Job description
About Status
Status is building the tools and infrastructure for the advancement of a secure, private, and open web3.
With the high level goals of preserving the right to privacy, mitigating the risk of censorship, and promoting economic trade in a transparent, open manner, Status is building a community where anyone is welcome to join and contribute.
As an organization, Status seeks to push the web3 ecosystem forward through research, creation of developer tools, and support of the open source community.
As a product, Status is an open source, Ethereum-based app that gives users the power to chat, transact, and access a revolutionary world of Apps on the decentralized web. But Status is also building foundational infrastructure for the whole Ethereum ecosystem, including the Nimbus ETH 1.0 and 2.0 clients, the Keycard hardware wallet, and the Waku messaging protocol, the p2p communication layer for Web3.
As a team, Status has been completely distributed since inception. Our team is currently 200+ core contributors strong, and welcomes a growing number of community members from all walks of life, scattered all around the globe.
We care deeply about open source, and our organizational structure has minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours. We believe in working with a high degree of autonomy while supporting the organization’s priorities.
About Status Network
Status Network - the first natively gasless Ethereum L2 - is hiring a bilingual Developer Relations & Community Manager to lead our presence in South Korea.
Status Network’s roadmap includes deep integrations with Korean studios, gamers, and social apps builders. You will be the bridge between Status Network and the Korean builder community. This role is a unique blend of local developer community building, content creation, technical education, and strategic partnership management. The ideal candidate is a builder at heart, deeply embedded in Korea’s crypto scene, and driven by the mission to make developers discover a new way to build onchain - without gas.
Key responsibilities
- Launch, manage & moderate Korean-language channels (Telegram, Discord, KakaoTalk, Naver, Youtube, etc.)
- Design daily/weekly engagement loops; track sentiment & surface insights
- Produce Korean-first technical documentation, tutorials, code samples, blog posts, memes and “how-to” videos to make building on Status L2 intuitive and fun
- Run webinars, IRL meet-ups, hackathon tracks, and university workshops; report measurable impact (attendance, submissions, conversions)
- Onboard builders to Status L2; provide code samples and live demos
- Mentor power users and builders and KOLs; identify and amplify success stories
- Cultivate relationships with Korean web3 studios, infra providers, K-media, and event organisers
- Localise global campaigns (airdrops, quests, dev-grants) to maximise Korean participation
- Own community analytics (growth, retention, funnel KPIs) in GA / Dune / Notion
- Channel product pain-points and market trends back to engineering and leadership
You will ideally have
- Native-level Korean & professional English (written + spoken)
- 2+ yrs DevRel, developer education, or technical community building
- Hands-on coder - comfortable reading / shipping Solidity, TS or Rust and demoing live. Strong grasp of blockchain fundamentals, especially Layer 2 architectures.
- Ability to create content - we welcome all format but video will be prioritized
- Strong documentation and blog posts writing skills - able to review and suggest changes on existing documents
- Track record running ≥ 5 AMAs, hackathons, or workshops with published metrics
- Data-driven mindset; can design experiments and report RO
- Belief in open-source, self-custody, and cypherpunk ethos
- Experience in, and passion for, blockchain technology
Bonus points
- Proficiency in another Asian language
- Prior work at a rollup, DeFi, GameFi, or crypto infra project
- Existing network across builder communities at universities, Kakao, meetups, and indie hacker spaces
- Have an active YouTube or TikTok channel
- Have experience writing announcements, whitepapers, and legal-compliant materials for Korean audiences
- Public-speaking experience at conferences or YT/Twitch streams
- Familiarity with Ethereum L2s, RLN, zkEVMs, or onchain gaming UX
- Comfortable working remotely and asynchronously
- Experience working for an open source organisation.
[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role. Just explain to us why in your cover letter].
Hiring process
- Interview with our People Ops team
- Community and ecosystem interview
- Technical interview and test
- Interview with the Status Network team lead
Compensation
The expected compensation range for this role is negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process. We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.
