DeFi and protocol specialist jobs
DeFi and protocol specialist: a person in this job works on decentralised finance: trading, lending and other financial services run by smart contracts. OKX, Coinbase, Bitpanda, Keyrock and GRVTY have the most open roles with “DeFi and protocol specialist” or a close variant in the title right now.
41 open roles · 3 posted in the last 7 days · 27% remote · 21 companies hiring · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages
Skills asked for in DeFi and protocol specialist roles
Bars show the share of these 41 roles; one role can count in several rows.
Newest DeFi and protocol specialist jobs
- DeFi Protocol Engineer (Injective Labs)Injective · Remote—RemoteSolidityGoDeFi
- DeFi Protocol EngineerInjective Labs · 🇺🇸New York or Remote (US)—RemoteSolidityGoDeFi
- Principal Architect - DEX & AIDdn · 🇺🇸Santa Clara Office$180K - $230KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Product Manager, DEX Platform, MSPTeamViewer Germany GmbH · 🇺🇸Austin, United States—HybridFedRAMPDEX
- Business Development - Perps ($200k - $1m salary + bonus)Batoncorporation · 🇺🇸New York—
- Lead Product Manager, DeFiBitpanda · 🇩🇪Berlin, Berlin, Germany · +2 more locations—Lead and aboveSolidityDeFiSmart contracts
- Protocol Analyst 3GRVTY · 🇺🇸Fort Meade, Maryland, United States · +1 more location$131K - $161K
- Innovation Quant Developer Intern (DeFi/Corporate Development) - BrusselsKeyrock · 🇧🇪Brussels—InternSolidityRustPython
- DeFi Quant Trader Intern (Credit) - BrusselsKeyrock · 🇧🇪Brussels—InternSolidityRustPython
- DeFi Quant Research Intern (Digital Assets Market Making) - BrusselsKeyrock · 🇧🇪Brussels—InternSolidityRustPython
- Protocol Analyst 4GRVTY · 🇺🇸Fort Meade, Maryland, United States$181K - $211K
- Product Manager II, Wallets and DeFiCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$180K - $212KRemoteDeFiGenerative AICrypto custody
- Senior / Staff Engineer, DEX Trading SystemOKX · 🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore—Lead and aboveJavaSmart contractsTrading
- Vice President, Decentralized Finance OnChain Counsel - CorporateGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York, NY$220K - $250KLead and aboveData centersBar admissionContract drafting
- Strategic Account Executive, DexHeadout LI · 🇺🇸New York$175K - $275KContract negotiationData privacyDEX
- VIP Sales Manager — Prediction Markets & CFTC PerpsCrypto.com · 🇺🇸New York$110K - $160KDerivativesCFTCDEX
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Retail DEX)Coinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA · +1 more location$186K - $219KRemoteSeniorKafkaRedisSmart contracts
- Product Manager II, DeFi BorrowCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$180K - $212KRemoteDeFiSmart contractsGenerative AI
- Senior Product Designer DEXTeamViewer Germany GmbH · 🇵🇹Porto, Portugal—HybridSeniorTest planningDesign systemsUser research
- Senior/Staff Engineer - Web3 - Onchain DataOKX · 🇭🇰🇸🇬Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Singapore, Singapore—Lead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Senior Security Engineer, DeFiSui / Mysten Labs · 🇺🇸USA (Remote)$165K - $225KRemoteSeniorSolidityRustPython
- Staff Product Designer, DeFiSui / Mysten Labs · 🇺🇸USA (Remote)$150K - $225KRemoteLead and aboveDeFiDesign systemsVisual design
- Manager, Strategic Partnerships (Dex)Headout LI · 🇬🇧London—EnglishContract negotiationData privacy
- Manager, Strategic Partnerships (Dex)Headout · 🇬🇧London—EnglishContract negotiationData privacy
- DeFi Algorithmic TraderWintermute · 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇬London/New York/Singapore—RustPythonLinux
- Strategic Account Executive, DexHeadout · 🇺🇸New York$175K - $275KContract negotiationData privacyDEX
- Product Marketing Manager, DEXImprobable · Remote - International—RemoteEthereum
- Quant Trader (DeFi)GSR · 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇸🇬London; Zug; Singapore—DeFiPerformance managementMarket making
- Quantitative Trader (Associate/VP) - Onchain TradingGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York, NY$150K - $200KLead and abovePythonTradingGenerative AI
- Senior/Principal Product Manager, DEX TradingOKX · 🇭🇰Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR · +1 more location—Lead and aboveSQLTradingPRDs
- (Senior) Product Manager, DEX Institution TradingOKX · 🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore · +1 more location—SeniorAgileSmart contractsTrading
- Head of DeFiMonad · Remote—RemoteLead and aboveSolidityDeFiSmart contracts
- Senior/Staff Engineer, Decentralize Exchange (DEX)OKX · 🇭🇰🇸🇬Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Singapore, Singapore—Lead and aboveJavaSQLMySQL
- DeFi ResearcherPaxosLabs · 🇺🇸In-Person or Remote | NYC Preferred—RemoteAgileDeFi
- Defi ResearcherAnagram · Anywhere—DeFi
Who is hiring for DeFi and protocol specialist roles
Where DeFi and protocol specialist roles are
- 🇺🇸United States19
- 🇪🇺Europe11
- 🇺🇸New York, NY9
- 🌏Asia-Pacific9
- 🇸🇬Singapore7
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom4
- 🇬🇧London4
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong4
- 🇧🇪Belgium3
- 🇦🇹Austria1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Kinds of work close to this one
Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.
Companies hiring DeFi specialists
Questions about DeFi and protocol specialist jobs
- What is a DeFi and protocol specialist job?
- In a DeFi and protocol specialist job, a person works on decentralised finance: trading, lending and other financial services run by smart contracts. 41 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
- How many DeFi and protocol specialist jobs are open right now?
- There are 41 open DeFi and protocol specialist jobs at 21 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 3 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most DeFi and protocol specialist jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at OKX (7), Coinbase (4), Bitpanda (3), GRVTY (3) and Keyrock (3). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote DeFi and protocol specialist jobs?
- 11 of the 41 open DeFi and protocol specialist jobs (27%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- Is it hard to get a DeFi and protocol specialist job?
- 3 of the 41 open DeFi and protocol specialist jobs (7%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 26 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 21 companies are hiring and 3 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing DeFi and protocol specialist jobs?
- 3 of the 41 open DeFi and protocol specialist jobs (7%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI. Employers still list 41 such roles today at 21 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do DeFi and protocol specialist jobs ask for?
- Most often DEX (66%), DeFi (41%), Smart contracts (41%), Ethereum (34%), Solidity (24%) of the 41 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in DeFi and protocol specialist jobs?
- Lead Product Manager (3), DeFi Protocol Engineer (2), Protocol Analyst 3 (2), Product Manager II (2), Strategic Account Executive (2): the most common titles among the 41 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are DeFi and protocol specialist jobs in demand in 2026?
- 41 DeFi and protocol specialist jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 21 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 3 were posted in the last seven days. 11 (27%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for DeFi and protocol specialist jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.










