Ether.fi is hiring a Risk Engineer to join its founding team and architect the risk infrastructure for its institutional DeFi vaults, which manage over $1B in assets. In this role, you will build automated monitoring systems, evaluate protocol risks, and implement safeguards that enable competitive yield generation while protecting billions in digital assets.
What You'll Do
- 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 vault engineers and the execution team to integrate risk controls into deployment strategies
What We're Looking For
- 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
Technical Stack
- Python
- TypeScript
Team & Environment
You will be joining a founding, tight-knit team of 30 people, almost all of whom are technical staff.
Benefits & Compensation
- 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 yield strategies
- Exposure to the latest DeFi protocols and risk management innovations
- Flexibility to shape risk practices at a ground-floor opportunity
Work Mode
This is an onsite role based in our North American hubs.
Ether.fi is an equal opportunity employer.
