Gauntlet is DeFi’s risk manager. We drive capital efficiency while maintaining economic safety for some of the largest crypto protocols with our cutting-edge simulations. Gauntlet manages risk and incentives for over $40 Billion in assets.

Gauntlet continuously publishes cutting-edge research, making us the most cited in peer reviewed articles in the DeFi industry. We’re a Series B company with 40 employees operating remote-first but primarily in New York City.

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Financial Planning and Analysis

Manage financial projects to support business growth for a leading DeFi optimization firm.

• Create and maintain extensive rolling financial models in Excel, uncover trends and assess business risks and provide recommendations to leadership
• Analyze financials on an ongoing basis and communicate key metrics, risks and opportunities to finance teams and c-suite
• Implement and track budgets for Operations, People, Engineering and Product teams
• Create and refine other operational processes as the Finance team grows
• Organize monthly Financial Review meetings
• Help build financial infrastructure to support the company’s current and future business goals

Finance Associate / Manager

Growth Marketing

Drive demand generation and marketing strategies for Gauntlet's DeFi products.

• Design, develop, and implement strategies to drive demand for Aera and other categories Gauntlet plays like perpetuals and (re)staking.
• Collaborate with Product teams to define and execute joint strategies that align with Gauntlet's sometimes changing objectives.
• Expand Gauntlet’s reach by managing partner marketing initiatives and participating in key industry events.
• Analyze and optimize marketing campaigns to improve key metrics such as conversion rates, engagement, and ROI.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including BD, Product, and Content, to ensure marketing efforts are aligned with broader company goals.

Growth Marketing Lead

Full-stack Engineer

• Build, test, and operate quantitative on-chain capital allocation strategies that leverage the Aera protocol.
• Optimize Aera guardian logic to improve risk-adjust yields, trade execution quality, and capital efficiency of strategies such as Protocol Owned Liquidity for Aera Vaults.
• Collaborate with other cross-functional teams, including both internal and external teams, to develop new features for Aera and Gauntlet’s Protocol Optimization business.
• Stay current with the latest industry trends, market risk vectors, and market conditions to ensure that Aera strategies stay on the cutting edge of crypto and DeFi innovation.

Quantitative Software Engineer: Aera

• Develop and enhance software systems that interact with complex data sets from DeFi protocols and blockchain networks, focusing on scalability, efficiency, and reliability.
• Architect and refine data models and structures to support the evolving needs of DeFi analytics, simulations, methodologies, and research development.
• Engage in the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment, with a keen eye on data-centric applications.
• Employ advanced software engineering practices to ensure code quality, system security, and performance in data-intensive environments.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate data insights into actionable improvements and features within our platform.
• Stay ahead of the curve with emerging technologies and methodologies that can drive innovation in DeFi data analysis and data/ml engineering.
• Spearhead the documentation and dissemination of technical knowledge within the team and the wider DeFi community.

Software Engineer, Data

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable systems for data from DeFi protocols, blockchain networks, and various other data sources
• Contribute to making our platform world-class
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their system requirements and provide the necessary support to help their productivity.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure system integrity and quality
• Actively participate in code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and maintaining high coding standards
• Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure the continuous improvement of the platform
• Contribute to the creation of technical documentation and user guides
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software defects, ensuring optimal system performance and reliability

Software Engineer for Platform

Gauntlet is DeFi’s risk manager. We drive capital efficiency while maintaining economic safety for some of the largest crypto protocols with our simulations. Gauntlet manages risk and incentives for over $9 Billion in assets. Gauntlet continuously publishes cutting-edge research, making us the most cited peer-reviewed articles in the DeFi industry. We’re a Series B company with ~60 employees operating remote-first with a home base in New York City. Gauntlet’s mission is to help make blockchain protocols and smart contracts safer and more trustworthy for users. Building decentralized systems creates new challenges for protocol developers, smart contract developers, and asset holders that are not seen in traditional development and investing. Gauntlet is building a blockchain simulation and testing platform that leverages battle-tested techniques from other industries to emulate interactions in crypto networks. Simulation provides transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain high-quality and robust software solutions for Aera’s treasury management platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including researchers and product managers, to ensure seamless implementation of new features
• Actively participate in code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and maintaining high coding standards
• Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure the continuous improvement of Aera’s platform
• Contribute to the creation of technical documentation and user guides
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software defects, ensuring optimal system performance and reliability

Software Engineer for Aera

Data Scientist

Gauntlet is DeFi’s risk manager. We drive capital efficiency while maintaining economic safety for some of the largest crypto protocols with our simulations. Gauntlet manages risk and incentives for over $40 Billion in assets. Gauntlet continuously publishes cutting-edge research, making us the most cited peer-reviewed articles in the DeFi industry. We’re a Series B company with ~60 employees operating remote-first with a home base in New York City. Gauntlet’s mission is to help make blockchain protocols and smart contracts safer and more trustworthy for users. Building decentralized systems creates new challenges for protocol developers, smart contract developers, and asset holders that are not seen in traditional development and investing. Gauntlet is building a blockchain simulation and testing platform that leverages techniques from other industries to emulate interactions in crypto networks. Simulation provides transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. In order to grow our impact in the DeFi space we are looking to hire experienced Data Scientists to help new and established protocols better understand the systems they’ve built. This role will require establishing a strong ability to analyze and interpret data; as well as the ability to collaborate with and manage external clients. You will be working directly with the premier and innovative DeFi protocols and developing expert-level knowledge and experience of the mechanisms that underpin the DeFi industry. Responsibilities
• Perform in depth novel research into how to make premier DeFi protocols safer and more efficient through mechanism design, data analysis, and dynamic parameter optimization.
• Take ownership of client engagements, scoping out work, managing client relationships, and delivering value to clients through your research and work.
• Draft and write engaging research for public consumption both to grow Gauntlet’s Brand as well as to satisfy client requirements
• Build and deploy easy-to-understand and visually compelling dashboards for internal and external consumption

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