Remote Engineering Manager Research

Gauntlet is hiring a Remote Engineering Manager Research (💰~$60k - $80k, New York City / San Francisco / Los Angeles / Remote). Gauntlet 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. Gauntlet 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. Our 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. The Role We 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. Responsibilities Own multiple clients by developing research roadmaps and managing the team responsible for executing these roadmaps at a high-quality bar. Support, grow, and develop a team of high-performing researchers capable of tackling DeFi's most complex problems. Perform in-depth mechanism design and research to develop the next generation of DeFi mechanisms and patterns. Develop predictive models, statistical analyses, and machine learning algorithms to extract insights into blockchain and market data. Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets, ensuring data integrity and efficient processing. Publish research reports and insights on blockchain data trends, protocol performance, and economic models. Attend international conferences to present Gauntlet's research to the larger DeFi and Web3 community. Qualifications 7+ years of experience in research, data science, or mechanism design with at least 2+ years of experience managing high-performance teams. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to operate in a client-facing role. Deep understanding of DeFi and crypto topics either through professional work or personal interest and experience. Proven mentorship capacity & experience. Bonus Points DeFi, crypto, or blockchain development experience (e.g. Web3, Hardhat/Truffle, Solidity, etc..)

Gauntlet 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. Gauntlet 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. Our 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.