Lead Technical Writer, dYdX

$122-189k

Plus equity

Senior level
New York
dYdX

Decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives

Open for applications

dYdX

Decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives

21-100 employees

FintechB2CB2BCryptocurrencyInvestingBlockchain

Open for applications

$122-189k

Plus equity

Senior level
New York

21-100 employees

FintechB2CB2BCryptocurrencyInvestingBlockchain

Company mission

To democratize access to financial opportunity.

Role

Who you are

  • 5+ years of experience as a technical writer on complex products/ technical projects (preferably in blockchain space)
  • Excellent writing and proofreading skills in English language
  • Experience owning the end-to-end documentation creation and management process
  • Experience and proven ability in self-managing a high volume of tasks, priorities, and set yourself high standard of accuracy, proficiency and precision
  • Experience in collaborating with a wide range of people, teams and community members
  • Client-focused, partnering approach with both our business leaders and engineers to deliver a first-class experience for all stakeholders

Desirable

  • Prior experience in crypto/finance industry
  • Experienced as a technical writer on open source software
  • Programming or other past technical experience

What the job involves

  • Work closely with engineering, product and research teams to understand and document our technologies and product (e.g. open source software documentation, API doc, user education content and etc), and provide documentation and content to a fast growing set of audience including end users, community members and developers
  • Design how existing and new content should be organized and presented to make content easier to understand and more discoverable
  • Measure documentation effectiveness to identify gaps for areas of improvement
  • Improve the content quality by obtaining both high-level and in-depth understanding of the product and technical details
  • Deliver content in various formats, including but not limited to written documentation, blog posts, public code repositories and video content
  • Ensure that management and project stakeholders are well-informed of project status, including conflicts and resolution plans

Our take

dYdX offers a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange platform, initially built on Ethereum but has since transitioned to its own blockchain. Launched in 2017 by former Coinbase and Uber engineer Antonio Juliano, dYdX handles nearly $1B in daily trading volume and continues to grow rapidly.

In its move to become fully decentralized, dYdX launched its own blockchain using Cosmos and Tendermint's proof-of-stake consensus. This shift, which includes exiting the Canadian market, underscores dYdX's commitment to innovation and independence from Ethereum.

Recent updates, like the MegaVault feature for liquidity and permissionless market listings, have enhanced user engagement and boosted investor confidence. These innovations, alongside its, move to a fully decentralized model, are driving the platform's success and positive market momentum.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

31% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jun 2021

$65m

SERIES C

Jan 2021

$10m

SERIES B

Total funding: $95m

Company benefits

  • Health: we offer top-tier health, dental and vision insurance
  • Food: enjoy fully catered lunch and snacks every day each week
  • Vacation: take as much time off as you need to be productive
  • Ownership: meaningful equity and competitive compensation
  • Wellness: monthly fitness, wellness and gym reimbursements
  • Relaxation: events, off-sites and board game nights with the team!

Company HQ

Civic Center, New York, NY

Leadership

Antonio Juliano

(Founder & President)

Studied Computer Science at Princeton, and then worked as a Software Engineer at companies such as Coinbase and Uber. Founded both search engines Weipoint and dYdX in 2017.

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