Ways to get involved with the Digital Currency Initiative:

Careers

MIT Employee Roles:

There are currently no open roles

Independent Contractor Roles:

We’re open to creating roles for the right people. If you’re excited about working with us, but don’t see the exact role for you, please email us your proposal, including all materials listed below:

  • CV/Resume

  • LinkedIn profile and/or Github profile

  • Cover letter/email describing your relevant experience

  • Proposal details

Please email dci-jobs@mit.edu with any questions.

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

We, the DCI, do not directly process applications for MIT. If you are interested in applying to MIT, please visit the MIT Admissions page

1) Student Researcher Opportunities

We offer:

  • MIT Undergraduates: UROPs (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) - Please find all MIT UROP details here. Each UROP lasts a semester, but we encourage UROPs to return for multiple terms.

  • MIT Graduates: Research Assistants (RA) - View some of our past RAs’ theses here. We do prefer to work with students who have completed one UROP term with us before entering into an MEng position.

  • Non-MIT Undergraduates Co-ops and Graduate Collaborations - Undergraduates and graduate students can gain valuable experience from working in their field of interest with the DCI. We have already worked with students from MIT, Northeastern, UMass Amherst, and Boston University. You must already be enrolled actively in a program at another institute to partake in these roles.

To apply for student roles, please email your CV and the following details to dci@media.mit.edu, with “Interested Student CV/Resume” as the subject.

1) Type of opportunity (UROP, MEng, Co-ops, etc.)

2) Academic term of interest

3) Your school, program, and expected graduation date

4) Location during appointment *** Due to COVID-19 we can not currently accept any student workers who are not physically in the US during their employment/appointment ***

5) Your relevant experience (please also share your GitHub if applicable)

6) DCI research area of research or desired mentor

2) Current MIT Students Only

  1. Join the DCI slack channel- MIT email addresses only

  2. Join the DCI weekly research seminar meetings - Please email dci@media.mit.edu with your resume.

  3. Join the MIT Bitcoin Club - weekly seminars and yearly conferences

  4. Join the MIT Sloan Blockchain Club - weekly seminars and yearly conferences

Other ways to get involved