Lead Engineer | AI-Powered Governance Platform
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$250K - $315K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Role Description
Join a high-impact AI + DeFi venture incubated by one of the earliest and most influential protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem ($8B+ TVL). This role sits at the center of a major transformation — building an AI-powered governance engine designed to reshape how decentralized systems operate. This is not just backend engineering — this is architecting the foundation of AI-native governance systems at scale.
Qualifications
- Has built early stage systems in data / AI / backend-heavy environments
- Thinks in systems, not just services
- Comfortable leading in high-ambiguity environments
- Strong ownership mindset with execution speed
Requirements
- 5+ years building production-grade backend systems
- Strong TypeScript / Node.js expertise (non-negotiable)
- Advanced SQL + relational data modeling (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Experience building data pipelines with third-party APIs
- Proficiency in at least one: Python, Go, Rust, or Java
- Proven ability to lead technical projects end-to-end
Benefits
- $250,000 – $315,000 base
- Token-based incentives
- Performance bonuses
- Work on systems with real-world financial impact
What You'll Build
-
Phase 1 — Automation & Data Infrastructure
- Workflow automation (Notion database sync, governance pipelines)
-
Data pipelines across:
- Blockchain nodes
- DEX APIs
- Lending protocols
- Risk analytics data platform (accurate, historical, queryable)
- Monitoring, validation, and deterministic systems
-
Phase 2 — AI-Native Platform Foundations
- AI agent infrastructure (execution environments, guardrails, provenance)
-
Knowledge-work interfaces:
- Tree explorers
- Diff systems
- Cognitive UI layers
- Event-sourcing architecture + cryptographic proof systems
- Human + AI collaboration tooling
What You'll Do
- Lead architecture and development of core platform systems
- Build and scale automation engines + data infrastructure
-
Drive projects end-to-end:
- Design
- Build
- Deploy
- Iterate
-
Define engineering standards:
- Testing
- Observability
- Reliability
- Operate in a fast-moving, ambiguity-driven environment
Tech Stack
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- React
- Python / Go / Rust / Java
- APIs
- Data Pipelines
- AI Integrations
Bonus
- AI/ML or agent-based systems
- DeFi / blockchain experience
- Event sourcing / complex system design
- Open-source contributions
Location & Eligibility
- Remote (United States only)
- Must be US-based & authorized to work
- Fully distributed, async-first environment
Why This Role
- Operate at the intersection of AI + DeFi + data infrastructure
- Build AI-augmented tools for knowledge work and governance
- Work on systems with real economic and protocol-level impact
- Join at an early stage / transformation phase with high ownership
- Fully remote, high-autonomy environment
Job Requirements
- Has built early stage systems in data / AI / backend-heavy environments
- Thinks in systems, not just services
- Comfortable leading in high-ambiguity environments
- Strong ownership mindset with execution speed
- 5+ years building production-grade backend systems
- Strong TypeScript / Node.js expertise (non-negotiable)
- Advanced SQL + relational data modeling (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Experience building data pipelines with third-party APIs
- Proficiency in at least one: Python, Go, Rust, or Java
- Proven ability to lead technical projects end-to-end
Benefits
- $250,000 – $315,000 base
- Token-based incentives
- Performance bonuses
- Work on systems with real-world financial impact
- What You'll Build
- Phase 1 — Automation & Data Infrastructure Workflow automation (Notion database sync, governance pipelines)
- Data pipelines across: Blockchain nodes
- DEX APIs
- Lending protocols
- Risk analytics data platform (accurate, historical, queryable)
- Monitoring, validation, and deterministic systems
- Phase 2 — AI-Native Platform Foundations AI agent infrastructure (execution environments, guardrails, provenance)
- Knowledge-work interfaces: Tree explorers
- Diff systems
- Cognitive UI layers
- Event-sourcing architecture + cryptographic proof systems
- Human + AI collaboration tooling
- What You'll Do
- Lead architecture and development of core platform systems
- Build and scale automation engines + data infrastructure
- Drive projects end-to-end: Design
- Build
- Deploy
- Iterate
- Define engineering standards: Testing
- Observability
- Reliability
- Operate in a fast-moving, ambiguity-driven environment
- Tech Stack
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- React
- Python / Go / Rust / Java
- APIs
- Data Pipelines
- AI Integrations
- Bonus
- AI/ML or agent-based systems
- DeFi / blockchain experience
- Event sourcing / complex system design
- Open-source contributions
- Location & Eligibility
- Remote (United States only)
- Must be US-based & authorized to work
- Fully distributed, async-first environment
- Why This Role
- Operate at the intersection of AI + DeFi + data infrastructure
- Build AI-augmented tools for knowledge work and governance
- Work on systems with real economic and protocol-level impact
- Join at an early stage / transformation phase with high ownership
- Fully remote, high-autonomy environment
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