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**Are you interested in joining Cycles?** Cycles is always seeking great talent. Whether you are a business developer, product leader, research engineer, developer, operations professional, or someone excited about rethinking how money works, we encourage you to apply. If you’re unsure which role might be the right fit, submit a general application and we’ll evaluate your experience across our open positions and keep you in mind. We’re always looking for thoughtful, curious people who want to help build the future of financial infrastructure. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, experience levels, and disciplines. Cycles brings together people from many fields — including distributed systems, economics, cryptography, fintech, and design — who share an interest in building open financial systems. **About Cycles** Cycles is building an open clearing protocol for collaborative finance. For centuries, banks have used private clearing networks to settle large amounts of debt with very little money. These systems allow institutions to reduce liquidity needs by clearing obligations across networks of participants. However, access to these clearing mechanisms has historically been restricted to closed financial clubs. Cycles aims to open this capability to everyone. Cycles is an open protocol for clearing debts across networks of participants, enabling businesses, communities, and financial applications to settle obligations using a wide range of currencies and credit relationships. By leveraging the structure of payment networks, Cycles enables participants to clear more debt with less money, improving liquidity and reducing financial friction. Our goal is to build financial infrastructure that supports collaborative finance systems, where liquidity can emerge from relationships across networks rather than relying solely on centralized intermediaries. Cycles is incubated by Informal Systems, a remote-first organization known for its contributions to distributed systems and blockchain infrastructure. **Why Work With Us** At Cycles, you’ll help shape the future of financial coordination and economic infrastructure. Our team works at the intersection of: - distributed systems - economic networks - financial infrastructure - cryptography and privacy technologies - graph algorithms and optimization - collaborative financial systems We believe that the next generation of financial infrastructure should be open, transparent, and accessible to communities everywhere. **Some of our benefits include:** - 20 days (4 weeks) of paid vacation annually - Company closure from December 25th to January 1 - Annual Lifestyle benefits (reimbursements for gym memberships, fitness equipment, etc) - A remote-first, flexible work environment - Annual company retreats - Paid parental leave - ….. and many more!