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title: 'Open Position at Startale Group'
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# Open Position at Startale Group

- **Company:** Startale Group
- **Location:** Japan / Singapore
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2024-06-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://startale.com/career/4044323008?gh_jid=4044323008

## Job description

This is an open position at Startale Group.

If you’d like to join us on our mission to “Build the Next Civilization by Bringing Billions Onchain,” please apply through the link below. We would love to learn more about you!

## About Startale Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Startale Group is a global Web3 infrastructure developer building the next civilization by bringing the world onchain through the development of Soneium, Astar Network, and developer tools.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Singapore, Singapore
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Sota Watanabe

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Blockchain infrastructure and Web3 development
- **Target Customers**: B2B (enterprises, developers, and Web3 projects) and B2C (end-users of onchain applications)
- **Mission Statement**: "Build the next civilization by bringing the world onchain" — making blockchain technology a transparent, borderless, and programmable foundation for everyday life.

## Products & Services
- **Soneium**: A next-generation Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, co-developed through Sony Block Solutions Labs (a joint venture with Sony Group Corporation). Designed to bridge Web3 and traditional internet services (Web2) for billions of users.
- **Astar Network**: Japan’s largest public blockchain, serving as a gateway for projects across enterprises, entertainment, and gaming. Leverages a multi-layered tech stack (zkEVM, EVM, WASM) powered by Polygon and Polkadot.
- **Startale Cloud Services**: Infrastructure and developer tools (RPC interfaces, account abstraction tooling) that let developers ship faster on Soneium and Astar.
- **Startale App**: An all-in-one gateway to the Soneium ecosystem, uniting blockchain-native applications in a single intuitive experience.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Annual Revenue**: ~$1.0M (per LinkedIn)
  - **Total Funding**: $70.0M across 5 rounds
  - **Funding Rounds**: Includes a $50M Series A (March 2026), a $13M Series A (January 2026), a $3.5M Series A (February 2024), and earlier rounds led by SBI Group.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sony Group Corporation (joint venture for Soneium), Hakuhodo (joint venture for Hakuhodo Key3), SBI Group.
- **Growth Signals**: 49 employees (+20.4% YoY); operates across 19 countries; Soneium mainnet launched in January 2026 and is described as one of the most rapidly expanding L2 ecosystems; CEO moved from Singapore to the U.S. to drive global product expansion.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique Joint Ventures**: Co-develops Soneium with Sony Group Corporation and operates a joint venture with Hakuhodo, giving Startale unparalleled access to Japanese enterprise and entertainment ecosystems.
- **Japan Beachhead**: Astar Network is Japan’s largest public blockchain, providing a strong home-market position with government and corporate relationships.
- **Full-Stack Web3**: Unlike many L2-only teams, Startale builds at every layer — protocol (Soneium, Astar), infrastructure (Cloud Services), and consumer apps (Startale App) — similar to Tesla’s integrated strategy.
- **Top-Tier Talent Pool**: Team members come from Binance, Polygon, Crypto.com, Google, Microsoft, and Y Combinator, with a culture described as "sharp, fast, and globally competitive" [startale.com](https://startale.com/en/blog/Startale-Group-going-global-interview).

## Strategic Focus
- **Product-Led Growth**: Shifting from a business-development-heavy approach to a product-first strategy, with a focus on wallets, payments, and stablecoin products.
- **Global Expansion**: CEO Sota Watanabe has moved to the U.S. to lead the charge, aiming to win in the American market as a path to global leadership.
- **Entertainment + Finance**: Combining Japan’s strength in entertainment with blockchain’s financial infrastructure, designing experiences where users interact onchain without realizing it.
- **Long-Term Consolidation**: Betting that blockchain will consolidate into just a few global platforms (like iOS/Android), and positioning Soneium and Astar as core infrastructure.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Startale invests heavily in culture, describing it as a key differentiator — products can be copied, culture cannot. They hold yearly all-members "workations" (past events in Croatia, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Belgium) and team offsites (sports festivals, etc.) to build bonds across a remote, multinational team [startale.com](https://startale.com/en/career).
- **Remote-First & Flexible**: "Full-Flex" policy — no fixed hours or locations. Fully remote team. Output comes first [startale.com](https://startale.com/en/career).
- **Global Compensation**: Salaries benchmarked against global market levels for global talent, with compensation packages competitive with U.S. startups like Coinbase [startale.com](https://startale.com/en/blog/Startale-Group-going-global-interview).
- **Perks**: Unlimited PTO, stock options, and powerful tooling (from machine to AI agents).
- **Engineering Culture**: Team is 80% international, with members from 20+ countries. Discussions are described as "sharp, fast, and very global in perspective." The company values three things: Growth Mindset, Integrity, and Open & Transparency [startale.com](https://startale.com/en/career).
- **Current Openings**: 8 active roles including Senior Rust Backend Engineer, Senior Rust Blockchain Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer, Senior Product Manager (Trading), Security Engineer, and Senior QA Engineer (Trading) — all remote [startale.com](https://startale.com/en/career).

## Sources
1. [startale.com - Career Page](https://startale.com/en/career)
2. [linkedin.com - Startale Group](https://sg.linkedin.com/company/startale)
3. [startale.com - Mission Page](https://startale.com/mission)
4. [startale.com - Interview with CEO, COO, and Product Lead](https://startale.com/en/blog/Startale-Group-going-global-interview)
5. [builtin.com - Startale Careers, Perks + Culture](http://www.builtin.com/company/startale)

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