[Hiring] Chief Information Security Officer @Launch Legends

Role Description

We’re offering a unique opportunity to join Launch Legends (and Autheo) as a part-time Equity Cofounder. Founded in July 2021, Launch Legends is at the forefront of bridging Web3 blockchain technology with the next evolution of Web2 integration—bringing businesses on-chain through enterprise-grade solutions, DePIN innovations, and decentralized financial infrastructure.

Our flagship project, Autheo, is an AI-enabled Layer-0 Operating System with an integrated Layer-1 blockchain and complete decentralized infrastructure that includes decentralized compute, storage, identity, and service marketplaces, as well as a full-stack development environment (DevHub)—engineered for scalable enterprise adoption, developer innovation, and real-world blockchain integration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Web3 or blockchain security experience: secured a protocol, L1 or L2, bridge, DeFi application, wallet, or custody platform in production.
• Crypto security depth: key management, HSM, MPC or threshold signing, custody, and wallet or transaction-signing security.
• Blockchain infrastructure security: validator or node operations, consensus-adjacent risk, bridges, or cross-chain messaging.
• Smart-contract security: scoped audits with Web3 auditors and driven findings to remediation and retest.
• On-chain incident response experience: led an exploit, key compromise, bridge or validator incident, or a serious near-miss.
• 10+ years in information security, including 3+ years as CISO, VP of Security, Head of Security, or an equivalent leadership seat.
• Comfortable working directly with protocol engineers, SRE, and contract developers.

Requirements

• Post-quantum migration work involving ML-KEM, ML-DSA, or SLH-DSA, or applied cryptography such as threshold signatures, zero-knowledge proofs, or formal verification.
• Experience with Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, IBC, EVM, or Hyperlane.
• A bug-bounty or disclosure program you ran, and a public artifact we can read (audit response, post-mortem, threat model, CVE, or talk).
• AI endpoint security in production.
• Experience standing up or operating SOC 2 or ISO 27001; CISSP, CISM, or CIPP are a plus.
• Prior founder or equity-compensated leadership experience.

Benefits

• This is a part-time equity/token-based cofounder opportunity.
• You will receive equity in Launch Legends, Autheo, and the WFO Creator Network, along with token allocations in the Autheo blockchain.
• No cash salary for this role, with a commitment of at least 20 hours per week.

First 90 Days

• A key and custody inventory: every key that matters (validator, bridge, deployer, admin, service), who holds it, how it is stored, and how it is rotated or recovered.
• A written map of Autheo’s security surface (keys, chain, validators, bridge, contracts, TheoID, cloud, and AI): what’s deployed, what’s been audited, and what’s risky, with a stop / continue / start list.
• An audit-findings backlog for the Halborn, CertiK, and Adevar Labs work: severity, owner, status, and what still needs a retest.
• An on-chain incident-response runbook covering exploit, bridge, validator, and key-compromise scenarios, one tabletop against a realistic case, and the first disclosure / bug-bounty scope.

About Our Organization

Autheo is building a Layer-0 Operating System and an integrated Layer-1 so identity, compute, storage, developer tooling, and AI sit on one network instead of a pile of bridges. The work now is product and protocol: making that network faster, safer, and ready for the builders and businesses that will run on it.