GFX Labs Careers

GFX Labs is a leading research & development company at the forefront of decentralized finance and blockchain technology. As a team of 15 experts based in Chicago, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation in the DeFi space.

Our passion for excellence is reflected in our portfolio of cutting-edge products, including Interest Protocol, Uni.Trade, Etherlands, Web3 Sheets, and Poppie. As top delegates and contributors to Uniswap, Makerdao, and Optimism to name a few, we have a proven track record of meaningful contributions to the DeFi ecosystem.

Beyond product development, we offer expert consulting and software development services to help bring ideas to life. Our goal is to bridge the gap between DeFi and traditional finance by improving existing financial tools and developing new ones. GFX is not your average startup - we are leaders in both DeFi and R&D organizations, actively participating in on-chain governance at the industry’s biggest protocols while supporting open-source infrastructure like Erigon and Prysm.

Why work at GFX?

• Any firm can pay a high salary and offer good incentives (as will we), but most can’t offer interesting, challenging, and rewarding work. Team members can work on a variety of projects, not only bouncing between different internal projects, but we also strongly encourage you to come up with your own proposals to work on.
• We have something to prove. Our team is young and hungry. We like to move fast and make things. We know when to double down and when to cut our losses. We are going to make mistakes, and we are going to build better products because of them. We don’t micromanage or have a huge team of product managers. We want self-self starters who take charge and solve problems.
• We don’t care if you went to school, what grades you got, or your age. We dropped out of college to work at Grapefruit Trading and worked for them +3 years. Show us what you have built, what problems you have solved, and what skills you have. Mike Komaransky and the team at Grapefruit Trading gave us the opportunity to try new things, make mistakes, and therefore thrive. We want to pay that goodwill forward and give more people the opportunity to show their skills to the world.

What you’ll do at GFX

• Develop top-tier user experiences with defi protocol and blockchains
• Partner with design on UX strategy
• Create smooth, pixel-fit experiences for customers
• Build an engineering culture that attracts the most talented people to join us
• Help recruit teammates

We’d love to hear from you if…

• You love tackling big ambiguous problems with a lot of product scope
• You care about all aspects of customer experience
• You can see things from a high level, and dive into the details with equal confidence
• You think DeFi can improve day-to-day financial tooling

… and you really care about these details

• You want to create brand new experiences
• You can operate autonomously
• You are pro-active and are driven by curiosity
• You can build robust systems on both web and native platforms
• You can handle complexity, but prefer simplicity

Tools we are using today

• Figma
• React/React Native
• Typescript & Go
• Git

Benefits

• $120k-$160k
• Stock options
• Full medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible vacation policy

We’re headquartered in Chicago, and the role is in-person.