DeFi Specialist - Remote Position at Monad Foundation

About the Role

We are seeking a DeFi Specialist to join the Monad Foundation, a team dedicated to enhancing the impact of decentralized technology. This remote DeFi Specialist role is pivotal in driving the operational backbone of DeFi growth across the Monad network.

What You'll Do

• Advise DeFi builders on the Monad network with succinct, hard-hitting feedback on protocol design, UX, market positioning, and competitive gaps.
• Execute end-to-end onboarding of new protocols and assets, coordinating across oracles, liquidators, DEX pool setup, curators, and bridging providers to bring new markets live.
• Prioritize which assets to bring to the Monad network based on market demand, composability value, and rigorous risk assessment.
• Monitor the state of DeFi on the Monad network and flag gaps, imbalances, or inefficiencies.
• Inform incentive strategy with grounded opinions on what types of programs attract durable TVL per unit of spend versus what generates mercenary capital.
• Grow DeFi on the Monad network substantially, as measured by TVL, volume, stablecoin market cap, RWA market cap, and fees generated.

Requirements

• Encyclopedic DeFi knowledge with the ability to explain the value flow in leading lending protocols.
• Opinionated on asset quality, tracking interest-bearing assets, stablecoins, and RWAs closely.
• Operationally rigorous with the ability to manage the full coordination chain of onboarding new protocols or assets.
• Sharp protocol instincts to identify strengths and weaknesses in any DeFi protocol’s frontend or documentation.
• Strong communication skills to deliver concise, high-signal analysis and recommendations.

Nice to Have

• Strong knowledge of trading and markets, able to think in expected value (EV) terms.
• Experience at a DeFi protocol in a growth, strategy, or protocol operations capacity.
• Familiarity with the Monad network’s architecture and performance characteristics.
• Comfort reading Solidity and understanding smart contract risk at a conceptual level.

What We Offer

• Challenging problems with massive impact in the DeFi space.
• Huge opportunity to work with a leading EVM Layer 1 blockchain.
• Be part of an exceptional and highly-motivated team.
• Collaborative culture focused on achieving ambitious goals.
• As an early member of our team, you’ll help shape our culture.