CTO Advisor (Crypto-Native) at Token Metrics

Austin, Texas, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Part TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Cryptocurrency, DeFi, BlockchainIndustries

Requirements

  • 4+ years leading engineering in crypto (protocol/DeFi, exchange, market/data infra, or comparable)
  • Proven SDLC/DevOps/CI-CD and SRE practice (SLOs + error budgets + incident response)
  • Experience shipping data/ML systems or MLOps basics (versioning, parity tests, safe rollout)
  • Excellent technical writing and async collaboration
  • Nice-to-have: Smart-contract security/audit handoffs; keys/secrets/multisig hygiene
  • Nice-to-have: Prior work with index/market-data pipelines or exchange connectivity

Responsibilities

  • Establish release gates in CI/CD (tests/coverage, static checks, feature flags, canary/shadow) and clear rollback/kill-switch triggers
  • Implement SRE fundamentals: 3–5 SLOs (e.g., data freshness, job success rate, API latency/availability, exception closure time) with an error-budget policy
  • Enforce Change & Exceptions Logs; drive post-mortems (Sev-1/2) with action items and owners
  • Pair with Quant to harden AI index safety (model/versioning, parity tests, drift/health alerts)
  • Produce concise runbooks & dashboards; coach engineering leads; hand back the system

Skills

CI/CD
SRE
MLOps
SLOs
Error Budgets
Incident Response
Feature Flags
Canary Deployments
Rollback
Post-mortems
Runbooks
Dashboards
Smart Contracts
Multisig
ML Versioning

Token Metrics

Cryptocurrency investment platform using machine learning

About Token Metrics

Token Metrics is a cryptocurrency investment platform that uses machine learning to help users identify profitable investment opportunities and avoid scams. It offers services like cryptocurrency reviews, price predictions, and in-depth analysis, catering to both novice and experienced investors. The platform operates on a subscription model, providing access to premium features such as a private investor group and webinars. The goal of Token Metrics is to make crypto investing more accessible and less risky for its clients.

Austin, TexasHeadquarters
2018Year Founded
$1.8MTotal Funding
EARLY_VCCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Fintech, Crypto & Web3Industries
11-50Employees

Risks

Ian Balina's SEC issues could harm Token Metrics' reputation.
Privacy coin regulations may limit Token Metrics' analysis capabilities.
High-risk project involvement could expose Token Metrics to reputational damage.

Differentiation

Token Metrics uses AI and machine learning for crypto investment insights.
The platform offers exclusive access to private investor groups and webinars.
Token Metrics provides back-tested 30-day price predictions and IEO ratings.

Upsides

Growing DeFi interest boosts demand for Token Metrics' analytics services.
AI-driven trading bots present integration opportunities for Token Metrics.
NFT popularity allows expansion of Token Metrics' NFT analytics services.

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