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Growth Lead / Head of Growth @ Pond
- Develop and execute growth strategies to drive adoption, retention, and engagement of Pond’s platform.
- Lead ecosystem expansion, including developer & user onboarding, partnerships, and community engagement.
- Optimize go-to-market strategies for Pond’s products, ensuring alignment with key web3 AI trends.
- Manage partnerships and business development, working with Layer 1s, DeFi protocols, AI projects, and key web3 stakeholders.
- Oversee marketing efforts, including content, social media, and influencer collaborations to amplify Pond’s presence.
- Leverage data analytics to track key growth metrics, optimize campaigns, and improve user acquisition strategies.
- Work closely with the product team to enhance user experience and drive adoption through product-led growth tactics.
- 3+ years of experience in growth, marketing, or business development, in crypto startups.
- Deep understanding of the web3 ecosystem, including DeFi, on-chain data, and AI-powered applications.
- Strong networking skills with a proven track record of partnerships and developer engagement.
- Hands-on experience with growth marketing, including Twitter SEO, social, content, and community-driven strategies.
- Data-driven mindset—ability to analyze metrics, experiment with growth levers, and scale effective campaigns.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills to drive Pond’s narrative in the crypto AI space.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, startup environment with a high degree of ownership.
- Technical understanding or experience working with blockchain developers, AI/ML engineers, or data scientists.
- Experience in developer relations, ecosystem growth, or community management in web3.
- Familiarity with growth hacking tools.
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Ecosystem Growth Lead @ Pond
- Strategic Partnerships: Identify, negotiate, and establish high-impact partnerships with blockchain protocols, crypto organizations, exchanges, and AI companies to expand PondGNN’s footprint.
- Market Expansion: Lead efforts to penetrate new markets and build strong relationships with potential clients, partners, and key stakeholders like developer communities.
- Revenue Growth: Develop and execute a comprehensive business development and GTM strategies aimed at increasing revenue, adoption of our products, and market share.
- Product Collaboration: Collaborate closely with the technical and product teams to align BD initiatives with the company’s technology roadmap and ensure mutual value creation.
- Networking: Attend industry conferences, meetups, and events (both virtual and in-person) to represent Pond, stay updated on industry trends, and foster new business opportunities.
- Partnership Management: Oversee the lifecycle of partnerships from initial engagement to execution and ongoing collaboration, ensuring the success of key relationships.
- Thought Leadership: Act as a thought leader, helping to elevate Pond’s presence in the crypto AI space through thought pieces, speaking engagements, and public representation.
- Growth: Support the Growth Team in expanding brand awareness and market visibility
- Proven experience (3+ years) in business development or partnership roles, preferably within the crypto, AI, or blockchain industries.
- Strong understanding of blockchain protocols, on-chain analytics, DeFi and AI-powered crypto applications.
- Demonstrated track record of securing and managing high-value partnerships and deals.
- Exceptional networking skills with established contacts across the crypto and AI ecosystems.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and able to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Familiarity with machine / deep learning, on-chain behavior analysis, or crypto-native AI models is a plus.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
- Language preference: Ideally can speak English and Mandarin Chinese
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- Opportunity to be a part of an industry-leading AI crypto project.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Opportunity for personal and professional growth in a high-impact role.
- Access to global conferences and networking events.
- Ability to independently develop and manage relationships with diverse projects
- Capability to develop business opportunities and onboard Tier 1 projects using Pond’s services and products
- Creativity and innovation in proposing new business and product ideas, taking ownership of these initiatives, and leading the team in their execution
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Smart Contract Engineer @ Pond
- Design, develop, test, and deploy smart contracts on blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Base, or Solana.
- Collaborate with the development team to create and implement decentralized applications (DApps).
- Write high-quality, secure, and sustainable code for blockchain applications.
- Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
- Maintain and optimize existing blockchain applications and smart contracts.
- Work closely with project managers and other stakeholders to define and achieve project goals.
- Stay updated with the latest blockchain technologies and cryptographic methods.
- Contribute to the architecture and design decisions for blockchain systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in blockchain development.
- Strong proficiency in Solidity and other smart contract languages.
- Experience with blockchain development frameworks and tools (e.g., Truffle, Hardhat, Remix).
- Understanding of consensus algorithms and blockchain protocols.
- Knowledge of front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for DApp integration.
- Experience with version control systems, preferably Git.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure.
- Familiar with Solidity language, and preferably have some understanding of Rust.
- Familiarity with off-chain storage solutions and integrations (IPFS, The Graph).
- Understanding of Layer 2 scaling solutions (e.g., Optimism, Arbitrum).
- Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.
- Prior experience in a fintech environment.
Pond is hiring a Growth Lead / Head of Growth
About Pond
Pond is a cutting-edge crypto AI startup building a decentralized platform for developing foundational machine learning models on blockchains. We successfully raised a $7.5M seed round led by Archetype, with participation from Cyber Fund (Lido founder’s fund, known for rare direct investments, including Solana pre-seed and Ethereum pre-ICO), Coinbase Ventures, Delphi Digital, and Anagram (the fund of Solana’s president and former Polychain president). More fundraising details here.
Our roster of over 30 angel investors spans key sectors like DeFi, MEV, social, and security.
The Role
As the Head of Growth, you will own the strategy, execution, and scaling of Pond’s user base, developer ecosystem, and partnerships. This role blends marketing, business development, and data-driven growth strategies to accelerate our adoption in the web3 and AI sectors.
You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and business teams to craft and execute initiatives that bring Pond’s crypto-native AI to the forefront.
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Pond is hiring a Ecosystem Growth Lead
Pond is a pioneering crypto AI startup developing a decentralized platform for building foundational machine learning models on blockchains. We are at the forefront of merging AI and blockchain technologies to revolutionize the creation, sharing, and use of ML models in the web3 ecosystem.
The project is backed by multiple Tier 1 VCs including Archetype (led the Series A of Ritual), Cyber Fund (Lido founder’s VC arm, backed Ethereum and Solana at their early stage), Coinbase Ventures, Delphi Digital and more.
We are driven by innovation and are seeking a skilled Head of Ecosystem Growth to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building scalable, stable, and secure web platforms in production environments. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our platform, ensuring it meets the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security.
Job Title: Head of Ecosystem Growth
Location: United States (New York Preferred)
Company: Pond
Industry: Crypto, AI, Blockchain
Employment Type: Full-time
Pond seeks a strategic and experienced Head of Ecosystem Growth (with a focus on BD) to drive global growth, partnerships, and strategic alliances. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of blockchain, AI, and crypto markets, along with a robust network within these ecosystems. As the Head of Ecosystem Growth, you’ll spearhead efforts to expand our market presence, secure strategic partnerships, and contribute to the company’s long-term vision.
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If you are passionate about the intersection of AI and blockchain and are eager to contribute to a revolutionary platform, we’d love to hear from you!
You can learn more about us: https://cryptopond.xyz/
Please send your resume to [email protected].
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Pond is hiring a Smart Contract Engineer
Pond is pioneering blockchain’s foundational models by leveraging graph deep learning to predict on-chain behaviors and accelerate the development of AI-powered, crypto-native applications. Its solutions target key sectors including DeFi, social networks, trading, MEV, and security, utilizing an innovative, decentralized AI development process.
The technical team brings extensive expertise from leading graph AI companies such as WeChat, TigerGraph, and Yuga Labs. With a remarkable track record of over 40 publications in prestigious journals and conferences—such as IEEE, Nature, Harvard Business Review, ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, and PNAS—the team is at the forefront of cutting-edge AI research and application.
Our $7.5M seed round is led by Archetype, with participation from Cyber Fund (Lido founder’s fund, which rarely invests directly, backed Solana pre-seed and Ethereum pre-ICO), Coinbase Ventures, Delphi Digital and Anagram (the fund of Solana’s president and former president of Polychain).
We have a 30+ wide range of angels in DeFi, MEV, social, security, and more including the co-founder of Near, the co-founder of ENS, CTO of Exo Labs, co-founders of Plume Network, COO of Matrixport, the Head of Market Research of Flashbots, the founder of Mamori, the founder of SEDA, former GP of Variant—Spencer Noon, the founder of Zerion, the founder of Nuffle, the founder of OpenGradient, and others.
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The role:
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Smart Contract Engineer to join our innovative blockchain team. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in developing and deploying smart contracts and be deeply familiar with blockchain technologies. As a Blockchain Smart Contract Engineer, your main task is to develop, test, and maintain smart contracts on different blockchains according to business needs.
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