Head of DeFi (Remote)

Description:

Have you ever referred to yourself as “terminally online”? If so, read on… you may be a fit for this role :)

We’re hiring a highly technical onchain wizard to help lead the company’s expansion in to DeFi, including our upcoming AI dapp.

This is not a traditional role; you’ll be the glue between our product, research, & engineering teams - working with all 3.

About the role:

You’ll enjoy strong autonomy & wear various hats that include:

1. Being the lead researcher on technical DeFi initiatives within the company
2. Keeping a pulse on the latest DeFi trends to ensure our products stay ahead of the curve
3. Contributing to product roadmap & strategy for our onchain products
4. Working alongside our engineering team to assist with onchain technical decision making

The ideal candidate is an onchain generalist that has technical hands-on experience with dapps at the blockchain level while being a native power user themselves

Requirements:

• Strong background in DeFi research; proven success in a similar role or as a solo researcher
• Experience using smart contract libraries such as viem or web3.js
• Strong analytical & data-focused background, including but not bound to: SQL, Dune, Python, & similar
• Good SecOps; understanding of best security practices for smart contracts & onchain dapps
• Terminally online; deeply in tact with crypto culture & defi product trends
• Strong writer that can convert technical research in to more digestible public facing writings

Not required, but a strong bonus:

• Leadership experience at a research firm, venture/trading firm, or high growth web3 company
• General interest / experience with applied AI or applied ML
• Prior commercial experience with smart contract development or security auditing

About us

Ambush is an AI company focused on AI research & products that catalyze web3 mass adoption. We aim to build consumer products that traders & defi users love. Our team is a blend of AI researchers & software engineers, allowing us to train & finetune our own LLMs and use them to power AI products with strong technical moats.

We’re a lean & hyper-performance oriented team; we are competitive, we like moving fast, and we share a strong desire to solve Web 3’s hardest problems by building novel products that are difficult to replicate.

Our team is crypto-native, & led by one of the industry’s biggest voices: Psycho.

Why work with Ambush

• Every hire gets profit share + equity + competitive salary
• Lean & high impact team. We hate bureaucracy & will never grow past 10-15 people
• One of the fastest growing AI companies in crypto
• Proven leadership team with several acquisitions under their belt

Internal full-time hires only, no contractors or agencies