Generalist Intern

Allium makes blockchain data accurate, simple and fast Blockchain data is hard, messy, and chaotic When we started out in late 2021 our thesis was simple - blockchain data, despite it being public and free, was difficult to understand, clunky to access and troublesome to maintain. Answering a simple question like “Who are the biggest Ethereum token holders over time?” requires an engineering team to run their own RPC nodes, ingest the full history of the blockchain, clean the data, transform the data and finally summon a wizard to cast a complex SQL query. Accessing data is hard because blockchains are optimized for Writes and not Reads Why is it so hard? Blockchains have historically been optimized for Writes (getting data onto the blockchain) and less for Reads (getting data OUT of the blockchain). This is because optimization efforts were focused on increasing transaction throughput and building fault tolerant and scalable consensus algorithms. This neglect makes it hard to get data out efficiently and reliably at scale. Parsing and interpreting blockchain data requires both deep domain expertise and data manipulation To quote Tim Roughgarden, Columbia Professor, “Blockchains are (virtual) computers, not databases.” They are Turing machines that support general computations, and anyone can write and deploy their own smart contract for their own use case. This nearly infinite number of use cases leads to the fragmentation of data schemas for different purposes. Standardizing these schemas requires deep domain expertise to turn esoteric technical outputs into clear information for specific concepts like tokens, NFTs, stablecoins and DEXs. Allium abstracts the complexity with a simple way to query blockchain data Allium tames the chaos by ingesting, sanitizing, and standardizing all this data. As of this post, the data we’ve archived across 100+ blockchains is in the petabytes and growing exponentially. Google and Bloomberg had to organize the world's public financial and webpage data, Allium is on a mission to do the same for blockchain data This is one of the rare times in history where indexing a giant public dataset is sorely needed by all - similar to what Bloomberg did for financial data and what Google organized for public webpage data. With this indexed data, we are fortunate to support trailblazers in this industry and play some role the industry’s most exciting trends: About our customers We serve 2 groups of customers today with the same data but different platform. Analysts who need to answer data questions about the blockchain (think BI) and Engineers who need highly reliable data queryable in near realtime (think Application backends). Our customers include the biggest institutions Visa, Stripe, Grayscale and also the biggest crypto companies such as Phantom, Uniswap. Allium is one of the unique companies in the industry that bridge blockchain and non blockchain worlds. What you'll do Don’t see a role that perfectly fits your background? We’re always open to meeting exceptional people who can help us build the future of blockchain data infrastructure. We believe the best teams are built by being opportunistic about talent. If you're passionate about what we're building and have skills that could accelerate our growth, we want to hear from you - even if we aren’t specifically hiring for a position you could see yourself in. What We're Looking For Proven Excellence - A track record of exceptional work in your domain Builder Mentality - You see opportunities and create solutions Startup DNA - Comfortable with ambiguity and excited by rapid growth Clear Impact - You can articulate exactly how you'd add value to Allium Technical Appreciation - Even if not an engineer, you understand and respect technical products Don’t take our word for it, what our customers say about us Don’t take our word for it, what our customers say about us (text omitted for brevity). What some ~cool people have to say about us Mario Gabriele from The Generalist's Future 50 Startup List: Former features cited (URL omitted) Tomasz Tungus from Theory Ventures: Cited Bucky Moore from Kleiner Perkins: Cited Ok.. now for some tough love, here are the values we strive for at Allium: Pro Athlete Mindset - Consistency. Day in and day out, in pursuit of excellence. A win yesterday does not guarantee (or even imply!) a win tomorrow. I hope anyone who supports a failing sports team will feel the pain (cough Man United fans) of inconsistency Figure It Out & Extreme Ownership - Every day is unexplored territory. There are new engineering frameworks, new legal docs, new compliance, new sales, new regulations, and new operational procedures every single day. If you don’t know it, learn it. If you can’t learn it, find someone or a product that does it. If you can’t find someone, find someone who can find someone. It is never lack of resources, but lack of resourcefulness. High Agency - (One of) the highest commonality between all successful people is their responsiveness. Respond quickly with effective solutions and resolutions. Leading from the Front - No one is going to listen unless you lead by example. Build an MVP and say “This is the way we should do things”. Strong Opinions On the Future (loosely held) - It is okay to be wrong, but not to have no idea of a better future. Alliumites take pride in trying to improve everything about the company. Sense of (allium) business smell - People who want to know why and how their work builds leverage for teammates and relates to business goals. About the team We invite people of all backgrounds. We have engineers who learned coding later in life, learned on the side, are still in school, or went to top schools. All are welcome if one comes in with a curious mind and infectious work ethic. Administrative Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D insurance - U.S. folks get 100% coverage for Gold plans, 80% for dependents Note: The sun never sets on Allium - we hire from any geographical location as long as you are willing to overlap 2 hours overlap on NYC mornings Mon-Thurs from 10am-12pm ET. We have people based in New York, Seattle, Singapore and Australia All applicants have to answer a pop quiz: What is an Allium? What is your favorite Allium? Bonus points for the right pronunciation. #J-18808-Ljbffr Theory Ventures