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Quantitative Software Engineer: Gauntlet @ Gauntlet
- Designing and implementing strategies for managing risk and optimizing DeFi protocols using quantitative models, simulations, and machine learning.
- Develop tools and engines for parameter recommendations and drive impact to protocols.
- Own the whole lifecycle of protocol integrations, including building data pipelines, working closely with cross-functional teams to define the data requirements and product offering.
- Architect and refine data models and structures to support the evolving needs of DeFi analytics, simulations, methodologies and research development.
- Contribute to making our core modeling platform world-class.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest industry trends, technologies, and techniques in software engineering.
- Optimize Aera guardian logic to improve risk-adjusted yields, trade execution quality, and capital efficiency of strategies such as Protocol-Owned Liquidity for Aera Vaults.
- Collaborate with other cross-functional teams, including internal and external teams, to develop new features for Aera and Gauntlet’s Protocol Optimization business.
- Stay current with the latest industry trends, market risk vectors, and market conditions to ensure that Aera strategies stay on the cutting edge of crypto and DeFi innovation.
- Minimum 4 years of direct hands-on experience trading or analyzing financial markets (crypto or traditional) professionally.
- Experience developing statistical or quantitative models for financial markets.
- Understanding of blockchain and DeFi protocols, concepts, and best practices (or a strong desire to learn).
- Proficient at writing code in Python and SQL with a solid understanding of software engineering principles.
- Knowledge of workflow orchestration (e.g., Dagster, Airflow) and distributed data processing technologies (Spark).
- Excellent understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning, and optimization algorithms.
- Experience with scientific computing packages such as Numpy/Scipy, Pandas, etc.
- Ability to quickly internalize abstract concepts in new domains, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and within a team, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team environment.
- Contribute to the forefront of DeFi economic understanding and optimization.
- Work on projects that value deep research, quality, and practical outcomes.
- Collaborate with a team committed to defining future financial systems.
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Quantitative fields like Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Physics, or similar fields is a plus.
- Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
- Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive-based compensation
- Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees
- Laptop provided
- $1,600 WFH stipend upon joining
- $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses
- Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
- Unlimited vacation policy
- 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
- Fertility benefits
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Product Manager for Aera @ Gauntlet
- You will work cross-functionally to guide features from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds
- You will support our product strategy development, roadmap planning, and product launches from ideation through execution
- You will have a customer-first approach, demonstrating a deep understanding of our target customers and tailor solutions to help us better meet their needs
- Partner with design to ship usable and impactful features to the Aera App
- Work closely with engineering to translate user needs into tangible features and financial strategies
- Manage relationships with our customers and the broader DAO communities
- Drive a clear understanding of success via metrics
- 1+ years of experience in product management, design or related technical role
- You have shipped deeply technical software products in crypto or DeFiYou have a deep understanding of DeFi applications at a technical level
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills both for internal audiences as well as externally with customers
- Strong track record of owning and developing a product domain strategy and roadmap
- You have a good understanding of financial concepts
- Remote first - work from anywhere!
- Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive based compensation
- Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees
- Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse setup provided
- $1,600 WFH stipend upon joining
- $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses
- Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
- Unlimited vacation policy
- 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
- Fertility benefits
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Business Development @ Gauntlet
- Execute aggressive outbound partnership strategies for existing/new products and services.
- Own the full sales cycle from lead, proposal drafting, and close for pre-launch and post-launch protocols.
- Meet quarterly sales revenue and/or TVL KPIs.
- Contribute to improving Growth team systems that assist in scaling the sales process.
- Work with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Finance teams to validate and optimally position Gauntlet within targeted verticals.
- Nurture opportunities across various key stakeholders.
- Occasional travel to represent Gauntlet at key conferences.
- Minimum 1 year of Crypto/DeFi native business development, partnerships, or governance experience.
- Demonstrated experience structuring, negotiating, and closing partnerships.
- Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Finance teams to ensure successful partnerships.
- Deep understanding of DeFi primitives (e.g., lending, perpetuals, restaking) and how they operate and grow.
- Intimate understanding of the DeFi landscape and emerging trends.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to prioritize.
- Ability to operate autonomously and across multiple time zones.
- You have a crypto-native network.
- Direct experience working with or running a DeFi protocol.
- You’ve served as a delegate in a large DAO.
- Closer mindset - you can point to times when you’ve closed difficult deals.
- You have a technical or mathematical background and can disseminate technical topics to non-technical audiences.
- Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
- Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees
- Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse setup provided
- $1,600 WFH stipend
- Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
- Unlimited vacation
- 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
- Fertility benefits
- Opportunity for incentive compensation
Gauntlet is hiring a Quantitative Software Engineer: Gauntlet 
Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. As of September 2024, Gauntlet manages risk and incentives covering over $46 billion in customer TVL.
Gauntlet continually publishes cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institution — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.
Our mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future. The unique challenges of decentralized systems call for innovative approaches in mechanism design, smart contract development, and financial product utilization. Gauntlet leads in advancing this knowledge, ensuring safe progression through the evolving landscape of financial innovation.
We are seeking highly skilled and motivated Quantitative Software Engineers to join our team. The ideal candidate possesses strong statistical and engineering skills, a passion for problem-solving, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
About Aera
Aera is a non-custodial, autonomous, on-chain asset management protocol that Gauntlet helped develop. Currently, Aera is focused on providing customizable, optimized treasury management solutions for DAOs. Gauntlet acts as the guardian for several core Aera strategies.
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Please note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.
The national pay range for this role is $160,000 - $200,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide.Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.
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Gauntlet is hiring a Product Manager for Aera
Gauntlet is DeFi’s risk manager. We drive capital efficiency while maintaining economic safety for some of the largest crypto protocols with our cutting-edge simulations. Gauntlet manages risk and incentives for over $9 Billion in assets.
Gauntlet continuously publishes cutting-edge research, making us the most cited in peer-reviewed articles in the DeFi industry. We’re a Series B company with 70 employees operating remotely first, with an office in New York City.
As Gauntlet’s Product Manager for the Aera App, you’ll design, prototype, and specify digital solutions that solve some of the biggest, most complicated problems facing DeFi protocols today. You’ll work with other product managers to define problems worth solving, you’ll talk to users to understand their needs and experiences, and you’ll collaborate with Gauntlet’s engineers and data scientists to deliver high-quality digital experiences. Gauntlet gathers a wealth of data about the protocols it works with across its all of DeFi.
The ideal candidate is passionate about unlocking the value of this data for our DAO’s, Community members, and Protocol team.
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Please note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.
The national pay range for this role is $140,000 - $165,000 plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and local cost of labor. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide.Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.
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Gauntlet is hiring a Business Development
Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating the majority of spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. Gauntlet works with protocols like Uniswap, Eigenlayer, Morpho, Immutable, Jupiter, and others.
Gauntlet continually publishes cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institutions — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.
Gauntlet’s mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future. Building with decentralized systems creates novel challenges for mechanism designers, smart contract developers, and end-users of financial products, which are not seen in traditional software development and investing contexts. Gauntlet is dedicated to enhancing our industry’s understanding of this new domain, and revealing how to safely navigate the true bleeding edge of 21st-century financial innovation.
Our extremely passionate team works tirelessly to bridge the gap for data-driven insights and analytical research in collateralized blockchain protocols. We strive to maintain an atmosphere that fosters innovation and new ideas through collaboration, research, and deep discussion to meet our customer's needs to grow and manage incentives better!
To grow our impact in the DeFi space, we are looking to hire an experienced, crypto-native Business Development actor who can secure additional partnerships via aggressive outreach for existing, new, and upcoming Gauntlet products with DeFi protocols, DAOs, and TVL allocators. This role requires experience with and a deep understanding of DeFi primitives (e.g., lending protocols, perpetual, restocking), DAO governance, and pursuing new partnerships/integrations via existing relationships and cold outreach.
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Please note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.
The national pay range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide.Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.
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