Lead Engineer

Remote United States
$250000 $315000 Token Performance Bonus
AI DeFi Data Infrastructure Automation Systems

Snapshot

Join a high-impact AI DeFi venture incubated by one of the earliest and most influential protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem ($8B TVL).

This role sits at the center of a major transformation building an AI-powered governance engine designed to reshape how decentralized systems operate.

This is not just backend engineering this is architecting the foundation of AI-native governance systems at scale.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Has built early stage systems in data / AI / backend-heavy environments
• Thinks in systems not just services
• Comfortable leading in high-ambiguity environments
• Strong ownership mindset with execution speed

What Youll Build

Phase 1 Automation & Data Infrastructure

• Workflow automation (Notion database sync governance pipelines)

• Data pipelines across:

  • Blockchain nodes

  • DEX APIs

  • Lending protocols

• Risk analytics data platform (accurate historical queryable)

• Monitoring validation and deterministic systems

Phase 2 AI-Native Platform Foundations

• AI agent infrastructure (execution environments guardrails provenance)

• Knowledge-work interfaces:

  • Tree explorers

  • Diff systems

  • Cognitive UI layers

• Event-sourcing architecture cryptographic proof systems

• Human AI collaboration tooling

What Youll Do

• Lead architecture and development of core platform systems

• Build and scale automation engines data infrastructure

• Drive projects end-to-end:

  • Design build deploy iterate

• Define engineering standards:

  • Testing

  • Observability

  • Reliability

• Operate in a fast-moving ambiguity-driven environment

Tech Stack

• TypeScript PostgreSQL React
• Python / Go / Rust / Java
• APIs Data Pipelines AI Integrations

What Were Looking For

• 5 years building production-grade backend systems

• Strong TypeScript / expertise (non-negotiable)

• Advanced SQL relational data modeling (PostgreSQL preferred)

• Experience building data pipelines with third-party APIs

• Proficiency in at least one: Python Go Rust or Java

• Proven ability to lead technical projects end-to-end

Bonus:

• AI/ML or agent-based systems

• DeFi / blockchain experience

• Event sourcing / complex system design

• Open-source contributions

Compensation & Benefits

• $250000 $315000 base

• Token-based incentives

• Performance bonuses

• Work on systems with real-world financial impact

Location & Eligibility

Remote (United States only)

• Must be US-based & authorized to work

• Fully distributed async-first environment

Why This Role

• Operate at the intersection of AI DeFi data infrastructure
• Build AI-augmented tools for knowledge work and governance
• Work on systems with real economic and protocol-level impact
• Join at a early stage / transformation phase with high ownership
• Fully remote high-autonomy environment

If you want to architect systems that redefine how data decisions and governance operate at scale this is where you build the future. Apply now...