Technical Recruiter for Crypto and DeFi

About The Company

Gauntlet is a pioneering company at the forefront of quantitative research and optimization within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Specializing in managing market risk, optimizing growth, and ensuring economic safety, Gauntlet supports a wide array of protocols facilitating spot trading, borrowing, and lending activities across DeFi platforms. The company is renowned for building institutional-grade vaults that deliver risk-adjusted yields at scale, leveraging advanced automated risk models and off-chain intelligence. With a focus on delivering reliable and predictable DeFi yields, Gauntlet's solutions are trusted by some of the largest protocols and networks in the industry.

As of November 2025, Gauntlet manages over $2 billion in vault total value locked (TVL) and optimizes risk and incentives across more than $42 billion in customer TVL. The company actively publishes cutting-edge research, which is highly cited within academic and industry circles, contributing significantly to the understanding and development of DeFi economics. Operating as a remote-first organization with a headquarters in New York City, Gauntlet employs approximately 75 professionals dedicated to advancing DeFi adoption through rigorous research and innovative technology.

About The Role

Gauntlet is seeking a highly skilled Technical Recruiter to join its team and play a critical role in attracting top-tier engineering talent within the crypto space. This position involves managing the full lifecycle of technical recruiting, from sourcing and outreach to interviewing and closing candidates. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of crypto culture, technical fluency, and the ability to engage with highly specialized professionals such as quantitative developers, protocol researchers, and full-stack engineers.

The Technical Recruiter will work closely with engineering leadership and hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and develop tailored strategies to build diverse, high-quality talent pipelines. The role requires proactive engagement with crypto communities, leveraging on-chain reputation tools, open source contributions, hackathons, and social platforms like GitHub, Twitter, Discord, and Farcaster. The successful candidate will also advise teams on best practices for interview processes, evaluation frameworks, and candidate experience, ensuring a structured and data-driven approach to hiring.

This role offers an opportunity to significantly impact Gauntlet’s growth by shaping its engineering and research teams, ultimately supporting the company's mission to drive adoption and understanding of future financial systems through rigorous, disciplined hiring practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles, preferably in crypto, protocol development, or deep-tech environments
• Proven track record of hiring senior engineers, quantitative researchers, or other highly specialized profiles
• Strong understanding of core crypto concepts, particularly in DeFi
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical products and value propositions to candidates
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and build relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Familiarity with crypto communities, including GitHub, Twitter, Discord, and research DAOs
• Experience in high-growth or remote-first hiring environments

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• Knowledge of TradFi and Web2 hiring practices that translate to Web3, such as economic modeling and incentive optimization
• Global talent acquisition experience across multiple time zones is a plus
  
  

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing, outreach, screening, interviewing, and closing for technical roles including quantitative developers, protocol researchers, and full-stack engineers
• Build and maintain diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines across multiple functions
• Ensure an exceptional candidate experience from initial contact through offer acceptance
• Leverage on-chain reputation tools, open source contributions, hackathons, and crypto-specific channels for sourcing candidates
• Collaborate with engineering leadership and hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and technical requirements
• Advise teams on best practices for conducting interviews and making data-driven hiring decisions
• Maintain structured hiring pipelines, interview scorecards, and ATS hygiene
• Implement and refine evaluation frameworks aligned with Gauntlet’s standards
• Proactively suggest improvements to hiring processes, outreach strategies, and employer branding in technical recruiting
  
  

Benefits

• Remote-first work environment with flexibility to work from anywhere in the US and Canada
• Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country visits
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents
• $1,000 WFH stipend upon joining
• $100 monthly reimbursement for fitness-related expenses
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
• Unlimited vacation policy to promote work-life balance
• 100% paid parental leave for 12 weeks
• Fertility benefits to support family planning
• Opportunity for incentive compensation based on performance
  
  

Equal Opportunity

Gauntlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join our mission to shape the future of decentralized finance.