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Senior Consultant - Emerging Technologies (Blockchain)
 

Ripple

Director, Business Development CBDC
(Singapore, Remote)

THE ROLE

  • Ripple is looking for a Business Development leader to work with central banks around the world, with an initial focus on supporting their Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) initiatives.
  • In this role you will help lead Ripple’s strategy and build relationships with central banks. With primary responsibility for securing and managing partnerships with central banks to build and deploy CBDC projects.
  • Key to success will be close collaboration and coordination with other teams at Ripple, including legal/regulatory relations, product management, engineering, marketing, communications, corporate strategy and business operations. 
  • You will also be a thought leader on the intersection of digital assets, blockchain technology, and central banks, including the future of CBDCs 
  • Ideal candidates should have a strong business development or sales background, a track record for closing first-of-a-kind deals, a proven ability to engage with senior executives at financial organizations, a far reaching network, and an understanding of the Fintech and Blockchain ecosystem.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Further develop Ripple’s strategy for central bank engagements in partnership with RippleX leadership, product management, engineering, regulatory relations, and marketing.
  • Own partnerships with central banks on CBDC projects, proactively managing a target list and pipeline of banks and projects, driving the deal process from start to finish.
  • Develop business cases, proposals, or pitches for prospective partners
  • Attain a strong working knowledge of the product, to present and demo in partner meetings.
  • In conjunction with the technical team, manage CBDC projects against a timeline, proactively planning for resource requirements and ensuring a quality experience for central bank partners.
  • Serve as a conduit for feedback between central bank partners and our product, engineering, and marketing teams.
  • Develop strong relationships with central bankers and their technology partners, and educate this ecosystem of players on CBDCs.
  • Stay abreast of the industry landscape and key developments related to central banks’ adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • 12+ years in enterprise technology sales or business development, with experience selling to large financial institutions or central banks.
  • Global sales experience is strongly preferred.
  • A strong network of central bank executives and influencers is a plus.
  • Adept at learning, and quickly developing a strong command of new, complex technology products and systems.
  • Excels at managing the full partner lifecycle, from developing market strategy to managing a pipeline to closing deals and driving successful implementations.
  • A knack for relationship building and influencing externally, in any given market, and internally with key stakeholders on a team.
  • An understanding of how central bank systems and/or digital assets and distributed ledger technologies work is preferred but not required.
  • Understanding of relevant regulations and how to navigate them is also preferred but not required.
  • Well organized, with a strong attention to detail , and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • MBA preferred

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Medical and vision with 100% employer contributions for employees and dependents
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement program
  • Weekly company-wide meeting - ask anything you may want to know
 
Senior Crypto Front End Software Engineer, CBDC, RippleX
(New York, NY, United States + Remote)

THE ROLE

We are looking for a software engineer to join a growing team charged with determining and delivering optimal liquidity for every customer in the world in a cost-effective, robust and scalable manner. You will work closely with applied scientists and machine learning engineers to build robust solutions that power our liquidity services at scale. You will mentor other software engineers, setting and demonstrating high standards and technical excellence. As a member of a new initiative, you must be passionate about inventing and delivering customer-focused solutions to ambitious and ambiguous challenges.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Build enterprise-grade liquidity services that manage the storage, movement and trading of crypto and fiat assets
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from software design and requirements gathering to unit and integration testing
  • Integrate with the XRP Ledger, a distributed ledger built on the principles of Blockchain and its native currency XRP, the fastest and most scalable digital asset
  • Work with teams across the organization, including product, design, marketing, integrations, ops, customer success, legal etc 
  • Be a technical subject matter expert, provide technical leadership and share your expertise with a growing team of engineers
  • Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by implementing and driving best practices for coding, testing, and deployment

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a equivalent industry experience
  • 5+ years of experience building highly scalable and performance enterprise systems as part of a team
  • Expert knowledge in the following: C++, GitHub; working knowledge of Python.
  • Experience in fintech, markets or trading, and blockchain development is a plus
  • Ability to encourage engineering best practices in a team and the larger department
  • Intellectual curiosity - you love to dig into how things work and understand how to improve and scale them
  • You thrive on autonomy, responsibility and owning your work, end to end
  • A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
  • Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
  • 401k (with match), commuter benefits
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Employee giving match
  • Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
  • Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
  • Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
  • Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!

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Test Automation Engineer - CBDC, RippleX
(San Francisco, CA, United States + Remote)

Ripplex is Ripple’s open developer platform for money, and our vision is to bring money to the Internet. We work on open-source projects for fiat and cryptocurrencies. We build tools, offer services, and provide support to developers to make it easy to build on our core open-source technologies: the XRP Ledger and the Interledger Protocol (ILP). We help developers add money into their applications using XRP and ILP.

THE ROLE

Ripplex is seeking an experienced Test Automation Engineer to drive the XRP Ledger verification activities. This role sits at the heart of defining Ripplex’s Test Automation strategy. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the best engineers in the cryptocurrency space. You will design and implement test automation tooling for our open source projects. You will also play a big role in implementing test automation strategies. 

An ideal candidate is eager to become an expert in the cryptocurrency landscape. He/she understands how blockchain developers and companies think and operate, and is willing to look beyond what already exists in the market to serve its evolving needs. An ideal candidate excels at solving complex problems and rapidly formulating a clear perspective from ambiguity.

WHAT YOU MAY WORK ON:

  • Help define and maintain test automation strategies, tools and frameworks to test blockchain and blockchain applications
  • Analyze product requirements with members of the project/product delivery team and devise testing strategies; utilize a risk-based and automated testing approach in all phases of SDLC
  • Advocate for quality delivery, coordinate activities with all development stakeholders, and administer the testing problem management process including monitoring and reporting on problem resolution
  • Work with engineering stakeholders to identify technical and functional needs of testing infrastructures and determine the priority of needs
  • Coding and troubleshooting in any of the following languages Java instrumented with Gitlab or other CI/CD systems

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

  • You are excited about blockchains: the technical details and the potential benefits
  • Overall 2+ years experience in software testing and QA
  • At least 2+ years experience in Test Automation
  • Hands-on experience in Java
  • Experience in continuous deployment and continuous integration
  • Experience in test planning and building automated test strategy
  • Experience investigating, recommending and building tools to implement end-to-end development and deployment processes
  • Experience in drafting and implementing automation processes
  • Experience in cloud systems

WHAT ARE NICE TO HAVES:

  • Previous experience with distributed and decentralized systems

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
  • 401k (with match), commuter benefits
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Employee giving match
  • Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
  • Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
  • Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
  • Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!

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Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
(London, United Kingdom + Remote)

THE ROLE

We’re looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial B2B focused product marketing leader to drive our product and go-to-market strategy for the Central Banks Digital Currency (CBDC) use case. This person will own the strategic direction and go-to-market strategy for government-grade blockchain solutions to expand the utility of XRP Ledger technology for Central Banks.

In close partnership with product management, engineering, business development/operations, and marketing teams, you’ll develop the go-to-market strategy and roadmap for which customer segments and use cases to target for adoption. This leader will collect and synthesize insights from the field teams, markets, and regions to incorporate into the decision making process, and champion the voice of the customer to influence product roadmaps.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading product marketing and strategy for a disruptive enterprise technology in a quickly evolving, start-up environment.  Experience in CBDCs/Blockchain technology or work with Central Banks is a plus. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Lead go-to-market planning and cross-functional implementation for existing and new products or releases, including positioning, packaging, pricing, and incentives.
  • Build and execute on a vision for financial use cases of the Ripple CBDC Ledger platform that serves our Central Bank partners, including creating and managing digital currency, stablecoins, and building interoperability between private and public ledgers
  • Lead market assessment, quantitative analysis, qualitative feedback, and represent the voice of the customer and market internally with Product Management and Engineering.
  • Uncover and initiate new business opportunities and use cases by engaging with customers, conducting market research, and tracking competitive and key crypto trends.
  • Drive growth by influencing holistic marketing initiatives, programs, and campaigns working with the broader marketing, design, and comms teams.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • BA/BS degree
  • 8+ years of work experience, mainly in Product Marketing within an entrepreneurial environment
  • Passionate and familiar with cryptocurrency, blockchain and CBDC ecosystems 
  • Experience in payments, settlement and financial technology
  • Ability to execute with a lean team in a changing environment
  • Desire to lead, influence, and inspire a cross-functional, diverse, and distributed team
  • Proven ability to collaborate with others across functions in a highly matrixed organization
  • Excel at simplifying complex concepts in messaging and differentiated positioning
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  • Core skill set in strategy, positioning and packaging

WHAT WE OFFER

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
  • 401k (with match), commuter benefits
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Employee giving match
  • Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
  • Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
  • Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
  • Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!

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Product Manager, RippleX - CBDC
(New York, NY, United States + Remote)

We are seeking an experienced product manager to drive new and existing products within RippleX’s platform for the Central Banks Digital Currency (CBDC) use case. This is a high-impact role responsible for owning and supporting cross-functional initiatives spanning product development, strategy, and partnerships to expand the utility of the XRP Ledger for Central Banks.

The role is for London / New York and will report to the Senior Product Manager for CBDC, RippleX.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Build and execute on a vision for financial use cases of the Ripple CBDC Ledger platform that serves our Central Bank partners, including creating and managing digital currency, stablecoins, and building interoperability between private and public ledgers
  • Assess and deeply understand Central Banks needs to provide an excellent partner experience working with the products we build
  • Own the day to day delivery of the CBDC Platform roadmap
  • Create and communicate product stories and requirements to guide and align the cross-functional teams building these products
  • Establish and drive key metrics to measure the success of products and related initiatives
  • Work in close collaboration with the business development, legal, and corporate strategy teams to drive value-add partnerships that complement product initiatives
  • Work in close collaboration with the RippleX engineering team to build the right products on time
  • Identify strategic and tactical product opportunities to grow product adoption

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • 3+ years of Product Management experience
  • Experience in payments, settlement and financial technology
  • Passionate about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, DeFi and the problems we are solving
  • Deep technical literacy and ability to engage with banking tech teams
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to execute with a lean team in a changing environment
  • Desire to lead, influence, and inspire a cross-functional, diverse, and distributed team
  • Thrive in a collaborative environment with cross-functional stakeholders and subject matter experts
  • Equally adept at being tactical and strategic and able to handle conflicting priorities
  • Self-starter who enjoys working in a hands-on, dynamic and highly collaborative environment

WHAT WE OFFER

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
  • 401k (with match), commuter benefits
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Employee giving donation match
  • Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages and coffee drinks
  • Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussions with our Leadership Team
  • Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!

WHO WE ARE

Ripple is doing for value what the internet did for information: enabling its instant and seamless flow around the world. We call this the Internet of Value (IoV). Using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, Ripple is dedicated to creating powerful gains in financial efficiency, equity and inclusion. In addition, Ripple is developing and enabling the future use cases that will catalyze the new digital economy for governments, businesses and consumers.

Ripple has offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, London, Mumbai, Singapore, São Paulo, Reykjavík, Washington D.C. and Dubai.

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Senior Software Engineer, DevOps (Liquidity)
(San Francisco, CA, United States)

THE ROLE

Developer Operations (DevOps) at Ripple is responsible for communication, collaboration and integration between the Development and Operations teams so infrastructures, tools and processes are streamlined and effective for faster and automated delivery of products.

The Senior Software Engineer, DevOps will contribute in discovery, design and implementation of solutions to improve infrastructure and release pipelines. These solutions will include developer infrastructure, capacity & load testing, CI/CD infrastructure and release process automation. You will push the boundaries with new tools and technologies and use a data-driven approach for achieving desired results. Candidates should enjoy working openly and collaboratively with a diverse team and possess an ability to encourage and drive engineering best practices.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Develop, deploy, and maintain Ripple’s multi-region, multi-provider service platforms
  • Contribute design and development of tools for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiency
  • Lead discovery of next generation solutions and work with wider engineering teams on implementation, adoption and continuous improvements
  • Create and automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, leveraging data to converge on declared states with minimal human interaction
  • Collaborate with product engineering to ensure code is production-ready
  • Participate in the adoption of DevOps-first principles within the organization

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience as DevOps or related roles
  • Strong experience in either Python, Go, or Java
  • Experience working with large scale, multi-region service platforms
  • Expertise in Kubernetes and experience working with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
  • Experience with container schedulers and runtimes such as Docker, Rkt, or OCI running on Kubernetes, Rancher, or Mesos
  • Experience building deployment pipelines leveraging common CI/CD tools
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, etc)
  • Security awareness, with an emphasis on designing for security best practices
  • Experience with Agile development of distributed services, with a focus on robust software design, scalability and security
  • A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge

WHAT WE OFFER

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
  • 401k (with match), commuter benefits
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Employee giving match
  • Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
  • Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
  • Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
  • Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
(New York, NY, United States)

THE ROLE

We’re looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial B2B focused product marketing leader to drive our product and go-to-market strategy for the Central Banks Digital Currency (CBDC) use case. This person will own the strategic direction and go-to-market strategy for government-grade blockchain solutions to expand the utility of XRP Ledger technology for Central Banks.

In close partnership with product management, engineering, business development/operations, and marketing teams, you’ll develop the go-to-market strategy and roadmap for which customer segments and use cases to target for adoption. This leader will collect and synthesize insights from the field teams, markets, and regions to incorporate into the decision making process, and champion the voice of the customer to influence product roadmaps.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading product marketing and strategy for a disruptive enterprise technology in a quickly evolving, start-up environment.  Experience in CBDCs/Blockchain technology or work with Central Banks is a plus. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Lead go-to-market planning and cross-functional implementation for existing and new products or releases, including positioning, packaging, pricing, and incentives.
  • Build and execute on a vision for financial use cases of the Ripple CBDC Ledger platform that serves our Central Bank partners, including creating and managing digital currency, stablecoins, and building interoperability between private and public ledgers
  • Lead market assessment, quantitative analysis, qualitative feedback, and represent the voice of the customer and market internally with Product Management and Engineering.
  • Uncover and initiate new business opportunities and use cases by engaging with customers, conducting market research, and tracking competitive and key crypto trends.
  • Drive growth by influencing holistic marketing initiatives, programs, and campaigns working with the broader marketing, design, and comms teams.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • BA/BS degree
  • 8+ years of work experience, mainly in Product Marketing within an entrepreneurial environment
  • Passionate and familiar with cryptocurrency, blockchain and CBDC ecosystems 
  • Experience in payments, settlement and financial technology
  • Ability to execute with a lean team in a changing environment
  • Desire to lead, influence, and inspire a cross-functional, diverse, and distributed team
  • Proven ability to collaborate with others across functions in a highly matrixed organization
  • Excel at simplifying complex concepts in messaging and differentiated positioning
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  • Core skill set in strategy, positioning and packaging

WHAT WE OFFER

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
  • 401k (with match), commuter benefits
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
  • Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Employee giving match
  • Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
  • Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
  • Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
  • Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!

WHO WE ARE

Ripple is doing for value what the internet did for information: enabling its instant and seamless flow around the world. We call this the Internet of Value (IoV). Using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, Ripple is dedicated to creating powerful gains in financial efficiency, equity and inclusion. In addition, Ripple is developing and enabling the future use cases that will catalyze the new digital economy for governments, businesses and consumers.

Ripple has offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, London, Mumbai, Singapore, São Paulo, Reykjavík, Washington D.C. and Dubai.

APPLY NOW