Core Team Member, Ethereum for Public Infrastructure & Commons

Ethereum Foundation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Foundation seeks a senior leader to drive civic tech initiatives and shape strategy for open-source public infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem.

You will partner with governments, NGOs, and civil society, translating complex decentralized concepts into policy-ready guidance and pilots while coordinating a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in civic or institutional technology, public infrastructure policy, systems/solutions architecture, open-source strategy, or executive advisory.
• Proven track record of building and managing relationships with senior public-sector stakeholders.
• Strong conceptual and product-level understanding of Ethereum, Web3, open-source principles, and privacy-preserving tech (e.g., zero-knowledge proofs, DID).
• Demonstrated ability to design educational frameworks, high-level architecture briefings, and pilot programs.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Drive EPIC’s strategic vision and plan initiatives advancing Ethereum as neutral infrastructure for digital public goods and public systems.
• Engage global institutions—governments, NGOs, multilateral orgs—educating decision makers on Ethereum capabilities through briefings and architecture guidance.
• Incubate civic use cases; scope requirements, convene stakeholders, and structure pilots with ecosystem partners.
• Bridge connections between public institutions and open-source dev teams across Ethereum ecosystem.
• Lead internal and external contributors in a fast-evolving, remote environment with shifting priorities.
• Ensure EPIC operates within its mandate, avoiding turn-key product development and user-capture.

Skills

Civic technology

Open-source strategy

Public sector stakeholder mgmt

Web3 infrastructure

Educational frameworks

English fluency

Job description

About the Ethereum Foundation

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Ethereum and related technologies. Our role is to allocate resources to critical projects, to be a valued voice within the Ethereum ecosystem, and to advocate for Ethereum to the outside world. See the Ethereum Foundation’s website

Core Responsibilities

• Drive EPIC’s Strategic Vision: Plan and execute initiatives that advance Ethereum as credibly neutral infrastructure for digital public goods and public systems, ensuring all efforts align with Ethereum’s core values and the Ethereum Foundation’s mandate.

• Engage Global Institutions: Build relationships and initiatives with governments, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and civil society groups while educating decision makers on Ethereum’s capabilities through briefings, high-level architecture advice, and workshops.

• Incubate Public Systems & Infrastructure Initiatives: Shape and incubate civic use cases - scoping requirements, convening stakeholders, and structuring initiatives so that internal and aligned ecosystem partners can help execute proofs-of-concept and pilots.

• Bridge Ecosystem Connections: Connect public institutions with aligned domain experts and open-source development teams across the global Ethereum ecosystem.

• Steward Scope & Principles: Ensure EPIC operates strictly within its mandate - focusing on high-leverage educational and convening roles while avoiding turn-key product development, open-ended tech support, or projects that entrench user capture.

• Lead Internal & External Contributors: Work independently, with a small team, and/or with other internal and external contributors in a fast-evolving, remote environment with shifting priorities, taking on increasing responsibility for team coordination over time.

About You

• You care about open, privacy-preserving tech. You advocate for civic tooling that protects individual autonomy, avoids user capture, and runs on open-source code.

• You connect technical and public sector worlds. You can explain complex decentralized systems to government executives, while keeping developers grounded in real-world public sector requirements.

• You are a systems thinker. You understand narratives in govtech, digital sovereignty, and digital public infrastructure (DPI) and know how to help institutions navigate risks such as foreign dependency, vendor lock-in, and unauditable systems.

• You are resourceful and disciplined. You understand the power of CROPS and saying "no" to out-of-scope requests while remaining focused on high-leverage opportunities and considering second-order effects.

• You are an optimistic, adaptable leader. You navigate slow-moving institutional processes and shifting priorities with patience, clarity, and proactive execution.

Required Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in civic or institutional technology, public infrastructure policy, systems/solutions architecture, open-source strategy, or executive advisory.

• Proven track record of building and managing relationships with senior public-sector stakeholders.

• Strong conceptual and product-level understanding of Ethereum, Web3 infrastructure, open-source software principles, and privacy-preserving technologies (e.g., zero-knowledge proofs, decentralized identity).

• Demonstrated capability to design educational frameworks, high-level system architecture briefings, and pilot programs.

• Fluency in English.