Aragon Careers

Aragon is looking to hire a Technical Support Specialist to join their team. This is a full-time position that is 100% remote with no geographical restrictions. Work remotely from anywhere.

Aragon - Govern better, together.

Aragon Association is a small, remote-only team of people that spans a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and geographies. We’re entrepreneurs and Ph.D.s, craft beer and coffee lovers, troublemakers and problem solvers, living across the US, EU, Asia and everywhere in between, who are designing and building unstoppable tooling for the creation and management of decentralized autonomous organizations.

Aragon Association has overseen the production of the leading smart contract framework for DAOs, with toolkits for developers to seamlessly integrate their own apps with DAO functionality.

As an Event Manager you will help broaden and deepen Aragon’s role within crypto and adjacent industries by building out a portfolio of unforgettable high-impact gatherings. You will have autonomy to own the full event pipeline, from initial design and ideation to setting the production schedule, planning, logistics, and day-of execution.

💪 What do we expect from an Event Manager?

• You are a natural and experienced planner, able to oversee all aspects of event management for conference participation, sponsorship, hosting, speaker coordination - from A to Z. Every relevant detail is considered well in advance.
• You build replicable event playbooks and processes that ensure consistency in external engagement across the brand and scale the impact of your organization.
• You see events as part of a larger business development roadmap that ensures that each event is strategically relevant for your organization and brings maximum ROI.
• You don’t wait for opportunities to appear. You have a pulse on what is happening in the community, industry trends, and who are the emerging thought leaders, building your own map of potential event organizers, sponsors, speakers, or collaborators.
• You have a growth-oriented mindset and are conscious of branding and communications efforts that you need to be successful. Defining event requirements clearly and ahead-of-schedule with your marketing colleagues ensures that the event has what it needs for world-class impact.
• You have a plan for swag. From collaborating with design and marketing to the ordering, communications with manufacturers, shipping, inventorying, and anything else involving management of promotional material, physical booth items, and wearables - you’ve got it handled.
• You make sure that everyone representing your organization is equipped with the guidelines and resources they need. You brief event speakers and attendees so they are fully prepared.
• You keep everyone else in the loop, so that venues, vendors, speakers, and any other stakeholders are abreast on project timelines and logistics. Because you are a meticulous record keeper, confusion is minimized when you are in charge.
• You ensure events execute flawlessly on the day-of. On-the-fly surprises are kept to a minimum, and you can divert crises when they do happen.
• You are there when you need to be. You love to travel, and you are able to assess when you are needed at events in order to keep things running smoothly.

⚠️ Minimum requisites

• 3+ years of experience planning or overseeing a successful event program
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at once and stay calm under pressure in order to provide solutions to emerging and sometimes vague challenges
• Highly process oriented with a keen eye for detail
• Must be comfortable in a quickly changing environment that demands proactive self-management and a scrappy “get it done” attitude
• No ego - must have a positive and humble attitude, be open to feedback, and have a natural knack for bringing others together
• Proficient in tools to assist in event planning and coordination, including Hubspot, Notion, Excel, Jira, or related tools
• Excellent English communication - both written and oral - that is completely free of bullshit
• Highly interested in decentralized technology and the culture that is emerging around it
• Must be able to work odd hours and travel to hit key event-related deadlines
• Must be a resident of and able to work and travel within Europe or the United States

💡 Bonus skills

• Experience working as an event planner in the crypto industry - whether in DeFi, DAOs, NFTs, etc.
• Having a preexisting and well-maintained network of industry partners to get rocking on day 1
• Experience in a marketing role or as a writer, with an exceptional ability to tailor messages to the right audience
• Experience managing online and offline communities

We value freedom and responsibility - so much so that we are in the process of taking this one step further with our plans to fully transition into operating as a new Aragon DAO by 2023. This means that we’re a remote only organization that’s flexible as to where you want to work and your schedule, as long as you’re within +/- 5 hours of UTC. We will trust you to accommodate to best support your team.

You will get all of the resources needed to be effective, whether its for setting up your remote work environment or a personal development budget.

The Aragon Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and the steward of the Aragon project, a community of DAO creators, developers, and users experimenting with new forms of social coordination and governance.

Aragon Association is a small, remote-only team of people that spans a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and geographies. We’re entrepreneurs and Ph.D.s, craft beer and coffee lovers, troublemakers and problem solvers, living across the US, EU, Asia and everywhere in between, who are designing and building unstoppable tooling for the creation and management of decentralized autonomous organizations.

Aragon Association has overseen the production of the leading smart contract framework for DAOs, with toolkits for developers to seamlessly integrate their own apps with DAO functionality.

As a People Operations Manager, you will join our cross-functional Operations team as the #1 advocate for our employees. Across the entire employee lifecycle, you will have full autonomy to own the projects and processes for improving employee acquisition, development, engagement, and retention. We’re a small team, so succeeding in this role will require wearing many different hats!

💪 What do we expect from a People Operations Manager?

• You’re someone energetic who thrives in dynamic environments, and you’re not put off by uncertainty. You can efficiently research and compare options in a resource-constrained environment to make the best decisions. You can take unclear tasks and figure out the boundaries in order to get them done.
• You are naturally empathetic and concerned with the well-being of your employees. More often than not, you are several steps ahead in anticipating their needs. When they do contact you, they are reminded that they can reliably count on you to genuinely listen, assist them with the inevitable issues that arise, and they are in an environment for success.
• You are process oriented, knowing that there’s no need to figure out how to solve the same problem twice. From onboarding to offboarding and everything in between, you identify and define minimally viable processes in order to scale your employee support effectively.
• You coordinate like a pro. Those working in dedicated functions, such as recruiting, always appreciate your clearly set expectations and touchpoints so that they are able to focus and do their best work.
• You are proficient in using tools to help streamline or automate your work. Whether it is to manage the tracking of incoming service requests, document processes and workflows, synchronize external calendars, or even just effectively use spreadsheets, you aren’t scared to get your hands dirty with helpful technology.
• You proactively lay the foundations that support strong company culture. You can manage team offsites, ensure every new hire is set up to succeed with what they need on their first day of work, and do whatever else you needed to make Aragon the coolest company to work for.
• You believe that culture is strongest when it develops organically within a team united around a shared purpose. That way, none of your efforts feel forced or fake. After all, we are trying to change the world here.

⚠️ Minimum requisites

• 2-4 years experience in People Operations, Human Resources, or a related role in a small company or start-up environment
• Knowledge of HR best practices around the design of process, policy, and services
• Must have a rich understanding of the full employee lifecycle, especially within tech, product, or web3 organizations
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a highly professional yet authentic attitude
• Must be comfortable in a quickly changing environment that demands proactive self-management and a scrappy “get it done” attitude
• Highly process oriented with a keen eye for detail
• Proficient in admin, communications, and tracking tools, including Google Suite, Lever, Discord, Notion, Excel, Jira, or similar tools
• Interested in decentralized technology and understand the industry’s culture
• Located in and eligible to work in the European Union and/or Schengen Area
• Excellent English communication - both written and oral

💡 Bonus skills

• Experience doing People Ops or HR for DAOs or other kinds of web3 organizations
• Knowledge of remote employee contracts and how to address the challenges of a diverse, globally distributed team
• Experience designing and managing internally- or externally-facing company events

We value freedom and responsibility - so much so that we are in the process of taking this one step further with our plans to fully transition into operating as a new Aragon DAO by 2023. This means that we’re a remote only organization that’s flexible as to where you want to work and your schedule, as long as you’re within +/- 5 hours of UTC. We will trust you to accommodate to best support your team.

You will get all of the resources needed to be effective, whether its for setting up your remote work environment or a personal development budget.

The Aragon Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and the steward of the Aragon project, a community of DAO creators, developers, and users experimenting with new forms of social coordination and governance.

Aragon Association is a small, remote-only team of people that spans a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and geographies. We’re entrepreneurs and Ph.D.s, craft beer and coffee lovers, troublemakers and problem solvers, living across the US, EU, Asia and everywhere in between, who are designing and building unstoppable tooling for the creation and management of decentralized autonomous organizations.

Aragon Association has overseen the production of the leading smart contract framework for DAOs, with toolkits for developers to seamlessly integrate their own apps with DAO functionality.

As a Senior Front-end Developer at Aragon, you will join our App squad to build a new application to interface with Aragon’s smart contracts - those that will be used for creating and managing the next generation of digital organizations.

💪 What do we expect from a Senior Front-End Developer?

• You naturally translate user needs into production-ready code. You understand that there are humans on the other side, each with their own unique needs, and you are eager to seek feedback from them to better understand how they use it.
• You are actively involved across the discovery and development pipeline, from collaborating with UX/UI designers and creating prototypes to implementation, documentation and guides, deployment, and live maintenance. At each stage of the pipeline, you are focused on high quality, secure delivery.
• You are enthusiastic to coordinate across our various squads, and further deepen your knowledge of the ever-expanding technologies of web3.
• You are comfortable taking ownership of our front-end development, establishing best practices, and becoming the “go-to” point of contact, while simultaneously mentoring more junior developers along the way.
• You are a natural collaborator. You use code reviews to better understand your team’s work, improve the quality of our commits, and learn something along the way. During daily standup, you know when you are needed and proactively solve your teammate’s problems.
• You have a good eye for high-quality graphic implementations. You have the judgment to know if we need to be “pixel perfect”.

⚠️ Minimum requisites

• Proven ability to deliver software to real users as a front-end developer, ideally in a fast-paced startup environment
• 3+ years experience in one or more general purpose programming languages such as JS/TS
• Extensive knowledge about the internals of JavaScript engines, browsers and how to work with React.js and other well-known JavaScript frameworks
• Awareness of basic design principles, including layouts, aesthetics, and how to work with a UX team
• Experience implementing web applications according SEO best practices
• Able to advocate and enforce best practices on the team, including testing (unit, integration, e2e), clean code principles, documentation, etc.
• Experience working in agile environment, git flows, and are comfortable in the tools (e.g. Jira, Github)
• Excellent English communication - both written and oral - that is completely free of bullshit

💡 Bonus skills

• Understanding of of Blockchain architecture, in particular Ethereum
• Experience working on open source projects, ideally in blockchain, cryptography, smart contracts, decentralized systems, or any related technology in the web3 ecosystem
• Experience with the other skills needed to be successful with our tech stack (Ethereum/EVM, HardHat/TypeChain, GraphQL/Subgraph, etc.)
• Passionate about the possibilities of decentralized autonomous organizations and the impacts they may have on how humans work together to solve problems
• Competitive degen score

We value freedom and responsibility - so much so that we are in the process of taking this one step further with our plans to fully transition into operating as a new Aragon DAO by 2023. This means that we’re a remote only organization that’s flexible as to where you want to work and your schedule, as long as you’re within +/- 5 hours of UTC. We will trust you to accommodate to best support your team.

You will get all of the resources needed to be effective, whether its for setting up your remote work environment or a personal development budget.

The Aragon Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and the steward of the Aragon project, a community of DAO creators, developers, and users experimenting with new forms of social coordination and governance.