\nGauntlet is a leader in quantitative research and DeFi economics optimization, specializing in risk management, growth facilitation, and ensuring the economic robustness of key DeFi protocols. Managing over $35 billion in customer TVL as of January 2025, our efforts are vital to the industry's leading protocols.\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\nOur mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future. The unique challenges of decentralized systems call for innovative approaches in mechanism design, smart contract development, and financial product utilization. Gauntlet leads in advancing this knowledge, ensuring safe progression through the evolving landscape of financial innovation.\n\n\nThe Role\n\n\nWe seek a research manager to lead client-facing research under the Applied Research organization. This role is pivotal in providing deep quantitative expertise to top DeFi protocols and ecosystems including Uniswap, Near and Movement on how they can grow, optimize, and de-risk mechanisms within their various system. This person will lead a team of researchers to analyze on-chain and off-chain data, develop models, and provide actionable insights into the rapidly evolving crypto and Web3 ecosystem. This role requires deep expertise in blockchain analytics, quantitative research, statistical modeling, and strong leadership skills to drive data-driven decision-making and the ability to interface directly with clients.\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n* Own multiple clients by developing research roadmaps and managing the team responsible for executing these roadmaps at a high-quality bar.\n* Support, grow, and develop a team of high-performing researchers capable of tackling DeFi's most complex problems.\n* Perform in-depth mechanism design and research to develop the next generation of DeFi mechanisms and patterns.\n* Develop predictive models, statistical analyses, and machine learning algorithms to extract insights into blockchain and market data.\n* Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets, ensuring data integrity and efficient processing.\n* Publish research reports and insights on blockchain data trends, protocol performance, and economic models.\n* Attend international conferences to present Gauntlet’s research to the larger DeFi and Web3 community.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n* 7+ years of experience in research, data science, or mechanism design with at least 2+ years of experience managing high-performance teams.\n* Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to operate in a client-facing role.\n* Deep understanding of DeFi and crypto topics either through professional work or personal interest and experience.\n* Proven mentorship capacity & experience. \n\n\n\nBonus Points\n* DeFi, crypto, or blockchain development experience (e.g. Web3, Hardhat/Truffle, Solidity, etc..)\n\n\n\nBenefits and Perks\n* Remote first - work from anywhere!\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, monitor, keyboard and mouse setup 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 $180,000 - $220,000 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, Web3 and Crypto 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

\nWe believe that blockchains need real world data to be useful- and UMA enables any verifiable truth to be recorded on-chain, trustlessly. \n\n\nWho is UMA?\nWe are a team aligned with the ethos of the crypto community. We believe that because UMA's optimistic oracle is the decentralized truth machine which can verify any statement proposed on the blockchain- we have the ability to truly expand what web3 is building. We are building a robust ecosystem. Our growing team is relatively small but incredibly mighty, and strives to be an engaging leader in the DeFi community. \n\n\nWhere are we headed: \n- We’re building foundational infrastructure for web3 and developing high quality products to showcase this.\n- Our road-map is robust, and with an iterative and continuous development philosophy, we’re always building. \n- We’re a global team that values diverse perspectives and top tier talent. We’re growing internationally with the support of top tier investors and advisors.\n\n\nWhere do you fit in?\n\n\nWe're looking for a Marketing Manager who is seeking an opportunity to strengthen, grow, and shape UMA’s mindshare. This person is passionate about DeFi and the ethos of web3, and uses that passion to motivate and inspire others to be an active part of the ecosystem. Your role will be twofold: to run the communications for the protocol  to the wider Web3 space, and to rally and support the community to support you in that same mission. A piece of rallying the community is building out the DAO structure that supports the protocol.\n\n\nThe successful candidate will need to be sharp and pay a lot of attention to detail. You should understand UMA’s infrastructure and be able to speak about it accurately. \n\n\n\nResponsibilites \n* User Communications: Maintain a persona for UMA that instills trust in the oracle. Educate current users and the wider addressable market about new and existing features, and work with engineers to describe complex topics in ways that can appeal to multiple audience segments.\n* Co-marketing: You’ll support the growth team in cultivating our relationships to other projects by arranging and leading co-marketing campaigns. These campaigns will range from simple Twitter space events, to multi-step incentive programs that require on-chain steps by users. \n* Grow Across’ audience: Strive for ambitious audience growth and engagement in the space as a whole. Not everyone will join our community, but everyone should know about us.\n* Collaborate: Work closely with your product team to align on and implement growth strategies, recognizing that our product and its communications are intertwined \n* Trends: To the degree that it is useful for hitting your mindshare KPIs, stay on top of current trends both in Crypto Twitter as well as in Web3 development as a whole.\n\n\n\nSkills and Qualifications \n* At least 2 years  relevant experience:  marketing, community management, social media role, DAO leader, etc.\n* High EQ: promote a community culture of kindness, positivity, and inclusivity \n* Ability to use your depth of knowledge around DeFi, blockchain, and oracles and translate complex concepts to various audiences\n* Expert in navigating Discord, Discourse and other forums, and Twitter. \n* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, multiple languages is of course an asset\n\n\n\n\n\nCompensation: \n- UMA's pay packages include competitive salaries & meaningful token options. Salaries for this role range from $50-100k (USD), and your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem.\n- Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few)\n- 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur values: \n1) We value each individual’s right to economic freedom\n2) We value openness, honesty, and directness. \n3) We value integrity.\n4) We value iterative learning.\n5) We value taking smart risks. We value creating an environment where everyone “does their best work”. \n\n\nStill want to know more?\n\n\n-Our team at UMA blends a mix of highly-sought engineers, developers and community builders with a traditional finance pedigree. Our fast-growing team includes a diverse background of experiences and has drawn top tier talent. We’re a decentralized protocol governed by community members across the globe in a DAO, and supported by Risk Labs Foundation. \n\n\n-We value economic freedom, integrity, and taking smart risks. You’ll succeed at UMA if you’re a self-starter, kind, adaptable, and have a nerdy curiosity to solve hard problems (and change the world).  \n\n\n-UMA is a remote-first international team and we support everyone to create an environment where they can do their best work. UMA teammates take the time off that they need and support each other to create an environment where they are happy, healthy, and inspired. We pride ourselves on being family-friendly as well as nomad-friendly.\n\n\n-You will not get bored at UMA. The OO empowers unlimited ideas, products, services and protocols. We are constantly developing, building, experimenting and evolving.\n\n\nStudies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Risk Labs, the employing entity, is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplaces. So,  if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align- we encourage you to apply anyways. We value you taking the chance. Risk labs will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Web3, Defi, Crypto, Finance and Marketing 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\nRemote