\nOur mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the future financial systems. \n\n\nGauntlet is the premier curator of DeFi. Our models and math secure over $46 billion in digital assets. We measure, monitor, and tailor risk for over $775 million in managed vault strategies. Gauntlet serves the most prolific, impactful on-chain spot trading, borrowing, lending, and derivatives protocols in crypto.\n\n\nOur quantitative risk management helps solve the most novel challenges in crypto. We are among the most-cited institutions– including academia, in DeFi by peer-reviewed research. Gauntlet has led the space since 2018. We’ve raised over $45 million in capital from investors including Ribbit Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, Polychain, and more.  \n\n\nGauntlet is hiring a DeFi Analyst to expand the breadth and depth of our market insights and research to new audiences. \n\n\nWe’re seeking a DeFi Analyst who can quantify, contextualize, and communicate key market dynamics to our clients, partners, and community. This hybrid role blends on-chain data analysis, market research, and content creation—ideal for someone who lives and breathes DeFi, has strong analytical skills, and can turn data into compelling narratives.\n\n\nIf you’re a crypto-native researcher, DeFi trader, or content writer who has shipped content and analysis at a top protocol and written and spoken publicly about market conditions with a quantitative approach, this role is made for you. We welcome someone looking to expand their personal brand alongside Gauntlet to further DeFi. \n\n\nYou will analyze and report on market events with a quantitative lens. Conduct on-chain and offchain data analysis, write research (short and longform) on our products, competitors, and market conditions for both external and internal intel, and contribute to our marketing channels and comms. This includes market commentary for our newsletter, analysis of crypto/finance media inquiries, and serving as a public voice. \n\n\nYou will manage our DeFi analyst partner program to help curate, highlight, and expand the breadth of analysis from the researcher community about Gauntlet’s products and services. You’ll leverage your storytelling skills to create data visualizations that help everyone, from institutional capital allocators to consumers, about our offerings. \n\n\nYou’re capable of code-switching at the speed of on-chain narratives. This role will be responsible for expanding the Gauntlet brand through data-driven storytelling and reports to the Head of Marketing with a dotted line/mentorship to the data science team.\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n* Analyze and report on market events \n* Produce research around a thesis or developing market narrative/meta\n* Own KPIs including earned media, engagement/reach, Gauntlet researcher community growth, and email subscriptions and engagement\n* Manage our anti-KOL army/ DeFi analyst partner program to grow a network of researchers covering Gauntlet, aligning, curating, and incentivizing independent researchers to write about Gauntlet’s products and build on our research\n* Field and respond to requests from the media for research, analysis, and insights\n* Ideate and create quantitative visualizations, turning our models, math, and data into storytelling\n\n\n\nQualifications\n* 3-5 years of relevant experience in DeFi research, content, and/or data analysis\n* Fluent in data/analytics tools including but not limited to: Hex, Dune, Flipside, crypto market data APIs, DeFi Llama, Token Terminal, Nansen, Arkham, Github, Gitbook\n* Strong knowledge of tokenomics, smart contracts, ability to write complex SQL/Python queries and create data tables and visualizations, and common metrics (TVL, FDV, liquidity and risk metrics, etc.), protocol design \n* Familiarity with both EVM and non-EVM chains and infrastructure\n* You’ve worked in crypto: at a protocol, exchange, or as part of a community\n* Track record of success with a portfolio of writing, data analysis, and market commentary\n* You are terminally online, obsessed with CT and other crypto-native social channels\n* You understand DeFi and crypto culture as a member and participant\n* Extremely deep respect and knowledge of operational security best practices \n* Concise, compelling storyteller\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n* A true believer in the mission and crypto’s purpose in finance and beyond\n* Familiar with data science methodologies \n* Several moonshot ideas to drive Gauntlet forward\n* Comfort speaking about market conditions and sharing your research publicly\n\n\n\nBenefits and Perks\n* Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!\n* Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive-based compensation\n* Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk\n* 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees\n* Laptop provided\n* $1,500 WFH stipend upon joining\n* $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses\n* Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data\n* Unlimited vacation policy\n* 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks\n* Fertility benefits\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.\n\n\nThe national pay range for this role is $130,000 - $175,000 plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.  \n\n\n#LI-Remote \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Analyst, Crypto, Finance, Marketing and Non Tech jobs that are similar:\n\n $40,000 — $80,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nNew York City / San Francisco / Los Angeles / Remote