Join a portfolio company as a Software Engineer to work on a performance-sensitive stack for crypto's dark pool, focusing on full onchain systems.
Dragonfly is a global, crypto-native venture capital / research firm with $4B+ in assets under management and 160+ portfolio companies, including many of the leading teams in the space.
This is an application to join our talent network. This is not a listing for an internal role at Dragonfly.
We're actively sourcing for a Software Engineer for one of our portfolio companies building the dark pool primitive for crypto. Fully onchain, no trusted intermediaries. Four person team, one seat open.
Location: San Francisco (onsite)
Role snapshot:
- Scope: Real ownership and wide surface area on a lean team
- Shape the role: customer-facing or heads down performance work, you decide
- Stack (required): Performance-sensitive Rust, distributed systems
- Stack (plus): ZK prover optimization, onchain event ingestion, hedging infrastructure
- Design and operate production systems managing 7 figures of onchain funds
Process:
- We'll review your application and assess fit for this role.
- If there's a match, we'll facilitate a warm introduction to the team.
- If the timing isn't right, we'll keep you in mind for future opportunities across the portfolio.
Submit your information below, and we’ll reach out if there are any next steps.
Top Skills
Distributed Systems
Hedging Infrastructure
Onchain Event Ingestion
Rust
Zk Prover Optimization
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