DeFi Jobs in Crypto & Web3

DeFi powers permissionless lending, trading, and yield through protocols like Uniswap, Aave, Curve, and Compound. Building in this space means working with AMMs, lending markets, liquid staking, and derivatives, where economic design is as important as code, and a single flaw can cascade through composable money legos.

Roles span smart contract engineering, protocol research, quant analysis, and frontend work, but all demand respect for the risks: oracle manipulation, flash-loan attacks, and liquidation cascades. Employers value people who understand both the financial mechanics and the security surface, and who can reason about incentives, liquidity, and how protocols interact under stress.

152open jobs
$112k–$189ktypical salary
103companies hiring
2added this week
96%remote

Open DeFi roles

152 jobs

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Provable · Remote
GCPNode.jsTypeScriptPython
$140k–$180k 3 months ago View →

Enterprise Partnerships Lead (Financial Markets)

Risk Labs · Remote
$100k–$200k 3 months ago View →

Director, Capital Markets Growth

Aave Labs · Hybrid
business developmentpartnershipsstrategic growthfinancial services
$180k–$220k 3 months ago View →

Capital Market Associate

Gauntlet · Remote
Asset-backed FinanceFinancing TransactionsStructured CreditCapital Markets
$75k–$125k 3 months ago View →

Product Manager DeFi integrations

Koinly · Remote
Direct apply
$70k–$90k 3 months ago View →

HR Business Partner

Coinbase · Remote
$176k–$207k 3 months ago View →

Rust Engineer, DeFi / QA Engineer

Douro Labs / Unlimit · Remote
RustPlaywrightCypressPostman
$60k–$160k 3 months ago View →

Senior Security Engineer

Gauntlet · Remote
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptAI
$180k–$210k 3 months ago View →

Senior Software Engineer New Markets

Alpaca · Remote
Direct applyGogRPCReactfinancial APIs
$87k–$109k 3 months ago View →

Business Partner - Execution & Delivery

Galaxydigitalservices · Hybrid
Direct applystrategybusiness partneroperationsexecution
$52k–$88k 3 months ago View →

Prediction Markets Trader

DRW · Remote
Pythonquantitative financestatisticsBayesian methods
$175k–$200k 3 months ago View →

Solutions Architect

Blockdaemon · Remote
TypescriptSolidityRustGo
$150k–$180k 3 months ago View →

Accountant

Gauntle · Remote
Direct applyAccountingFinanceUS GAAPExcel
$100k–$110k 3 months ago View →

Risk Manager (Crypto Fund / DeFi & Quant Strategies)

EMCD · Remote
Direct applyrisk managementcryptoDeFiquantitative analysis
$92k–$155k 3 months ago View →

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

MoonPay · Remote
Direct applyLinuxJavaScriptTypescriptNode.JS
$170k–$220k 3 months ago View →

Full Stack Engineer / Senior Backend Engineer

Improbable / Offchain Labs · Remote
Direct applyTypeScriptGolangRustWASM
$80k–$150k 4 months ago View →

Senior Smart Contract Engineer - Base

Base · Remote
Direct applySoliditysmart contractsbackend developmentcrypto
$186k–$219k 4 months ago View →

Senior Blockchain Engineer

UseBlocky · Remote
Direct applySmart ContractsSolidityEthereumNode.JS
$250k–$300k 4 months ago View →

Senior Solutions Architect, Banking and Capital Markets

Chainlink Labs · Remote
BlockchainDeFiMarketsPython
$125k–$273k 4 months ago View →

Blockchain Security Engineer - (Solidity / Rust / Golang)

CertiK · Remote
SolidityRustGolangPython
$102k–$180k 4 months ago View →

Smart Contract Engineer

Category Labs · Remote
SolidityEthereumRustSmart Contract
$180k–$250k 4 months ago View →

Lead Product Manager, Tokenization

Bullish · Remote
BlockchainDeFiSmart ContractTokenization
$245k–$285k 4 months ago View →

Data Analyst

SBI Investment · Remote
Direct applySQLdata visualizationTableauPower BI
$80k–$96k 4 months ago View →

Director, Crypto Protocols

Figure · Remote
GolangRustSolidity
$174k–$261k 4 months ago View →

Assurance Senior (Blockchain)

Bpmcpa · Remote
Microsoft OfficeExcelWordBlockchain analysis
$68k–$112k 4 months ago View →

Frequently asked questions

What technical skills do DeFi roles require?
It depends on the role, from Solidity for protocol engineering to data and modeling for quant work, but understanding AMMs, lending, and oracle risk is broadly expected.
Is finance knowledge needed for DeFi jobs?
It helps significantly. Grasping concepts like liquidity, slippage, collateralization, and liquidations lets you reason about protocol design and risk.
What are the biggest risks in DeFi development?
Oracle manipulation, flash-loan exploits, reentrancy, and economic attacks from composability. Security and incentive design are central to the work.