Product Manager – Astrofitters

About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity’s most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).

About Astrofitters 

is a creative merch agency working in collaboration with Protocol Labs. Our group specializes in thoughtful, sustainable and well made branded merchandise for emerging Web3 companies. 

We’re searching for an experienced and highly organized Product Manager to drive Astrofitters next phase of growth. Working closely alongside our Production and Fulfillment teams, you will own product tracking for Astrofitters while identifying opportunities for improvement. This is a collaborative role that allows you to be creative and think outside the box. 

Responsibilities

  • Own the production process and collaborate with the Client and Fulfillment team from conception to delivery
  • Manage all product tracking across the board and provide ongoing visibility to leadership and relevant stakeholders
  • Work with leadership to backlog prioritization, sprint planning, retrospective meetings, metrics tracking and reporting
  • Track and predict inventory orders 6 months – 1 year out
  • Work with leadership to research partners, vendors, trends, subscriptions and other company trends
  • Oversee production partner and vendor relationships, determine why certain products are trending up or down, and articulate recommendations to resolve issues
  • Partner with supply chain teams to ensure products are in stock, and drive new initiatives such as customized product bundles and innovative sustainable packaging designs

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years’ experience in Product Management
  • Experience with e-Commerce is preferred
  • Self-starter with strong organizational skills
  • Productivity focused and quick problem solver
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proficiency with database management tools and Shopify is a plus
  • Experience working within a startup environment prefered
  • Marketing Experience preferred
  • Highly collaborative and creative is a must

#LI-REMOTE

DripShop Live | Principal Full Stack Engineer (Direct Hire)

  • JOB TYPE: Direct Hire Position (no agencies/C2C – see notes below)
  • LOCATION: Remote – Work from anywhere(Time Zone: EST | Full day overlap)
  • SALARY: $100,000 – $250,000/yr 
  • ESTIMATED DURATION: 40hr/week – Long term

ABOUT US:

is the only network that gives in-demand talent all the freedom of freelance with all the benefits, community, and stability of a full-time role. As the first decentralized talent network, our revolutionary Web3 model ensures the community that relies on Braintrust to find work are the same people who own and build it through the blockchain token, BTRST. So unlike other marketplaces that take 20% to 50% of talent earnings, Braintrust allows talent to keep 100% of earnings and to vote on key changes to improve the network. Braintrust is working to change the way freelance works – for good.

We’ve onboarded some of the world’s most reputable brands and now we need a Principal Full Stack Engineer (Direct Hire) for one of our clients.  

THE OPPORTUNITY

Required Non-Negotiable:

  • The ideal candidate is full stack with a focus on the backend
  • Can work with React and is comfortable with CSS
  • Worked on scaling issues and distributed systems
  • Has experience building microservices.
  • Has work experience with web sockets, webRTC and RTMP / HLS.
  • Is comfortable architecting, coding and can do test driven development.
  • 10+ years of experience after college
  • Ideally proficient in Nodejs / GraphQL yoga.
  • Also has experience with Java or GoLang.
  • Can rebuild drip backend entirely, collaborate with two other senior engineers or possibly even lead them as a principal engineer.

Who you are:

  • Passionate about (or excited to learn about) our core collectible categories (PokĂ©mon, Magic, sports cards, and other trading cards) and NFTs
  • Full Stack Engineer with Experience building and launching products
  • Structured, process-oriented, and data-driven
  • Love working in a fast-paced startup environment and a small team — juggling multiple
  • priorities and making things happen
  • Excited to help build something new and define the future of live commerce
  • Flexible, collaborative team player

Roles & Responsibilities:

    • Contribute to product development helping the team build backend for live stream commerce
    • Monitor system and identify bottlenecks and improve system stability.
    • Research better ways to implement various aspect of systems
    • Contribute to both frontend and backend with an emphasis on the backend development

Who We Are:

Drip (dripshop.live) is a fast-growing, VC-backed live shopping platform and community for collectibles and NFTs. Drip enables collectors to buy, sell, and stream with their communities. We closed a $23M Series A at $100M+ valuation to build our team and power our development of next-generation experiences and expansion into more categories!

Our Values:

We are sellers first

We are customer obsessed

Engaged with the community we build for

Embrace radical ownership

Value radical candor

Strive to be excellent

Make the case for optimism

Apply Now!

ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:

Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform.  If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we’ll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project.  

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. But if you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around your consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.  

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Frontend engineer (Fintech)

  • JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C – see notes below)
  • Location: Work from anywhere- Remote – (Time Zone: Work anytime)
  • HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $17 – $45/hr
  • ESTIMATED DURATION: 40hr/week

ABOUT US:

is the only network that gives in-demand talent all the freedom of freelance with all the benefits, community, and stability of a full-time role. As the first decentralized talent network, our revolutionary Web3 model ensures the community that relies on Braintrust to find work are the same people who own and build it through the blockchain token, BTRST. So unlike other marketplaces that take 20% to 50% of talent earnings, Braintrust allows talent to keep 100% of earnings and to vote on key changes to improve the network. Braintrust is working to change the way freelance works – for good.

We’ve onboarded some of the world’s most reputable brands and now we need a Frontend engineer (Fintech) for one of our clients.  

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Software Engineer, you’ll work on global fintech innovations, blockchain-based products, and socially responsible projects.

Our client’s Software Engineers are analytical thinkers with strong intuition and a knack for simplicity.   

They believe general coding skills and algorithmic thinking are more important than knowing a specific tech stack. They are open to candidates with a variety of tech stack knowledge and are happy to support their developers with learning new and needed tech stacks for specific projects. They provide their developers with an environment to learn while getting paid. 

Due to the current situation, they are only able to start the recruitment process with candidates that are based outside Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine (or with relocation plans) with valid (or soon to be valid) working permits in any EU and non-EU countries. 

What our client expect from you:

  • Demonstrated skill in programming (more than 4 years of full-time experience for middle seniors and over 5 years for senior developers).

  • Past experience as a frontend developer (Typescript, React, React Native, and many more) 

  • Willingness to adapt to a variety of programming languages.

  • Strong intuition for problem-solving and process improvement.

  • Ability to clearly and concisely communicate your thought process.

  • Fluent English language skills.

  • Algorithmically strong.

What you will do:

  • Design, develop, and improve products for the global fintech industry – including digital banks and blockchain-based products.

  • Develop and maintain an above-standard code for our products.

  • Select and apply the most appropriate framework, database, or programming language.

  • Communicate and collaborate with Project Managers and team members.

  • Be able to lead less experienced developers

Apply Now!

ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:

Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform.  If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we’ll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project.  

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. But if you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around your consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.  

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Office Manager, San Francisco & Palo Alto

OpenSea is the first and largest marketplace for , or NFTs. Applications for NFTs include collectibles, gaming items, domain names, digital art, and many other items backed by a blockchain. OpenSea is an open, inclusive web3 platform, where individuals can come to explore NFTs and connect with each other to purchase and sell NFTs. At OpenSea, we're excited about building a platform that supports a brand new economy based on true digital ownership and are proud to be recognized as ranked top private company.When hiring candidates, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in our culture, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, grow rapidly, and love our work. We also know how critical it is to celebrate and support our differences. Employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences and opinions enables our employees, our product and our community to flourish. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. To help facilitate this, we support remote, hybrid or onsite work at either New York City, San Francisco or the Silicon Valley for the majority of our opportunities.As the Office Manager of our Bay Area sites, you will be responsible for maintaining the day-to-day office operations, vendor management, asset management, and championing our culture + employee experience. The ideal candidate is relationship driven, diligent, and forward-thinking with exceptional project management and organizational skills. If you're ready to build things the way you see fit and take on end-to-end ownership of the office and employee experience, we'd love to have you join!

You'll be responsible for:

    • Supporting all members of our team in doing their best work in their core responsibilities—you’ll be anticipating needs, planning, and executing with limited direction
    • Physical office maintenance; maintaining inventory of kitchen and administrative supplies and ensuring a clean and secure office environment within the company budget
    • Overseeing and supporting all administrative duties in the office—ensuring that the office is operating smoothly
    • Company asset management: tracking equipment, shipping and receiving, and maintaining inventory
    • Logistics and carrying out the plans for occasional company events
    • Providing exceptional hospitality to employees and external visitors
    • Overseeing our employee food and beverage program, supply ordering, mail sorting/delivery
    • Creating an inviting, contemporary and friendly office ambiance with appropriate artwork, plants, and decor
    • Coordinating projects with our IT team with regard to supplies, delivery, and installation
    • Providing other administrative support as necessary, including scheduling group meetings, maintaining calendars, doing research, and creating reports

Desired skills:

    • Demonstrated executive suite experience and exposure
    • Exceptional verbal/written communication and project management skills, including an ability to communicate effectively at an executive level
    • Ability to prioritize and manage work and trade-offs against critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
    • An eye for detail, organized, and can manage multiple tasks simultaneously
    • Must demonstrate a sense of urgency and ownership to drive issues and tasks to completion
    • Strong technical skills: proficient in G-Suite and Slack
    • Ability to handle confidential information with subtlety and tact
    • Extremely organized with exceptional follow through
    • Ability to create and maintain trusting effective relationships
    • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders at all levels
    • If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone who is excited to join the team.

Customer Experience Manager

OpenSea is the first and largest marketplace for , or NFTs. Applications for NFTs include collectibles, gaming items, domain names, digital art, and many other items backed by a blockchain. OpenSea is an open, inclusive web3 platform, where individuals can come to explore NFTs and connect with each other to purchase and sell NFTs. At OpenSea, we're excited about building a platform that supports a brand new economy based on true digital ownership and are proud to be recognized as ranked top private company.When hiring candidates, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in our culture, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, grow rapidly, and love our work. We also know how critical it is to celebrate and support our differences. Employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences and opinions enables our employees, our product and our community to flourish. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. To help facilitate this, we support remote, hybrid or onsite work at either New York City, San Francisco or the Silicon Valley for the majority of our opportunities.As OpenSea’s Customer Experience Manager you will manage and coach an internal level 2 technical support team. You will be serving as a subject matter expert in NFTs, covering the most complex subject areas of our operations. In addition to managing our internal Customer Experience team, you’ll work closely with our BPO vendor to identify, conduct and evaluate performance trends. You will be connecting on day-to-day expectations with leadership and driving continual improvements in the customer experience and BPO vendor’s operational performance.

In this role, you will ideally:

    • Have an understanding of contract negotiation, terminology, and adherence
    • Have some familiarity with crypto/web3 or NFTs
    • Have a deep understanding of KPIs, metrics, and key levers to drive each
    • Have financial acumen and a robust practice with quantitative analysis using contact center platforms and reporting platforms (Excel, Zendesk)
    • Have experience leading internal and outsourced/co-sourced teams
    • Have a working knowledge of geopolitics that could influence broad remote teams

What we're looking for:

    • 3-5 years of experience working in Customer Experience, preferably with a BPO provider
    • You should be passionate about CX
    • You should be a leader internally and externally (with the ability to manage up and down)
    • You should be an owner and be comfortable making decisions/recommendations
    • You should be a connector and strive to create connections between internal and external team members
    • You should be a driver of performance with high standards for excellence
    • You should be curious and comfortable innovating to solve problems
    • #LI-Remote

2023 NYC Summer Internship Program

About the Galaxy NYC Summer Internship Program:

The Galaxy NYC Summer Internship Program is an immersive and exciting, nine-week experience taking place on-site in our headquarters. During the nine weeks, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on, practical work experience in one of our primary business lines including , , , , , or within our Technology function. In addition to learning on the job, Galaxy interns participate in professional development programming, fun social events, and networking opportunities with senior leaders.

Apply now and join us on our mission to engineer a new economic paradigm.

Program Dates:

June 12, 2023 – August 11, 2023

Eligibility Requirements:  

  • Undergraduate or master’s students graduating between December 2023 and June 2024
  • Eligible master’s students must have fewer than two years of relevant, full-time work experience
  • Students enrolled in PhD, MBA, or JD programs are not eligible to apply.

Discord Community Specialist [Mandarin Fluent] – (US Remote)

Total Compensation Value:$20k – $45k (Salary)NOTE: Actual offer will vary based on applicant location / cost of living, skillsets, and level of relevant experienceAbout the company:Primary Core Team Time Zones:Eastern (UTC -05:00) and Central European UTC (+1:00)NOTE: If applicant located in APAC region, this role would be expected to operate in China (GMT+8)Tessera enables collective ownership of the world’s most sought after NFTs! Working at Tessera, you will be building on the cutting edge of art, digital communities, and decentralized blockchain infrastructure to help shape the future of trustless ownership experiences of digital goods.You will get to work, learn and grow with an experienced team supported by incredible partnerships and committed investments from developers, collectors, investors, and thought leaders deeply passionate about the decentralization ecosystem.You can read more about us from our medium posts here: About the role:We are looking for an exceptional APAC Discord Community Specialist to moderate, respond, and engage our Discord community of users in Asia. The role will includes, but is not limited to, handling conversations through our Discord channels, answering inbound DMs via Twitter, and creating supporting content.You will be expected to become an expert on our platform and protocol which you can read about here: If new ideas excite and motivate you, you will be a great fit. If this seems intimidating at first, know that you will have support by the team to clarify your interpretation to build your confidence in handling our community's questions.

What you will do:

    • Actively monitor, moderate and engage in Discord
    • Help plan ways to more actively engage with users in APAC
    • Alert steering team when there are issues / needs from APAC users
    • Keep community and product team up to date with dynamics / sentiment of APAC users
    • Long term: support content development focusing on these markets

Requirements:

    • Fluency in Mandarin and English
    • A minimum of 6 months of Web3 exposure
    • Love for internet culture and memes
    • Highly responsive operating in a remote environment
    • Passion for online community building
    • Up-to-date with the best tools and industry practices on Discord
    • Social media content creation experience on Twitter and TikTok and can show us some of the works you've created
    • Embed a high EQ and posses both strong written and verbal communication skills
    • Highly resourceful and do not hesitate to research via google to fill knowledge gaps or raise your hands when you need support
    • Love for collaborating, anticipating change, and proactively implementing improvements
    • You promote a positive and inclusive culture both with internal teams and the broader community
    • Love for NFTs

Nice to have

    • BSc in communications, marketing, information technology or relevant diploma / certifications
    • Social media management experience or interest
    • Blog and visual content creation experience or interest
    • An eye for good imagery, design, and information heirarchy
    • Experience in a start-up environment

What we're offering

    • Competitive salary in an exciting space driving disruptive innovation
    • The opportunity to play a key role with autonomy in our growing organization
    • A remote work environment with competitive benefits and holidays
    • 7 additional company holidays, including all-company week-long winter break
    • Annual team offsites in great locations
    • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for US-based employees
    • Agile working environment with flexible working hours and location, and career advancement
    • Optional, company-sponsored conference meetups to connect with your remote teammates and other Web3 ecosystem players
    • Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now, or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States

If you’re convinced you are the right fit and are eager to apply, we look forward to hearing from you!Once you've applied, please be patient 🙂 it may take us up to 1-3 weeks to get back to you!

Business Development Lead – S. Korea

What is Polygon? is the leading platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to all major scaling and infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise chains, data availability solutions, and more. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 20,000+ applications hosted, 1B+ total transactions processed, :140M+ unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured.About the Team:Polygon Business Enterprise works to implement the different Polygon Solutions to a wide range of industries, offering cutting-edge solutions to enterprises’ pain points, starting from exploration to deployment with full ownership.Basic Qualifications:5+ years of experience in Enterprise / business development 1+ years of experience in Tech Sales or Tech Marketing in the Blockchain and cryptocurrency space

Skills

    • Business- and partnerships development experience in the corporate sector as well as a good understanding of the Ethereum and wider blockchain ecosystem
    • Proven track record of establishing and leveraging high-level relationships and presenting creative solutions to generate growth.
    • Self Driven / Entrepreneurial mindsetGood knowledge of Blockchain technology & the crypto space – NFT, DeFi ecosystem
    • Good at understanding and explaining technical concepts
    • Great presentation & communication skills 
    • Great at building & leveraging relationships
    • Preferable: Pre-existing knowledge about Digital Identity solutions, ZK technology, NFTs and Web3 concepts.
    • Ability to leverage industry connections to grow business for Polygon Business Enterprise.

Responsibilities

    • Develop commercial and strategic relationships with enterprises: providing them blockchain infrastructure and applications.  
    • Understand industry best practices and trends: and advise how we can interact with Enterprises to grow the Polygon ecosystem.
    • Grow and maintain relationships with Enterprises in the industry: exploring synergies and possibilities of growth with the services offered by Polygon, including identifying the most adequate business model and type of ntegration.
    • Account and project management to coordinate integration to Polygon and engagement of different Polygon internal business units.
    • Build a pipeline of projects from both inbound and outbound lead generation.
    • Be able to hold advanced negotiations with enterprises; providing the different solutions from the Polygon Ecosystem.
    • Leverage your industry connections to engage and advise on web3 and self-sovereign identity trends and knowledge to move to eb3.
    • Work closely with the multiple teams to grow adoption and deploy resources.

BenefitsWork from anywhere (Remote first)Flexible working hoursFlexible vacation policyCompetitive SalaryPolygon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.Learn More about Polygon |  |  | | | | | | | |

Trading Systems Developer (C++)

Who You Are: 

We are looking for a highly motivated, talented and responsible software engineer with a strong C++ background to join our trading development team in NYC. You will have the opportunity to make significant contributions to our platform and help define our product’s strategic direction through thoughtful design and solid development. Our team models complex data structures, patterns and relationships to build well architected execution strategies, and have a passion for high quality standards. Our software engineers work with quants, traders and product managers to implement market leading algorithms and strategies for crypto trading. As a key member of this team, you will be expected to design, code, test and deploy projects while working in a fast-paced environment. You may also be required to troubleshoot production issues when they occur.

What We’re Looking For: 

  • 10+ years’ of programming experience
  • Proficiency in C++ programming (OOP, Templates, Design patterns, Data structures)
  • Proficiency in multithreaded programming, IPC and linux internals
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a proactive attitude to own issues and solve them
  • Ability to work independently and a strong desire to automate and optimize
  • Excellent team-player and communication skills
  • Good knowledge of exchange connectivity, FIX protocol, market data handlers etc.

Bonus Points:

  • Experience with Python and other scripting languages a big plus
  • Familiarity with financial trading, specifically Crypto is a big plus

What We Offer:

  • Competitive base salary, bonus, and equity
  • 100% company paid health insurance for employees, partners and dependents
  • 3% 401(k) company contribution
  • Generous paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible Time Off (paid)
  • Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
  • Free daily snacks and weekly lunches
  • Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
  • Annual charitable giving match
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions through Ginger

*Benefits may vary based on location

Member of Business Operations, Business Systems

At Anchorage we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.Founded in 2017, Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions. With the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US, Anchorage offers institutions an unparalleled combination of secure custody, regulatory compliance, product breadth, and client service. We’re looking to diversify our team with people who are humble, creative, and eager to learn.We are a remote-first, global team, but provide the option of working in-office in San Francisco, New York City, Indianapolis, Sioux Falls, Porto, and Singapore.The Business Operations team at Anchorage Digital partners cross-functionally across go-to-market and corporate functions to enable better collaboration across internal and external stakeholders, improve business efficiency, support data-driven decision-making, and build scalability across the team.

As a Member of Business Operations you will:

    • Optimize and manage: user administration, object administration/troubleshooting & documentation, field management & documentation, data management/clean up
    • Assist in management and maintenance of IronClad / Workato / Zapier / Figma / Whimsical in relation to business systems processes
    • Process management and eventually process building
    • Act as a Salesforce support liaison
    • Support ad-hoc system/data requests from client-facing teams
    • Partner with Revenue Operations (Sales Enablement) to drive business technology adoption across user base

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

    • 2-4 years of experience in a business systems role at a fast-paced technology company
    • Experience working with an Institutional or Enterprise Sales Organization
    • Outstanding communication skills with ability to build consensus within and across teams
    • A cross-functional, results-driven, entrepreneurial spirit
    • Proficiency in Salesforce (required!) and/or admin level certifications

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

    • In addition to Salesforce, you have experience with Python, Zapier, Workato, Groove, or Looker
    • You have helped scale a fast-growing startup from the ground-up in a business operations or systems administration capacity
    • You are intellectually curious and not afraid of getting out of your comfort zone at work
    • You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. 🙂

About Anchorage Digital – People: Who we areThe Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in  the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As  a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy. Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives. Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation.