--- title: 'Barrel at Thunderhead' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/barrel-thunderhead-remote-2s1v7kyy4cqh' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Barrel at Thunderhead - **Company:** Thunderhead - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2023-12-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/thunderhead-xyz/am9icG9zdDpwgH38fx94jnFaQgur1MGZ ## Job description ## what we're looking for We're looking for what Keith Rabois calls a "barrel." He says, "a definition of a barrel is someone who can take an idea from inception, all the way to shipping, and bring people along with them." We have 5-10 different projects in the pipeline awaiting a cambrian explosion pending additional engineering bandwidth. We're looking for a high performing individual with any of the following skills or experiences - smart contract engineering of a high complexity/innovative protocol - innovative financial mechanism design - protocol engineering - building products/uxs that many people love - growing community excitement We're a dynamic team so there is not a concrete role/past experience we are looking for. At Thunderhead, we electrify nascent blockchain ecosystems, so we want people that care about creating value for others, can create their own innovative ideas, and execute at a high level without much supervision. ## about us The team is young, lean and small. - Addison (CEO, 19). Freshman at MIT. Founded Thunderhead at 16 - Pierre (SWE, 14). Freshman in high school. Built an $18m TVL LST at 12 yrs of age. - Damon (Legal/Finance/BD, 50). Serial entreprenuer, exited a Medtech company 2 yrs ago - Tom (Product Engineer, 32) Manages all user facing products. - Ofek (Devops Lead, 22). Manages all our performant systems and validators We've managed $70m of staked assets, found a $7m vulnerability in Curve, and lead a protocol contribution that saved Pocket Network $50m, among many other things. We're very excited about what we're working on, so if any of this interests you, please apply and join the fun! ## About Thunderhead ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Thunderhead is a Web3 infrastructure and services studio that helps nascent blockchain ecosystems grow by providing staking infrastructure, public goods, and protocol-level support. - **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed; appears bootstrapped) - **Headquarters**: Not publicly available (team appears globally distributed) - **Founded**: Not publicly available - **Founders**: Founder name not publicly disclosed; early team includes family members Pierre and Sevi, plus engineers Ofek, Tom, and Tamir *Note: This profile covers Thunderhead (Web3/blockchain), not the customer engagement software company of the same name that was acquired by Medallia.* ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Blockchain infrastructure / Web3 services - **Target customers**: Nascent blockchain ecosystems, protocols, institutions (e.g., 1kx, Arrington Capital, Decentral Park Capital), whales, and retail stakers - **Mission**: "To help nascent blockchain ecosystems by providing ecosystem as a service" and to make supported ecosystems "as Thundery as possible." ## Products & Services - **Non-custodial staking platform for Pocket Network**: A staking solution that allows users to stake without giving up custody. - **Liquid staking representative token**: A token representing staked POKT; peaked at 4,000 validators and $70M staked. - **pokt.watch**: A block explorer for Pocket Network. - **RPCmeter**: An RPC latency tracking tool. - **Pokt.Info**: A comprehensive node analytics tool for Pocket Network. - **Hyperliquid Stats**: A protocol stats dashboard for Hyperliquid. - **Ecosystem-as-a-service**: Community support, staking infrastructure, public goods, and advisory services for protocol teams. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed; company appears bootstrapped - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not investors, but notable customers/institutions include 1kx, Arrington Capital, and Decentral Park Capital - **Growth Signals**: "Thousands of customers worldwide"; contributed to protocol-level changes optimizing billion-dollar networks; currently expanding to several other ecosystems with a major announcement expected soon. ## Competitive Advantages - Deep protocol-level contributions (e.g., changes to optimize billion-dollar networks) - Non-custodial staking model that builds trust - Track record of shipping multiple public goods (explorers, analytics tools, dashboards) - Small, high-powered team with low average age and strong technical talent ## Strategic Focus - Expanding staking and public goods offerings to multiple new blockchain ecosystems - Continuing to provide ecosystem-as-a-service support for nascent protocols - Maintaining transparency and operational clarity in uncertain market conditions ## Why Work Here - Join a small (6-person) team with outsized impact in Web3 - Work on cutting-edge blockchain infrastructure and protocol-level problems - Opportunity to build public goods used by thousands of customers worldwide - Culture appears remote-friendly and family-inclusive, with a "low average age" and high-powered engineering team - Specific perks and formal remote/hybrid policy: Not publicly available ## Sources 1. [blog.thunderhead.xyz](https://blog.thunderhead.xyz/about/) 2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/thunderheadweb3) 3. [hiring.camp](https://hiring.camp/company/thunderhead-xyz) ## Other roles at Thunderhead - [Smart Contract Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/smart-contract-engineer-thunderhead-remote-k3pe5kjcj3vw)