About Outlier Ventures
Outlier Ventures is the leading global Web3 accelerator and venture platform. Since 2014, we have supported over 400 startups through our flagship Base Camp programs and strategic collaborations. Our mission is to build the “Post Web”—a decentralized future powered by open data, cryptographic systems, intelligent agents, and composable economies.
We work at the intersection of cutting-edge technologies—spanning AI x Crypto, DePIN, DeFi, infrastructure, RWAs, and data privacy—and collaborate with a global network of 1,000+ Web3 founders, protocols, and investors.
At Outlier Ventures, we celebrate intellectual curiosity, diversity of background, and a builder’s mindset. We encourage applicants from all walks of life and are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable workplace.
About the Role
We are seeking a Post Web Engineer to help evaluate, advise, and accelerate the next wave of category-defining start ups across Web3, AI, and token economies.
This is a hybrid role blending technical product leadership, technical investment due diligence, and innovation strategy. You’ll assess technical feasibility, architecture, and execution readiness of early-stage startups applying to our accelerator. You will also guide founders across architecture, stack decisions, product design, and token model refinement.
You’ll work across different expertise fields, such as product, investments, AI, and token engineering to influence which start ups we back—and how we support them post-investment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical due diligence across verticals including AI x Crypto, DePIN, RWAs, and infrastructure protocols.
- Evaluate product architecture, code quality, scalability, dev process, and roadmap feasibility.
- Analyze full-stack integration (frontend, backend, smart contracts, agents, APIs) and overall system readiness.
- Review token models (distribution, incentives, governance) and protocol dynamics with internal token economists.
- Provide strategic feedback to founders on architecture, product development, and team building.
- Participate in architecture/code review sessions with technical founders, CTOs, and engineering leads.
- Contribute to internal diligence frameworks and benchmarking tools for innovation scoring.
- Stay current on emerging technical trends in decentralized compute, zkML, LLM agents, modular infrastructure, and open AI ecosystems.
- Occasionally contribute to Outlier’s internal tooling or shared libraries and thought leadership.
- Participate in accelerator cohort selection by conducting diligence calls and writing technical assessments.
We’re Looking For Someone Who:
- Has lived through start up life—whether as a founder, engineer, PM, or advisor.
- Has hands-on experience building full-stack products (frontend/backend/API/infrastructure).
- Is comfortable navigating and assessing Web3 and token-based architectures (e.g. Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, Bitcoin L2s).
- Has a good understanding of token designs, economies, and engineering.
- Understands AI/ML infrastructure including LLMs, model deployment, inference engines, or vector databases.
- Has a strong ability to break down technical topics for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Is curious, pragmatic, and thrives at the intersection of emerging tech and real-world application.
- Can confidently lead technical discussions and due diligence sessions, synthesize findings, and make recommendations.
Has exposure to REST, GraphQL, and languages like TypeScript, Python, Go, or Rust.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Solidity or smart contract ecosystems.
- Familiarity with Ether.js, Viem, Web3.js, or similar libraries.
- Experience in React or modern web frameworks.
- Exposure to zk-proofs, DePIN, RWA tokenization, or on-chain AI agents.
- Prior experience in accelerator, VC, or technical advisory environments.
Contributions to open-source AI or blockchain communities.
What We Offer
- The opportunity to shape the frontier of DLT and AI convergence.
- A hands-on role in influencing capital deployment and startup success.
- Access to some of the most ambitious founders in the ecosystem.
- A flexible, remote-first work environment within a high-performance team.
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- Access to invest directly in token projects alongside the Outlier Ventures partnership (subject to availability).
