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.
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124 jobsSenior Legal Counsel
Lido · Remote
$148k–$158k
1 month ago
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Quantitative Trader (Associate/VP) - Onchain Trading
Galaxy Digital · Remote
$150k–$200k
1 month ago
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Growth Lead
Monorail · Remote
$96k–$144k
1 month ago
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Capital Markets Lead
Stellar Development Foundation · Remote
$160k–$240k
1 month ago
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Senior LLM Systems Engineer
Risk Labs · Remote
$100k–$200k
1 month ago
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Account Executive, Crypto Native
Blockdaemon · Remote
$125k–$165k
1 month ago
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Senior Blockchain/Web3 Engineer
Rather Labs · Remote
$180k–$180k
1 month ago
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Staff/Senior Security Engineer - DeFi
Ethena Labs · Remote
$112k–$188k
1 month ago
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Senior Analytics Engineer
Alpaca · Remote
$117k–$127k
1 month ago
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Head of OTC Sales / Private Investment Sales Director
Ayni Gold · Remote
$50k–$250k
1 month ago
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Head of OTC Sales / Private Investment Sales Director
Ayni Gold · Remote
$50k–$250k
1 month ago
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Senior Web Developer Contractor
OpenZeppelin · Remote
$72k–$80k
1 month ago
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Senior Data Engineer / Android Engineer
Solana Foundation / Blue Cube Services · Remote
$35k–$140k
1 month ago
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Senior Backend Engineer / Software Engineer, Stablecoin
LI.FI / Figure · Remote
$103k–$154k
1 month ago
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Senior Data Analyst, Servicing
Figure · Remote
$110k–$150k
1 month ago
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Technical Project Manager
Trojan Trading · Remote
$100k–$350k
1 month ago
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Backend Engineer
Trojan Trading · Remote
$150k–$350k
1 month ago
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Blockchain Engineer
Keras Labs · Remote
$180k–$180k
1 month ago
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BD Sales Lead
SideShift.ai · Remote
$40k–$60k
1 month ago
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Security Engineer
Offchain Labs (Arbitrum) · Remote
$95k–$125k
1 month ago
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Director of Technical Product Management, Platform Engineering / Senior Frontend Engineer
Ava Labs / Trust Wallet · Remote
$60k–$270k
1 month ago
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Smart Contract Lead
ether.fi · Remote
$180k–$260k
1 month ago
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DeFi Digital Asset Security Specialist
U.S. Bank · Remote
$140k–$240k
1 month ago
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Principal Engineer - Stablecoin
Bank of America · Remote
$124k–$180k
1 month ago
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Stablecoin Systems Operator
HAZZA Network · Remote
$150k–$250k
1 month ago
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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.
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