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
1added this week
96%remote

Open DeFi roles

152 jobs

Head of Institutional Partnerships

Divergence VC · Remote
Direct apply
$120k–$160k 5 months ago View →

Product Operations/Manager - Staking Products

Binance · Remote
$76k–$150k 6 months ago View →

Tokenization and Investment Operations Specialist

Centrifuge · Remote
ERC-4626ERC-7540MPC walletsPython
$52k–$88k 6 months ago View →

Counsel, Corporate and Regulatory

Stellar Development Foundation · Remote
$140k–$235k 6 months ago View →

Staff Accountant Corporate

Ondo Finance · Remote
Direct applyExcelGoogle Sheets
$98k–$150k 6 months ago View →

DeFi Yield Strategist

Cannon Ventures · Remote
PythonSQLDuneNansen
$95k–$145k 6 months ago View →

Head of Institutional Partnerships

Divergence VC · Remote
blockchainDeFi protocolsdigital assetsWeb3 infrastructure
$120k–$160k 6 months ago View →

Smart Contract Developer

Golfiuns · Remote
Direct applySolidityEVMDeFiAMM
$90k–$100k 6 months ago View →

DeFi Success Lead

Monad Foundation · Remote
DeFi protocolsRWAtokenized assetslending
$120k–$160k 6 months ago View →

Mid Level Smart Contract Engineer

G-20 Group · Remote
SolidityEVMFoundryRust
$130k–$200k 6 months ago View →

Smart Contract Engineer

NAVI Protocol · Remote
MoveSolidityRust
$100k–$225k 6 months ago View →

Senior Loan Originator

Ethena Labs · Remote
$140k–$230k 6 months ago View →

Senior Frontend Engineer

Golfiuns · Remote
Direct applyReactNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScript
$110k–$120k 6 months ago View →

Financial Analyst

Divergence VC · Remote
ExcelPythonRTradingView
$100k–$124k 6 months ago View →

Product Lead, Protocol Ecosystems

Anchorage Digital · Remote
$72k–$160k 6 months ago View →

Principal Engineer, Frontend

Trojan Trading · Remote
ReactNextJSTypeScriptJotai
$300k–$500k 6 months ago View →

Head of Wallet

Binance · Remote
EVMPolkadotCosmoson-chain analysis tools
$90k–$150k 6 months ago View →

Senior Data Engineer

Paradex · Remote
SnowflakeAirflowDBTAWS
$130k–$250k 6 months ago View →

Head of Product: Crypto Binary Options Platform

Ergonia · Remote
SolanaEVM
$150k–$200k 6 months ago View →

Engineering Lead - Crypto and DeFi

Kast · Remote
Direct applyGoPythonNode.jsSolana
$175k–$250k 6 months ago View →

CEO Assistant

InfStones · Remote
Direct apply
$175k–$250k 6 months ago View →

Senior Product Manager, Trading Growth

Base · Remote
$207k–$244k 6 months ago View →

Enterprise Account Executive, Crypto Native

Chainalysis · Remote
$150k–$175k 6 months ago View →

Binance Accelerator Program - Operations (Web3)

Binance · Remote
AI toolsspreadsheetsdashboards
$76k–$150k 6 months ago View →

Founding Protocol Engineer

Joyride Labs · Remote
RustC++GoSolana
$120k–$180k 6 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.