\nGauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. We build institutional-grade vaults for decentralized finance, delivering risk-adjusted onchain yields for capital at scale. Designed by the most vigilant, quantitative minds in crypto and informed by years of research. As of April 2025, Gauntlet manages risk and incentives covering over $42 billion in customer TVL.\n\n\nGauntlet continually publishes cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institution — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.\n\n\nGauntlet’s mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future. Building with decentralized systems creates novel challenges for mechanism designers, smart contract developers, and end-users of financial products, which are not seen in traditional software development and investing contexts. Gauntlet is dedicated to enhancing our industry’s understanding of this new domain and revealing how to safely navigate the true bleeding edge of 21st-century financial innovation.\n\n\nTeam Overview\n\n\nThe Data Team is responsible for developing and maintaining robust data pipelines that ensure the accuracy and availability of data across the organization. They work closely with other teams to provide insights and analytics that drive business strategies and optimize performance. The Data Team enhances the company's data-driven decision-making capabilities by leveraging advanced data processing frameworks and tools.\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n* Design, implement, and maintain scalable data processing solutions for Gauntlet’s data platforms, focusing on high availability and performance.\n* Collaborate with data scientists and product managers to develop and enhance data ingestion and processing systems tailored to the needs of the data team.\n* Participate in code and design reviews specific to data projects, offering constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices in data software development.\n* Stay informed about emerging data technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and improve data system architecture.\n* Develop and maintain technical documentation to support data system operations and facilitate knowledge sharing within the data team.\n* Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve data-related software issues, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of the data platform's services.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n* 3+ years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on backend data systems.\n* Proficient in at least one programming language commonly used for data processing and streaming applications, such as Python or Rust, within a data team context\n* Experience with data ingestion and processing frameworks, such as Kafka, tailored to the needs of a data team\n* Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on building scalable and efficient data systems\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n* Strong understanding of blockchain technology and DeFi protocols, with a keen interest in expanding knowledge in these areas, especially regarding data systems.\n* Experience in building real-time applications or systems.\n* Knowledge of Rust \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 $165,000 - $205,000 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 Design, Crypto, Python, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/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

\nGauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. As of January 2025, Gauntlet manages risk and incentives covering over $35 billion in customer TVL.\n\n\nGauntlet continually publishes cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institution — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.\n\n\nGauntlet’s mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future. Building with decentralized systems creates novel challenges for mechanism designers, smart contract developers, and end-users of financial products, which are not seen in traditional software development and investing contexts. Gauntlet is dedicated to enhancing our industry’s understanding of this new domain and revealing how to safely navigate the true bleeding edge of 21st-century financial innovation.\n\n\nWe are looking for engineers for a few projects! See below:\n\n\nPivot/Courier Services\n\n\nWe're developing an algorithmic trading platform to optimize strategies Gauntlet oversees on-chain to capture opportunities across DeFi. We're looking for a product-focused systems generalist to work with users to define requirements and build the system's required components!\n\n\nData & Models\n\n\nWe develop & own the services that power Gauntlet's platform, including all our model capture, infrastructure, deployments & tools to support & scale our systems!\n\n\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n* Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable systems for data from DeFi protocols, blockchain networks, and various other data sources\n* Contribute to making our platform world-class\n* Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their system requirements and provide the necessary support to help their productivity.\n* Implement quality control measures to ensure system integrity and quality\n* Actively participate in code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and maintaining high coding standards\n* Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure the continuous improvement of the platform\n* Contribute to the creation of technical documentation and user guides\n* Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software defects, ensuring optimal system performance and reliability\n\n\n\nQualifications\n* At least 4 years of professional development experience. More is better but we're flexible\n* Experience with building backend systems.\n* Experience developing production-quality software in high-performance languages. We currently use Python and Typescript but are open to exceptional language agnostic candidates.\n* Experience with dynamic isolated environments  and operational alerting\n* Experience with distributed data processing frameworks and related technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Flink, etc.\n* Ability to quickly internalize abstract concepts in new domains, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.\n* Ability to work independently and within a team, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines.\n* Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team environment\n* Interests or passion for DeFi and the broader crypto ecosystem, with a willingness to immerse oneself in the space.\n* Bonus Points\n* Experience working in the crypto industry is a plus but is not required.\n* Background in working with complex data sets in data-rich environments\n* Experience with languages and tooling related to complex streaming problems\n* Familiarity with cloud solutions like Google Cloud Platform or AWS\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n* Experience working in the crypto industry is a plus but is not required.\n* Background in working with complex data sets in data-rich environments\n* Experience with languages and tooling related to complex streaming problems\n* Familiarity with cloud solutions like Google Cloud Platform or AWS\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* $1,600 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 $165,000 - $205,000 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 Design, Python, Cloud, Typescript, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $52,500 — $100,000/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

\nWe are Auros!\n\nA high-frequency trading firm operating in the global cryptocurrency market. We have offices based in New York and Hong Kong, we are a 24/7/365 business, trading digital assets across 10+ locations around the globe driven by a team of world-class talent that spans 5 continents. We are one of the largest participants in the market, trading a significant share of global market turnover. We combine a systematic approach with our sophisticated pricing models and state-of-the-art execution capabilities, iterating regularly to ensure we have robust, reliable trading performance.\n\nWhat you’ll do\n\nThis is an opportunity to develop trading systems for cryptocurrencies in the rapidly evolving class of digital assets. You’ll learn from our experienced trading team and help develop and support systems that execute millions of trades on crypto exchanges across the globe.\n\nThe Job \n\n\n* Develop C++ applications that connect to crypto currency exchanges and cryptocurrency protocols and provide normalised exchange access to our auto trading applications\n\n* Become a domain expert in 2-3 exchange systems / cryptocurrency protocols. Apply this expertise to improve the trading performance of our own systems and/or to request improvements to exchange systems\n\n* Be accountable for the deployment, monitoring and management of connectivity solutions for the exchanges you’ve become an expert in. Help troubleshoot other exchange connectivity as required\n\n* Optimise applications for microsecond latencies and efficient utilisation of scant messaging bandwidth\n\n* Help engineer internally developed middleware and messaging protocols, improving reliability, scalability, throughput and latency\n\n* Collaborate with traders and strategy Developers to analyse logs and build tools to assist in the analysis of execution performance\n\n* Develop ancillary trading system infrastructure in python as required\n\n* Create tools to automate the configuration, deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting of trading system components\n\n* Engage with the team during system design discussions, code reviews, trading idea brainstorms and daily office banter.\n\n\n\n\nSkills required:\n\n\n* A software engineer with 3+ years experience in developing clean, maintainable and performant code in C++ on linux\n\n* Experience profiling C++ code with any of cachegrind, valgrind or other profiling tools\n\n*  A thorough understanding of network programming: UDP, TCP, TLS, Websockets\n\n* Bonus points will be awarded to candidates who have developed websocket execution for any of the top 10 cryptocurrency exchanges and who can articulate the challenges they faced\n\n* You can find the balance between delivering clean, testable, reliable code and rapidly deploying new system features to take advantage of market opportunities\n\n* You are reliable, take pride in delivering robust software and are willing to be on call to support the systems you develop\n\n\n\n\nHighly Desirable:\n\n\n* Experience with high-transaction, latency optimised, distributed systems\n\n* Experience configuring and monitoring Linux machines\n\n* Experience with inter process messaging using shared memory\n\n* Experience with cloud computing infrastructure such as AWS\n\n* Experience developing high performance exchange connectivity software, for market making in traditional markets.\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Crypto, Python, Cloud, Engineer and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $105,000/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