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Job description
Ether.fi is one of the largest crypto companies in the world. We have over $10B in assets under management and a team of 30 almost all technical staff. We've been profitable day one and are focusing on building real consumer applications. The future we envisage is true on-chain banking. Our current products; Stake, Liquid, and Cash enable users to earn yield in a variety of DeFi strategies, and spend their assets in the real world with our credit cards.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments of DeFi protocols including smart contract audit reviews, economic attack vectors, and governance risks
- Build sophisticated liquidity analysis tools to predict slippage, market impact, and establish position limits across protocols
- Design and deploy 24/7 automated monitoring systems tracking health factors, collateralization ratios, and liquidation thresholds
- Develop real-time alerting infrastructure with sub-minute latency for critical risk events and automated escalation paths
- Partner with the vault engineers and execution team to integrate risk controls into deployment strategies
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in DeFi, traditional finance risk management, or quantitative trading
- Deep understanding of DeFi primitives: lending protocols, AMMs, perpetuals, yield aggregators, and liquidation mechanics
- Proficiency in Python/TypeScript for risk modeling and automation, with experience querying blockchain data
- Strong quantitative background with ability to model complex risk scenarios and build production monitoring systems
- Independence and ownership mindset - ability to architect solutions with minimal guidance in a fast-paced startup
- Excellent communication skills to interface with technical teams and explain risk to stakeholders
Conditions
- Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and token allocation grant
- Opportunity to work with a well-funded startup managing $1B+ from day one
- Direct impact on institutional DeFi adoption and cutting-edge yield strategies
- Exposure to the latest DeFi protocols and risk management innovations
- Flexibility to shape risk practices at a ground-floor opportunity
About ether.fi
ether.fi is a liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum that allows users to stake ETH, mint the native liquid restaking token eETH, and earn multiple rewards including Ethereum staking, loyalty points, restaking via EigenLayer, and DeFi liquidity. It offers additional features like a spending account, mobile app MPC wallet, crypto credit card for everyday spending, and institutional ETH staking services. The platform emphasizes decentralization, security, and integration with DeFi protocols.