Welcome to the Chainlink Labs hiring process. Our interviews are fast, focused, and reciprocal—all held on Zoom to ensure speed and flexibility—giving you direct access to the leaders you’ll partner with. The process is tailored to your role and may evolve; we’ll keep you informed.
What to expect
Recruiter Screen (30m)
Conversation with Recruiting on your background, the role scope, and how our principles guide how we build.
Hiring Manager (45m)
Deep dive into your career trajectory, leadership philosophy, and alignment with team goals.
Team Interviews
Quick sessions with team members on your experience, industry knowledge, and project work.
- Stakeholders (45m each)
Discussions with leaders you’ll collaborate with on Web3 expertise and leadership approach.
Take-Home Project + Presentation (45m)
Scoped project to complete within 7 days, followed by a 45-minute team presentation.
Final Call with Sergey (45m)
Deep dive on skills, leadership, and mutual fit at the highest level.
Alignment Interview (90m)
Conversation with a senior leader outside the team for a broader perspective on fit.
Closing
References, background check, and final recruiter check-in.
Job description
About the Role
We are seeking an elite tax professional with deep expertise in tax planning, compliance, and strategy to oversee and manage the tax affairs of a high-net-worth tech founder and their family office. The ideal candidate will have experience in navigating complex, multi-jurisdictional tax environments and advising on personal and business tax implications for ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs). As a key pillar of the family office, this role will involve working closely with other departments (legal, investment) to deliver comprehensive tax solutions that preserve and enhance wealth.
Your Impact
- Tax & Structuring
- Deep personal tax expertise across US Federal, New York, and Puerto Rico regimes.
- Hands-on ownership of personal tax matters: income, capital gains, estate/inheritance.
- Structure and manage Trusts (e.g., GRATs), SPVs, and holding companies.
- Provide pre-transaction tax structuring for all major investments, liquidity events, exits, and distributions.
- Lead residence and domicile planning across jurisdictions.
- Provide tax input on PE, VC, real estate investments
- Stress-test tax strategies, ensure defensibility, and continuously adapt to legislative change.
- Controls & Compliance
- Design and maintain strong internal controls across all entities.
- Ensure audit readiness and institutional-grade documentation
- Navigate KYC/AML frameworks
- Challenge advisors, arbitrate between opinions, and drive outcomes.
- Vendor & Advisor Management
- Act as primary orchestrator for banks, tax advisors, legal counsel and property managers.
- Treat external firms as execution partners; set direction, pace, and standards.
- Operational Leadership
- Serve as the primary operational interface for the family.
- End-to-end ownership of the Family Office as an enterprise.
- Build, run, or professionalise Family Office operations and systems.
- Drive complex, multi-threaded projects from concept to completion.
- Handle ad hoc financial requests from founders and executives.
Qualifications
- At least 10 years of experience in a high-level tax advisory role, preferably within a Big Four accounting firm, law firm, or family office specializing in UHNW clients.
- Education:
- Advanced degree in Taxation (LL.M. or equivalent), JD, or CPA.
- Experience:
- Proven track record as the principal tax owner/advisor in a UHNW tax operation demonstrating complex global tax planning and compliance
- Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in a high-level tax advisory role, preferably within a Big Four accounting firm, law firm, or family office specializing in UHNW clients.
- Expertise in complex tax strategies, including international tax planning, estate and trust tax, and philanthropic structuring.
- Strong technical knowledge of US federal, state, and international tax. Puerto Rico tax experience is a plus.
- Skills:
- Strategic thinker with excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Proven ability to work directly with ultra-high-net-worth individuals and senior executives.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex financial portfolios with discretion and integrity.
- Excellent communicator, showing great comfort and fluency in explaining complex tax matters to laypersons and avoiding needless distractions.
- Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to proactively collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Hands-on tax professional, able to run tax analysis and calculations without having to ask advisors’ help in every instance.
How to approach the conversation
Clarity matters
Answer directly and with focus. Precision is valued more than polish.
Depth over script
We’re interested in how you think and lead, not rehearsed examples. Expect the conversation to stretch into follow-ups.
Think out loud
Share your reasoning and trade-offs. The process is as important as the conclusion.
Dialogue, not Q&A
Come ready with questions about priorities, culture, and operating principles. We want to ensure alignment is mutual.
Before we meet
Explore who we are and how we build with the curated resources below and on our resources page, providing context for a thoughtful discussion.
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Why join us?
Our mission
Build decentralized systems that link everything to the truth, creating a fair, unbiased world.
Why join us?
Work with an A-team of industry experts, driving Chainlink’s growth at the forefront of blockchain. Boldness is essential here.
Key Principles alignment
We are proud of our collaborative culture. Be prepared to discuss how you align with our Key Principles:
Ownership
We apply high standards in our work and take complete, unconditional responsibility for all outcomes. We always go the extra mile when helping one another, our users, and our community and working toward achieving our objectives.
Focus
Prioritizing outcomes and avoiding the many distractions in our industry enables us to pay full attention to our objectives and achieve more in less time without wasting energy.
Dialogue
Chainlink Labs is an idea meritocracy. We seek to arrive at the truth about every situation through open, honest, and constructive dialogue. We avoid personal biases and ego and seek to overcome the fear of engaging in productive conflict to arrive at truth.