Finance Engineer

Kiln is hiring!

About

Kiln rend l’infrastructure blockchain simple pour les investisseurs et les développeurs, en accélérant la décentralisation du web.

La start-up gère plus de 56,000 validateurs avec plus de $11B d’actifs sous gestion. Kiln déploie ses validateurs sur différents clouds partout dans le monde.

La plateforme SaaS de Kiln supporte les projets Web3 les plus importants comme Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot, Cosmos, Tezos et bien d'autres, en composant avec des problématiques d’infrastructure, de sécurité et de software au quotidien.

L’équipe est composée de 90 passionnés de l’écosystème anciennement employés chez Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, Polygon et d'autres.

Si votre objectif est de rendre le web plus sécurisé, stable, décentralisé et juste, rejoignez Kiln!

Kiln est en effet toujours à la recherche de personnes passionnées partageant ses valeurs et son enthousiasme pour le Web3.

Nous avons levé en janvier 2024 notre extension de Série A (12.5M$) soit un total levé de 35M$ !

NOUVEAU : Kiln fait partie de la Promotion 2025 du French Tech Next40/120!

Job Description

Full time - Paris 9

Kiln is now part of the prestigious French Government program #FT120 from La French Tech! 🎉 🇫🇷

We are seeking a Finance Engineer to join our dynamic Finance team at Kiln. In this role, you will support the operation of Kiln’s financial systems through data monitoring, analysis, and report creation, as well as by contributing to process automation solutions. You will work closely with our Head of Finance and collaborate with the Sales and Engineering teams to ensure the reliability of Kiln’s financial data for both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

1) Monitoring & analysis:

  • Monitor Proof-of-Stake protocols and blockchain networks to identify and analyze financial implications. Keep updated on market trends and regulatory changes to inform our strategies.

2) Data integration & management:

  • Integrate various data sources, including on-chain information, blockchain aggregators/explorers, and internal services, using APIs. Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency in Kiln’s databases.

3) Financial reporting:

  • Develop and deliver comprehensive financial reports tailored to the needs of Kiln, our partners and customers. Use data analysis to create custom reports that track Kiln's financial metrics (Revenue, Expenses, AUS, etc.) and provide valuable insights to our customers (Staking activity, Reward statements, etc.).

4) Innovation in automation:

  • Create new internal tools and automated solutions to enhance the efficiency of Kiln’s financial and operational processes, including billing, treasury management, and cryptocurrency transaction reconciliation.

5) Customer & leadership support:

  • Address customer inquiries related to invoicing and financial data. Work closely with the leadership team, providing finance insights to aid in risk mitigation and opportunity identification

Stack:

  • Tech: Python, SQL (PostgreSQL), API (REST, JSON).

  • Tools: BI, Google Sheets, Excel, Postman, GitHub, Slack.

Requirements

  • SQL and Python: Proficient in data analytics using SQL and Python.

  • Blockchain and Crypto: Demonstrated interest; knowledge of protocols, blockchain explorers, and smart contracts is a plus.

  • Data: Good understanding of data engineering concepts, such as data transformation (dbt) and cloud data warehousing (BigQuery)

  • Financial Modeling: solid understanding of financial modeling, KPIs, and reporting with Google Sheets and Excel.

  • Education: Master's degree in Technology or Finance.

  • Languages: Fluent in English and ideally French.

About Kiln:

Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade rewards platform that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. Our API-first platform provides fully automated validators, staking & DeFi protocols access, and comprehensive data and commission management.

With $11+ billion in crypto assets staked through our platform, Kiln has established a strong presence on Ethereum, managing over 5% of the network through 45,000+ validators — all with zero slashing events.

Kiln serves more than 140 leading customers, including Binance, BitPanda, Bitgo, Fireblocks, VanEck, and TrustWallet.

Our team of 90 ecosystem enthusiasts brings experience from industry leaders like Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other prominent technology and cryptocurrency companies.

We've raised $30M in total funding from prominent investors including 1kx, Crypto.com, Illuminate Financial, Consensys, Wintermute, Kraken Ventures...

Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair!

How Kiln will support you:

  • A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment

  • Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!

  • Competitive salary

  • Flexible holiday

  • Flexible remote working

  • Internet connection paid up to €50/month

  • Significant personal development and tech conf budget

Your interview process

  1. Recruiter Interview (45 min)

  2. Take-home test (< 2 hours)

  3. Technical Interview (60 min)

  4. Core Values Interview (45 min)

  5. Founders Interview (30 min)

  6. Offer!

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Paris