What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Engineer | AI-Powered Governance Platform (DeFi) position at C&D Talent Advisory - Academy?
Remote | United States
$250,000 – $315,000 Token Performance Bonus
AI | DeFi | Data Infrastructure | Automation Systems
Snapshot
Join a high-impact AI DeFi venture incubated by one of the earliest and most influential protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem ($8B TVL).
This role sits at the center of a major transformation — building an AI-powered governance engine designed to reshape how decentralized systems operate.
This is not just backend engineering — this is architecting the foundation of AI-native governance systems at scale.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Phase 1 — Automation & Data Infrastructure
Remote (United States only)
$250,000 – $315,000 Token Performance Bonus
AI | DeFi | Data Infrastructure | Automation Systems
Snapshot
Join a high-impact AI DeFi venture incubated by one of the earliest and most influential protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem ($8B TVL).
This role sits at the center of a major transformation — building an AI-powered governance engine designed to reshape how decentralized systems operate.
This is not just backend engineering — this is architecting the foundation of AI-native governance systems at scale.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Has built early stage systems in data / AI / backend-heavy environments
- Thinks in systems, not just services
- Comfortable leading in high-ambiguity environments
- Strong ownership mindset with execution speed
Phase 1 — Automation & Data Infrastructure
- Workflow automation (Notion database sync, governance pipelines)
- Data pipelines across:
- Blockchain nodes
- DEX APIs
- Lending protocols
- Risk analytics data platform (accurate, historical, queryable)
- Monitoring, validation, and deterministic systems
- AI agent infrastructure (execution environments, guardrails, provenance)
- Knowledge-work interfaces:
- Tree explorers
- Diff systems
- Cognitive UI layers
- Event-sourcing architecture cryptographic proof systems
- Human AI collaboration tooling
- Lead architecture and development of core platform systems
- Build and scale automation engines data infrastructure
- Drive projects end-to-end:
- Design build deploy iterate
- Define engineering standards:
- Testing
- Observability
- Reliability
- Operate in a fast-moving, ambiguity-driven environment
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- React
- Python / Go / Rust / Java
- APIs
- Data Pipelines
- AI Integrations
- 5 years building production-grade backend systems
- Strong TypeScript / Node.js expertise (non-negotiable)
- Advanced SQL relational data modeling (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Experience building data pipelines with third-party APIs
- Proficiency in at least one: Python, Go, Rust, or Java
- Proven ability to lead technical projects end-to-end
- AI/ML or agent-based systems
- DeFi / blockchain experience
- Event sourcing / complex system design
- Open-source contributions
- $250,000 – $315,000 base
- Token-based incentives
- Performance bonuses
- Work on systems with real-world financial impact
Remote (United States only)
- Must be US-based & authorized to work
- Fully distributed, async-first environment
- Operate at the intersection of AI DeFi data infrastructure
- Build AI-augmented tools for knowledge work and governance
- Work on systems with real economic and protocol-level impact
- Join at a early stage / transformation phase with high ownership
- Fully remote, high-autonomy environment
Salary : $250,000 - $315,000