Remote Head of DeFi

Summary

Join us at Matter Labs as we advance personal freedom for all by building zkSync, a credibly neutral, fully open source technology stack and network on top of Ethereum. We're seeking a leader with experience in traditional payments space and crypto-native DeFi to build our DeFi strategy.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in areas such as banking, asset management, management consulting, payments, or similar
• 3+ years in DeFi
• Deep understanding of the Defi and stablecoin landscape and industry trends such as intents and tokenization
• Avid DeFi user and on-chain history
• Ownership mindset and ability to independently drive growth, build strategies and execute to deliver results

Responsibilities

• Identifying where Era can be dominant in “traditional DeFi” e.g stables, DEXs/lending/perps)
• X-Border Payments
• Deep liquidity across key trading pairs and collateral pools such as wstETH, stablecoins (both yield bearing and stable), LRTs, and BTC
• Strategic bets in more nascent areas such as tokenization of RWAs
• Work with other ZK Chains within the Elastic Chain to understand their liquidity and DeFi needs
• Manage and build existing relationships with DeFi protocols on Era and ensure their success

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Equity and token package
• 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision Insurance
• 16 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible paid time off
• Company closure weeks 1-2x per year
• $2000 USD work equipment stipend
• $300 USD monthly co-working allowance
• Company offsites 1-2x per year
• $500 USD learning & development stipend
• 401k plan for US Employees