Founding Protocol Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years as a solidity engineer
• 5+ years as a software engineer
• Experience building protocols at scale ($10M+ TVL or 10k+ users)
• Experience working at a startup

About The Role

You’ll lead protocol development for a consumer-focused crypto project with real traction and ambitious scale. Your work will include:

• Designing and implementing smart contracts from scratch, not just iterating on existing DeFi primitives
• Co-leading fee and incentive design, including tokenomics and dynamic pricing curves
• Researching and developing new mechanisms around randomness, composability, and scalability
• Owning key integrations with cross-chain infrastructure and third-party protocols
• Working directly with the founding team (including protocol and consumer product veterans) to define technical strategy and roadmap

Other Roles We’re Hiring For

If this isn’t the right fit, we’re also hiring engineers across the Dragonfly portfolio—particularly those focused on protocol development, L1/L2 infra, MEV, ZK, and developer tooling. Many of these roles are early technical hires with ownership from day one.

Process

We’ll confidentially match you with relevant portfolio companies. If mutual interest exists, we’ll facilitate a warm introduction. If there isn’t an immediate match, we’ll keep you in mind for future roles.

All candidate submissions are strictly confidential. Submit your information below, and we’ll be in touch if there’s a potential fit.