DeFi Recruitment has partnered with an incredibly well-funded and respected layer 1 that is scaling, globally. They have some of the best tech in the industry and are focused on bridging the web2 <> web3 divide.

We are looking for a Chief of Staff, reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer. You will be the ‘right hand person’ to the COO with a huge range of responsibilities covering everything at a strategic, tactical, and organisational level of the Foundation and its ecosystem.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a key figure and foundation that is shaping the web3 industry, globally.

Responsibilities:

• Drive implementation of key decisions across the organisation, ensuring full alignment and accountability.
• Consolidate strategic insights from the business, communicating to key stakeholders, and supporting the making of material, both internal and external.
• Be the human router – ensuring things happen when they should whilst also to figuring out the best way to implement brand-new ideas.
• Implement the quarterly OKR and prioritisation processes across the organisation.
• Spin up new initiatives as the “tip of the spear” to turn ideas into structured operations that you can then scale yourself out of. These might range from finding a team to build a component to standing up a VC or an incubator.
• Come up with other creative ways to make the organisation more effective, whether by creating new programs, streamlining operations, hiring, managing more effectively or kick-starting and owning a completely new initiative.

Requirements:

• Experience operating at the exec level of a growth organisation
• 5+ years of demonstrated excellence in building and leading technology companies or consulting
• Outstanding business judgment, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and flexibly to ensure effective and professional delivery of operational business services
• Demonstrated passion for the blockchain, crypto or web3 space
• Proven capabilities to operate in a startup environment or a client service environment

Please apply or contact me for more information!

DeFi Recruitment has partnered with a blockchain protocol designed to provide fund management infrastructure on chain and is one of the oldest and most secure protocols with a track record of over 5 years. 

The protocol provides services for a range of digital assets that can be deposited into fund-like structures called vaults. There are already a number of integrations available to other decentralised finance protocols to facilitate investment related strategies.

The firm has been successful in building this use case and now other use cases and opportunities are emerging. Specifically, base layer infrastructure where firms looking to enter the crypto space can leverage existing ‘plug and play’ infrastructure to accelerate time to market. 

Existing users range from crypto banks to liquid staking protocols. At the time of writing, the protocol manager >$180m. 

DeFi Recruitment is looking for a dynamic and self-starting product marketing manager to join our client to help define the broader value proposition, refine use cases and build compelling messages for customers, prospects and internal audiences.  This involves working with outsourced marketing and PR providers and advisors. 

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in product marketing or closely related areas
• Product marketing experience with a combination of the following: FinTech, Blockchain, and Crypto. 
• Experience marketing products to large enterprises and start-ups,  and navigating buying teams of prospect organisations.
• Excellent oral, written, and visual communicator while working with highly technical subjects.
• Cross-functional team player who excels working with marketing, product, and sales colleagues.
• Highly driven self-starter that is unafraid of building product collateral with limited guidance.
• A passion and a willingness to learn.

Whats on offer:

• Fully remote set-up
• Opportunity to build from 0-1 
• A highly competitive base salary, paid in crypto
• A sense of freedom and ownership 

DeFi Recruitment has partnered with an incredibly well-funded and respected layer 1 that is scaling, globally. They have some of the best tech in the industry and are focused on bridging the web2 <> web3 divide.

Our client is looking to hire a highly motivated individual with a track record of excellence for the role of Head of Policy to increase their profile and impact in the Web3 policy and advocacy arena. The successful candidate will contribute to initiatives from regulators, lawmakers and industry bodies.

This is a unique opportunity to join a leading business as the first Policy / Regulatory Affairs hire.

Responsibilities:

• Establish our client as an impactful policy leader (Europe, America, Asia) to influence and shape regulatory and policy developments and facilitate growth and innovation in Web3.
• Develop and execute policy strategies to advance the goals of our client and their ecosystem.
• Engage and build relationships with industry partners, regulators and policymakers.
• Represent our client at public forums, industry panels and government discussions.
• Enable our client to successfully navigate the regulatory landscape, minimizing risk and ensuring compliance. Coordinate with internal teams to provide subject matter expertise.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated public policy or legal experience with excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of decentralized technologies and its technical, economic and social implications.
• Familiarity and preferably experience with the regulatory landscape of Web3.
• Prior experience in engaging with government and regulatory bodies, industry associations and similar.
• Experience in policy development and implementation within a fast-paced, evolving environment.

What’s on offer:

• An enthusiastic, engaging and truly international working environment.
• Competitive remuneration package 
• Fantastic opportunities for progression given the company’s growth trajectory.

Our client is a well backed crypto scale-up based in the US with bases in NYC, SF, and Miami. They are backed by some blue-chip VC’s including: Infinity Ventures, MoonHoldings, Perpetual Venture Partners, as well as Miko Matsamura.

This venture is pioneering the first cross dApp liquid staking through the creation of a new financial vehicle. This new synthetic stakes across an index of token economies according to a fixed and transparent on- chain investment strategy. Market participants can maximize time-locks and reward rates while maintaining the flexibility to exit positions through a dedicated AMM pool.

What You’ll Do

• Lead architecting and implementation of the synthetic staking product
• Design and implement periphery contracts
• Own contract security design and review as well as security guidance documentation
• Build systems at scale to prevent classes of vulnerabilities
• Monitor engineers, and collaborate with designers, product managers to turn requirements into products.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building and releasing production grade Solidity contracts
• 8+ years of technical experience, degree in math or computer science
• Strong understanding of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), L2s, and the DeFi/Web3 ecosystem
• Prior experience deploying complex smart contract systems to the Ethereum mainnet
• Experience implementing complex math in Solidity
• Experience with React, and Node.js and other frontend technologies
• Desire to keep up with modern best practices in software development/Web3, and shape our tech stack as we build out new systems and services
• Native to advanced English competency

Bonus

• Experiences with financial services or crypto trading systems.
• Passion for video games, data, and/or economics
• Backend experience, previous startup experience

Compensation/Benefits

• Industry leading salary plus hefty token and equity allocation
• Remote, requiring a minimum of 4hr time overlap with EST
• Full company paid health and dental benefits
• Offices in SF, NYC and Miami

This venture is poised for success and they’re looking for someone to be a part of this very successful journey. This is a position that rarely comes around with great comp and high equity and token allocation on offer.

DeFi Recruitment is partnered with a well-funded layer 2 cross chain protocol for asset managers and traders in the digital asset market. Our client is incredibly well funded and is scaling, currently onboarding some of crypto’s brightest minds. We are looking for a Partnerships Manager to join this well-funded start-up.

Ideal candidates will come from a crypto company and will have developed relationships with major players in the crypto ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

Building and managing partnerships for our client and their token, including:

• Crypto exchanges
• Decentralised marketplaces
• Crypto Wallets
• Identifying opportunities with protocols, business and influencers in the crypto ecosystem
• Working closely with the Marketing team to amplify relevant partnerships
• Focus on management and development of centralised crypto exchange listings and partnership work streams

Requirements:

• 5 + years experience in business development and partnerships
• Cryptocurrency sector experience
• Strong knowledge of exchanges and marketplaces

Benefits:

• Awesome culture
• Remote work
• Flexible working hours
• Health Insurance
• Volunteer Leave

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business at the forefront of change. You will be working with some of crypto’s best and brightest minds. If you’re up for the challenge please apply or reach out via info@defirec.com