Entrepreneur in Residence, Nillion
Secure processing layer for Web3
Be an early applicant
Secure processing layer for Web3
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable continuous growth and transformative technology adoption.
Role
Who you are
- This role is perfect for a technically fluent and strategically minded founder-type who wants to build an exciting business but needs time, resources, and exposure before launching
- Must have a founder mentality
- Prior experience as a founder, early-stage builder, or operator in a startup environment
- Proven track record in identifying, scoping, and launching new products or businesses
- Comfortable with technical concepts and working closely with engineers, able to pick up technical fluency quickly
- Ability to independently conduct market research, competitive analysis, and user interviews to validate ideas
- Must have bias for action and be execution oriented; someone who can go from zero to one rapidly and thrives in ambiguity
- Excellent and clear communication skills; capable of crafting compelling narratives for internal stakeholders, users, and investors
- Knowledge of Web3 and AI technologies
- Fluency in English is required
- A background in CS or engineering is a plus
What the job involves
- As an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Nillion, you will immerse yourself in the core of our company, understanding the technology, product vision, and strategic direction, while identifying opportunities to build a new business on top of Nillion’s network
- You’ll work closely with our engineering, product, marketing, and ecosystem teams to conduct deep research, pressure test ideas, validate use cases, and ultimately lead the spinout of a new venture that leverages Nillion’s core technology
- This is an initial 3 month contract, with the possibility to be extended to 9 months
- Months 0–3 | Deep Immersion: Learn Nillion’s technology, product, ecosystem, and market to identify high-potential venture ideas
- End of Month 3 | Opportunity Pitch & Review: Present a well-researched venture concept; a decision committee evaluates whether to continue with MVP development or conclude the EIR engagement
- Months 3–9 MVP | Development & Validation: If approved, build and test an MVP with early users; validate traction metrics like CAC, retention, and conversion
- After Month 9 | Venture Spinout Decision: Final review determines whether the concept becomes an independent company with Nillion’s support or concludes the EIR program
- Ongoing Support: For approved ventures, receive product guidance, investor introductions, and continued strategic support from Nillion
- Internal Integration: Deeply integrate with Nillion’s product and engineering teams to develop a comprehensive understanding of our technology stack, capabilities, and roadmap
- Opportunity Discovery: Research and validate new venture ideas based on gaps in the market, technical leverage from Nillion, and emerging industry trends
- Prototyping & Validation: Design and test MVP concepts or prototypes internally and/or externally to assess product-solution fit
- Strategy Development: Create business models, go-to-market strategies, and operational plans for potential spinout opportunities
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work cross-functionally across the company (Engineering, Product, Ecosystem, Legal) to shape the future venture
- Venture Formation: Lead the transition of the most promising concept into an independent business entity that could receive seed investment
- Ecosystem Contribution: Contribute insights and frameworks that other projects in the Nillion ecosystem can benefit from
Our take
Blockchain security hasn’t kept pace with the speed of blockchain development, leading to billions of dollars worth of hacks and exploits. Part of the issue is that data isn’t fully decentralised: computations are currently run on a single node, and verified by others, creating privacy vulnerabilities. Nillion has developed a complex solution that builds on an existing strategy: multi-party computation (MPC).
MPC is a cryptographic protocol in which parties can jointly compute outputs without being privy to other parties’ data. This achieves the greater levels of distribution which are expected to help fend off data hacks and breaches - but it’s not foolproof, especially against expert hackers willing to invest extensive time and resources.
Nillion’s solution, what it’s calling Nil Message Compute, adds an extra layer of complication: data is stored across different nodes as unrecognisable, information-theoretic security particles, so it can be computed rapidly but without the need for inter-node messaging. It’s a level of security that’s been described as “crypto analytically unbreakable”, and its implications for the decentralised blockchain space could be huge. It puts Nillion firmly at the sector’s cutting edge, and its VC funding awarded in 2022 and 2024 indicates that investors believe so too.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2024
$25m
EARLY VC
Dec 2022
$20m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours to accommodate lifestyles and a globally distributed team
- Token Compensation; acquire Nll tokens as part of your bonus
- Make a big impact as a early contributor to an incredible founding team
- Work on new problems in an incredible emerging and dynamic field
- Learn from systems engineering, cryptography, and finance domain experts in a mentorship-oriented work culture
- You don’t need to be in an office or at a desk to have an impact anymore! We are fully remote, but value regular meet-ups
Leadership
Miguel de Vega
(Co-Founder & CSO)Completed a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering at ULB, and spent time as a Siemens IT Consultant before moving into a Project Manager role at Open Canarias. Subsequently co-founded, and led, Browseye, iFlikeU, and Dialective; then served as VP of Data Science at Treexor, and CTO at Sedicii.
Alex Page
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded Flag First Capital, Weekday Warriors, and Sport Food Nutrition.
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