Last updated: 2025-06-06

58 Defi Researcher jobs in San Francisco.

Hiring now: Not Specified @ Conduit, Inhouse Lawyer @ Bitwise As, Marketing Data Strategist @ Bitwise, Researcher @ Succinct, Data Scientist @ Gauntlet, Strategic Partnership Manager Digital Pa @ Leading Fi, Engineer Creative @ Harmony, Director Ecosystem Fund Programs @ Machinefi , Head Of Payments Bd @ Stellar De, Systems Engineer @ Renegade. Explore more at at jobswithgpt.com

🔥 Skills

blockchain (14) crypto (12) DeFi (6) business development (6) user experience (5) financial services (5) fintech (5) cryptocurrency (5) digital assets (5) cryptography (4)

📍 Locations

San Francisco (37) Palo Alto (6) Menlo Park (2) Sunnyvale (1) Santa Clara (1) Foster City (1)

Conduit

Conduit is the rollup-native cloud platform that aims to scale Ethereum by providing onchain compute solutions for crypto builders. They simplify the process o…

Not Specified

San Francisco

  • Skills: onchain compute, Ethereum, rollup technology, cloud platform, infrastructure, crypto builders, blockchain scalability, modularity, web3, Series A funding

Bitwise Asset Management

Bitwise Asset Management is the largest crypto index fund manager in America as well as the issuer of first-of-their-kind spot bitcoin and ethereum exchange tr…

In-house Lawyer

San Francisco

  • Skills: crypto, asset management, public reporting, ETFs, hedge funds, client support, investment products, financial advisors, institutional investors, legal compliance
  • Type: Full-time

Bitwise

Bitwise is a firm that has established a track record of excellence managing a broad suite of index and active solutions across ETFs, separately managed accoun…

Marketing Data Strategist

San Francisco

  • Skills: crypto, marketing data strategy, ETFs, client assets, asset manager, active solutions, institutional investors, financial advisors, research and commentary, team collaboration
  • Experience: Experience in marketing data strategy and analytics, preferably in the financial or crypto sectors
  • Type: Full-time

Succinct

Succinct's mission is to make zero knowledge proofs accessible to any developer, providing state of the art zkVM technology and a hosted infrastructure layer f…

Researcher

San Francisco

  • Skills: ZK proofs, blockchain scaling, crypto protocols, zkVM, proof-generation, written communication, research, interoperability, cryptography, technical writing
  • Experience: Deep understanding of crypto protocols and blockchain architecture, high-level understanding of ZK technology, excellent written communication skills, previous track record of writing on technical topics.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Above-market salary and generous equity compensation

Gauntlet

Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics, managing market risk and optimizing growth for protocols facilitating spo…

Data Scientist

San Francisco

  • Skills: DeFi, quantitative research, risk models, data analysis, collaborate, smart contract development, market risk, financial innovation, mechanism design, customer TVL
  • Experience: Experienced
  • Type: Full-time

Leading Fintech Company

A leading fintech company in the US region providing innovative digital payment solutions.

Strategic Partnership Manager - Digital Payments

Sunnyvale

  • Skills: digital wallets, partnership management, strategic growth, payment facilitators, cross-functional collaboration, FI cooperation, local regulation compliance, fx quotation, liquidity management, travel in US region
  • Experience: More than 5 years, with at least 3 years in financial institutions or digital payment sectors
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $109,200 - $255,600 annually

Harmony

Harmony is an open blockchain with data sharding and fast finality. Our mission is to scale trust and create a radically fair economy. Our platform is decentra…

Engineer / Creative

Palo Alto

  • Skills: blockchain, data sharding, micro-payments, smart contracts, zero-knowledge proofs, user experience, prototyping, debugging, product design, community-driven
  • Experience: Deep understanding of how bytes work, prototyping, debugging, writing updates and coordinating with engineers; for creatives, expertise in user experience, product design and brand management.
  • Type: Full-time

MachineFi Lab

At MachineFi Lab, we're actively building a fairer, safer, and more rewarding Internet of Things (IoT) through Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (…

Director, Ecosystem Fund Programs

Menlo Park

  • Skills: Ecosystem Fund, investment opportunities, Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, DePIN, blockchain technology, venture capital, sourcing, analyzing, IoT, infrastructure
  • Experience: Solid venture capital experience

Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting changemakers to create equitable access to the glo…

Head of Payments BD

San Francisco

  • Skills: business development, payments, blockchain, stablecoin, ecosystem, cryptocurrency exchanges, merchant payment systems, strategic relationships, sales leadership, go-to-market strategies
  • Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience with a proven track record of success in business development, with significant experience in payment processing, fintech, or blockchain/crypto-related roles.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $255,000 - $385,000

Renegade

Renegade is building an unstoppable network for the anonymous exchange of value. Our core permissionless protocol, the Renegade dark pool, solves many problems…

Systems Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: dark pool, decentralized exchange, trade privacy, network performance, throughput, off-chain networking, Indexer, caching layer, pubsub system, on-chain verification
  • Type: Full-time

stakefish

We are building the infrastructure backbone of the blockchain ecosystem and paving the way to a decentralized future.

Blockchain Validator

Palo Alto

  • Skills: Proof of Stake, blockchains, validators, decentralized, global team, infrastructure, crypto, 24/7 coverage, security features, monitoring
  • Type: Full-time

Stronghold

Stronghold’s mission is to improve financial access by powering innovative payment and financial services solutions through open APIs, committed to building a …

Community Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: Community Manager, crypto, engagement, SHx ecosystem, Discord, Twitter, Telegram, blockchain, financial ecosystems, relationship building
  • Type: Full-time

Toku

Toku is the leading provider of compliance infrastructure for crypto companies, enabling them to pay employees in tokens and stablecoins while staying complian…

Product Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: compliance infrastructure, crypto companies, token-based compensation, fintech, web3, enterprise software, development ownership, regulatory environment, product management, stakeholder engagement

Unlimit

Founded in 2009, Unlimit is a global fintech company that offers a large portfolio of financial services, including payment processing, banking as a service (B…

N/A

San Francisco

  • Skills: fintech, financial services, payment processing, banking as a service, BaaS, crypto, DeFi, GameFi, financial borders, international operations

Fabric

Fabric believes hardware determines the boundaries of humanity's collective creativity and imagination. We are building hardware for the next generation of cry…

Cryptography Hardware Engineer

Santa Clara

  • Skills: cryptography, hardware, zero knowledge proofs, ZKP protocols, secure computation, programming, cryptographic algorithms, framework improvement, customer advisory, cryptocurrency
  • Experience: deep knowledge of cryptography, programming skills, experience working with cryptocurrency or cryptographic products and LLVM
  • Type: unknown
  • Salary: unknown

Ripple

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions …

Manager, Global Payments

San Francisco

  • Skills: business development, partnerships, sales, Banking, Finance, Tech, Consulting, Crypto, blockchain, stablecoins
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience in business development, partnerships or sales in Banking, Finance, Tech, Consulting, and/or Crypto
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $156,000 - $195,000 USD

Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, an…

Total Rewards Team Member

San Francisco

  • Skills: total rewards, compensation, benefits, equity, recognition programs, employee experience, data driven, competitive rewards, talent strategy, crypto

Gauntlet

Gauntlet is a leader in quantitative research and DeFi economics optimization, specializing in risk management, growth facilitation, and ensuring the economic …

Research Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: quantitative research, DeFi, risk management, on-chain data, off-chain data, statistical modeling, leadership skills, data-driven decision-making, blockchain analytics, client-facing research
  • Experience: deep expertise in blockchain analytics, quantitative research, statistical modeling

Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, an…

Member of Compliance, Regulatory Relations

San Francisco

  • Skills: digital assets, compliance, testing practices, emerging risks, control gaps, crypto, institutions, custody, trading, settlement

BitGo

BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, and settlement services from…

Group Product Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: product strategy, wallet infrastructure, security, scalability, user experience, MPC, cryptography, regulatory compliance, product innovation, Web3
  • Experience: 5+ years of product management experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $190,000 - $220,000 USD base salary

Visa

Product Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: crypto, stablecoin, blockchain, Agile, product management, stakeholders, requirements, clients, regulations, go-to-market
  • Type: Hybrid

Alchemy

Our mission is to bring web3 to a billion people, by providing builders with the tools they need to build exceptional onchain products.

Web3 BD Lead

San Francisco

  • Skills: partnerships, Web3, blockchain, developer tooling, strategic partnerships, adoption, negotiation, growth, ecosystem, collaboration
  • Experience: 5+ years
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $180,000 - $260,000

AngelList

We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We want to give more people the opportunity to participate in t…

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: software engineering, backend services, user interfaces, investing lifecycle, KYC, transaction workflows, collaboration, user experience, private markets, Capital Products Team

Ripple

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions …

Product Marketer

San Francisco

  • Skills: blockchain, cryptocurrency, DeFi, product marketing, go-to-market strategy, stablecoins, market insights, cross-functional collaboration, competitive landscape, customer segments
  • Experience: 8+ years in Product Marketing or equivalent role
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $176,000 - $220,000 USD

Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, an…

Member of Risk, Enterprise Risk Management

San Francisco

  • Skills: crypto, digital assets, custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, security infrastructure, enterprise risk management, impact

Wealthfront

We’re looking for a sharp, strategic copywriter to join Wealthfront’s Creative Team, reporting to our Creative Director, Copy. As a pioneer in automated invest…

Copywriter

Palo Alto

  • Skills: copywriter, creative team, automated investing, money management, brand promise, collaboration, brand campaign, financial products, creative ideas, financial institution

Chainlink Labs

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web.

Blockchain and Product Partnerships Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: business development, blockchain, partnerships, negotiation, high-value agreements, GTM, Web3, stakeholder management, integration, financial institutions
  • Experience: 8 years of business development experience with at least 1 year operating within the Web3 industry
  • Type: Full time

Curio Research

Curio builds bleeding edge crypto games and infrastructure. Since 2021, we’ve been pioneers in the onchain game space, shipped mini games to thousands of users…

Unassigned

San Francisco

  • Skills: crypto, games, on-chain, social strategy, community, incentives, e-sports, smart contracts, game design, user distribution
  • Type: Full-Time

Alchemy

Alchemy is the only complete developer platform that offers the powerful APIs, SDKs, and tools necessary to build and scale onchain apps and rollups. Our infra…

Counsel

San Francisco

  • Skills: web3, blockchain, legal strategy, agreements, intellectual property, regulatory frameworks, corporate structuring, data protection, employment law, investments
  • Experience: 3+ years of legal experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $225,000 - $275,000

OKX

OKX is a leading crypto exchange and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX i…

Associate General Counsel

San Francisco

  • Skills: legal advice, cryptocurrency, digital assets, marketing, litigation, regulatory, financial services, contract negotiation, global regulatory matters, business development

Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, an…

Product Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: digital assets, crypto, institutional-grade custody, product management, financial institutions, security standards, comprehensive solutions, trading, stake, regulatory compliance

Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting changemakers to create equitable access to the glo…

Director of Research

San Francisco

  • Skills: research, blockchain, cryptography, distributed systems, collaboration, technical foundations, team leadership, financial inclusion, open-source, academic partnerships
  • Experience: 10+ years of research experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $210,000 - $365,000

Financial Technology Partners LP

Financial Technology Partners LP (“FT Partners” or the “Firm”) is an investment bank focused exclusively on the financial technology sector, delivering strateg…

Research Business and Development Associate

San Francisco

  • Skills: fintech, blockchain, cryptocurrency, market research, industry trends, funding, financial technology, deal sourcing, market intelligence, investment banking
  • Experience: 3–5 years in relevant fields; strong knowledge and experience in blockchain and cryptocurrency
  • Salary: $105,000 – $120,000 per year

Visa

Visa is a global payments technology company that enables digital payments for consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments.

Chief Software Engineer

Foster City

  • Skills: digital platforms, Visa Token Services, Visa Click to Pay, e-commerce, payment industry standards, EMVCo, W3C, secure remote commerce, checkout experience, security

Chainlink Labs

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, a decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web, providing access to real-wor…

Engineering Manager, Data Feeds

San Francisco

  • Skills: Data feeds, Blockchain technology, Web3 protocols, Decentralized finance, Distributed systems, Oracles, Onchain data, Smart contracts, High-performance products, Cross-chain interoperability
  • Experience: At least 6 years experience as an IC Software Engineer and 4 years in management
  • Type: Full-time

Visa

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial instituti…

Job Description

San Francisco

  • Skills: payments, blockchains, stablecoin, fintech, GTM strategy, business development, product strategy, client engagement, data analysis, cross-functional teams
  • Type: other
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Figure

Figure is maximizing the value of homeownership in ways that benefit consumers and the industry alike. We’re helping homeowners tap their liquidity easily, eff…

Legal Counsel - Financial Services

San Francisco

  • Skills: cryptocurrency, blockchain, securities, financial services, compliance, digital assets, investment, negotiation, regulatory, financial agreements
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 166980.0, 'max': 208725.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Succinct

Succinct’s mission is to make zero knowledge proofs accessible to any developer.

Head of Finance

San Francisco

  • Skills: financial strategy, budgeting, disbursements, crypto accounting, blockchain technology, financial planning, multisignature transactions, capital allocation, reporting processes, financial transparency
  • Type: full_time
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