Technical Recruiter Job at Gauntlet, New York, NY

  • Gauntlet
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. We build institutional-grade vaults for decentralized finance, delivering risk-adjusted onchain yields for capital at scale. Designed by the most vigilant, quantitative minds in crypto and informed by years of research.

As of November 2025, Gauntlet manages over $2B in vault TVL, and optimizes risk and incentives covering over $42 billion in customer TVL. We continually publish cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institutions — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.

Our mission is to drive adoption and understanding of the financial systems of the future. We operate with a trader’s discipline and a risk manager’s skepticism: size carefully, stress routinely, unwind decisively. The label equals the package equals the contents. No surprises, just predictable, reliable vaults.

We’re seeking a Technical Recruiter who can identify, attract, and close top-tier engineering talent in crypto. We want to hire more talent into a company where rigor, depth, and ownership matter. You’ll operate as a strategic partner to help scale the teams that shape the economic backbone of major crypto networks. Success in this role requires strong technical fluency, a deep understanding of crypto culture, and the ability to engage with candidates who value complex, intellectually demanding work.

Responsibilities

  • Own sourcing, outreach, screening, interviews, and closing for technical roles (e.g., quantitative developers, protocol researchers, full-stack developers, among other teams
  • Build and maintain diverse, high-quality pipelines across multiple functions
  • Drive an exceptional candidate experience from first touch to offer acceptance
  • Leverage on-chain reputation tools, GitHub activity, DAO contributions, Crypto Twitter/Farcaster/Discord communities, open source communities, hackathons, L2 ecosystems and crypto-specific hiring channels
  • Work directly with engineering leadership & hiring managers to gain a deep understanding of their hiring needs
  • Advise hiring teams on best practices for conducting interviews and making informed, data-driven decisionsMaintain structured hiring pipelines, interview scorecards, and ATS hygeine
  • Implement structured evaluation frameworks that align with Gauntlet’s standards
  • Proactively suggest improvements to hiring processes, outreach copy, interview structure, and branding across technical roles

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles, ideally in crypto, protocol development, or deep-tech environments
  • A demonstrated ability to hire senior engineers, quant researchers, or other highly specialized profilesAn understanding of core crypto concepts, especially those in DeFi
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate technical products and value propositions to candidates
  • The ability to operate autonomously, prioritize effectively, and build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

Bonus Points

  • An established presence or network within crypto communities—Twitter, GitHub, research DAOs, Discord engineering groups
  • Experience hiring in high-growth or remote-first environments
  • An understanding of TradFi & web2 hiring needs that translate to Web3: economic modeling, incentive optimization, quantitative funds or protocol research workflows to give some examples
  • Global talent acquisition experience across engineering and research domains in multiple time zones

Benefits and Perks

  • Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
  • Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
  • 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees and dependents
  • $1,000 WFH stipend upon joining
  • $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses
  • Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
  • Unlimited vacation
  • 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
  • Fertility benefits
  • Opportunity for incentive compensation

Please note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.

The national pay range for this role is $135,000 - $155,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. 

#LI-Remote

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Job Tags

Remote job, Full time, Work at office, Work from home

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