding of early-stage dynamics, including fundraising, product iteration, go-to-market, community, and ecosystem navigation.

• Comfortable working independently in a remote, globally distributed environment, with clear and transparent communication habits.

• Strong operational instincts, with experience working across processes, systems, and data, and a bias toward structure, documentation, and follow through.

• High EQ and sound judgment, able to build trust quickly and assess founder potential across execution ability, technical depth, and values alignment.

• Low ego, team first mindset, motivated by helping others succeed and playing the long game.

• Strong alignment with Ethereum’s core values and a genuine interest in supporting open, decentralized innovation.

Why Join Ethereum Foundation?

• Meaningful Impact: Contribute directly to how Ethereum identifies and supports its next generation of founders.

• At the Center of the Ecosystem: EF sits at the heart of Ethereum, offering a uniquely broad, mission-driven, and long-term vantage point.

• Autonomy & Trust: Full location independence, clear ownership of work, and responsibility from day one.