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Protocol Risk Lead
Makina
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Role overview
Makina is a crypto-native organization of builders and DeFi leaders seeking a full-time Protocol Risk Lead to join its dynamic and fast-growing team. The role focuses on shaping and impacting technical decisions while contributing to a novel DeFi building block that provides a secure, adaptable architecture for onchain asset management and sophisticated yielding strategies.
Responsibilities
- Develop a comprehensive framework to assess and monitor protocol-wide risk
- Conduct strategies analysis, review and risk scoring
- Set up and maintain a robust monitoring system for the Machines running on Makina
- Onchain DeFi risk analysis and monitoring
- Interact and audit risk management framework of authorized operators
- Research protocol exposure to individual protocols and tokens
- Develop stress testing framework to model the resilience of the protocol to outlier events
Requirements
- In-depth understanding of DeFi protocols
- Strong expertise in risk control and management
- Proficiency in analyzing protocols across various risk categories (e.g., smart contract, economic, governance, etc.)
- Advanced proficiency in on-chain investigation tools (e.g., Etherscan, Nansen, Phalcon) and data tools (Dune, Subgraphs)
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a capacity for independent and flexible thinking
- Self-motivated, disciplined, and detail-oriented approach to work
- Strong work ethic and team player
- Great written communication and presentation skills
Nice to have
- Prior experience curating, operating or investing in DeFi strategies
- Prior background in Web3 security or cybersecurity
- Experience with web3 libraries and smart contract interaction
- Familiarity with data engineering or financial data pipelines
Benefits
- Dynamic and collegial environment in a small team working in fields that are shaping the future of society
- Contemporary working conditions as a modern employer
- A lot of space to develop yourself alongside the company
- Exciting and challenging projects
- Compelling compensation, bonus, and participation opportunities
- Exposure to extremely talented people and very interesting clients who have unique investment profiles
- Supportive work and team atmosphere with flat hierarchies and a strong entrepreneurial spirit
Additional details
- Makina introduces a novel framework for onchain asset management that addresses a significant gap in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem
- While DeFi has successfully replicated many traditional financial primitives, asset management remains underdeveloped, and sophisticated yielding strategies are not broadly available to users across the space
- Makina provides a highly adaptable and secure architecture designed to facilitate a broad spectrum of strategies
- This position offers an exciting role as part of a dynamic team, with the ability to shape and impact technical decisions and direction
- Makina is an equal opportunity employer with a strong diversity of ideas
- Originally posted on Himalayas