Requirements
- •Encyclopedic DeFi knowledge including lending protocols, CDPs, DEXs, and yield-bearing stablecoins
- •Opinionated on asset quality with ability to assess interest-bearing assets, stablecoins, and RWAs
- •Operationally rigorous managing onboarding coordination across oracles, liquidation infrastructure, DEX liquidity, curators, and bridges
- •Sharp protocol instincts to identify issues and fixes from protocol frontends or documentation
- •Opinionated on incentive efficiency with a data-supported framework
- •Strong communicator delivering concise, high-signal analysis and recommendations
What You'll Do
- •Advise DeFi builders on protocol design, UX, market positioning, and competitive gaps
- •Execute end-to-end onboarding of new protocols and assets coordinating across oracles, liquidators, DEX pools, curators, and bridges
- •Prioritize which assets to bring to the Monad network based on market demand, composability value, and risk assessment
- •Monitor the state of DeFi on the Monad network and flag gaps, imbalances, or inefficiencies
- •Recommend allocation of time or incentives to address ecosystem-level problems
- •Inform incentive strategy with opinions on programs that attract durable TVL versus mercenary capital
- •Grow DeFi on the Monad network measured by TVL, volume, stablecoin market cap, RWA market cap, and fees generated
Nice to Have
- •Strong knowledge of trading and markets with expected value (EV) thinking
- •Experience at a DeFi protocol in growth, strategy, or protocol operations
- •Familiarity with Monad network architecture, performance, and ecosystem
- •Comfort reading Solidity and understanding smart contract risk conceptually
Benefits
- •Challenging problems with massive impact
- •Huge opportunity with innovative EVM Layer 1 blockchain
- •Part of an exceptional and highly-motivated team
- •Culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output
- •Opportunity to shape company culture as an early team member
