DeFi Engineer

Salary: CHF 110’000 - 150’000 per year

Requirements:

• • Deep understanding of EVM-DeFi protocols and capital flows in DeFi.
• • Ability to investigate onchain transactions using existing and custom tools.
• • Background in sciences, finance, or computer/data science with a deep understanding of financial markets.
• • Entrepreneurial mindset, independence, and flexibility.
• • Development skills in Python.
• • Skills in other languages such as Rust and Solidity considered a strong asset.
• • Ability to find and clean data in opaque markets.
• • Advanced data visualization skills considered a strong asset.
• • Self-motivated, disciplined, and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities:

• • Analysing existing and novel DeFi protocols and understanding the key mechanisms at play to interact with the protocol.
• • Producing proof-of-concept code proving the understanding of the protocol and its mechanisms.
• • Translating this knowledge into production-ready integrations in our proprietary stack.
• • Simulating and testing the developed integrations in the context of the Dialectic books.
• • Producing analyses and reports in the form of notebooks to illustrate the functioning of protocol interactions and research output.
• • Working closely with the Software team to implement required features to support new integrations.
• • Collaborating with portfolio managers to understand their current needs and proactively suggest operations.

Technologies:

• Blockchain
• Support
• Python
• Rust
• Solidity

More:

Company Overview: Dialectic, a crypto-native organization of builders and capital advisors, is seeking a senior-level investment professional to join the team on a full-time basis. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-growing team focused on investing in and building compelling software in emerging crypto and blockchain technologies. We produce outlier results through diversified investment strategies in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Job Summary: We are offering a DeFi Engineer position for a person with strong quantitative and development skills and EVM-DeFi knowledge. The successful candidate should be able to analyse complex DeFi interactions at the smart-contract level, reverse-engineer the functioning of DeFi protocols, produce proof-of-concept code to illustrate the functioning of protocols, and ultimately integrate them in our onchain execution stack.

Benefits: • Dynamic and collegial environment in a small team working in fields that are shaping the future of our society. • Contemporary working conditions with ample space for personal and professional development alongside the company, as well as exciting and challenging projects. • Compelling compensation, bonus, and participation opportunities. • Exposure to extremely talented people and interesting clients with unique investment profiles. • Provide expert advice to Cayman directors on portfolio allocation for yield-generating opportunities. • Assist in yield farming operations, including transaction co-signing. • Identify and evaluate optimal risk-adjusted yielding opportunities. • Conduct thorough risk due diligence on potential protocols. • Ensure internal alert system coverage remains current and comprehensive. • Monitor and analyze emerging trends in yield farming (e.g., new protocol launches, meta-strategies, airdrops). • Actively participate in investment committee discussions, contributing insights on capital allocation decisions. • Enjoy a supportive work and team atmosphere with flat hierarchies and a strong entrepreneurial spirit. • Dialectic is an equal opportunity employer with a strong diversity of ideas.

Additional Details: Job Location: Zug, Switzerland. Application Process: Interested candidates are invited to apply online with a resume/CV, cover letter, education details, LinkedIn profile, and/or website via the provided application system.

last updated 46 week of 2025