Head of Strategic Planning and Execution
We are in search of an experienced and dynamic leader to fill the role of Head of Strategic Planning and Execution for our team. As the Head of Strategic Planning and Execution, you will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at DFINITY. Your role will involve ensuring that all business verticals are guided by thorough market research and trend analysis. Additionally, you will support strategic decision-making, establish a comprehensive budget allocation framework, and oversee special projects. Your direct report will be the Chief Business Officer (CBO).
Primary Focus
Strategic Decision-Making Support: Provide support to the CBO and the leadership team in updating the overall strategy periodically. This involves utilizing market research and a budget allocation framework that emphasizes initiatives based on impact and alignment with overarching objectives.
Strategy Execution: Take charge of coordinating and executing strategic initiatives across all operational areas. Ensure these ventures align with the company’s aims and capitalize on market opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Development: Work closely with the CBO and senior executives to define, articulate, and revise strategic initiatives and long-term goals, integrating market intelligence and ensuring alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
Budget Allocation & Strategic Prioritization: Develop and implement a budget allocation framework that directs resources towards high-impact strategic initiatives, facilitating informed decision-making and efficient resource utilization.
Strategy Execution: Direct the execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, adequate resource support, and effective cross-departmental coordination. Assist initiative teams in progress and resource constraint resolution.
Market Intelligence and Business Research: Conduct comprehensive market analysis to identify trends, competitive dynamics, and growth opportunities within the digital asset and Web3 landscape. Utilize findings to shape strategic decisions and adjust company strategy as necessary.
Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with department heads to ensure smooth execution of strategic projects, promoting cross-functional synergies and alignment with corporate objectives.
Performance Monitoring: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for evaluating the success of strategic initiatives. Provide data-driven insights to guide adjustments and continuity alignment with corporate objectives.
Leadership and Mentoring: Lead and mentor a team of strategy and project management professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is highly desirable.
Work Experience: Minimum of 5 years in strategy consulting, preferably with a leading consulting firm, with a proven track record in strategic planning, execution, and budget management.
Industry Expertise: In-depth understanding of the digital asset, Web3, and broader tech landscape. Familiarity with ICP technology and ecosystem is advantageous.
Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, proficient in market research, data analysis, and strategic decision support.
Leadership Skills: Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the aptitude to influence and collaborate at all organizational levels.
Project Management: Proven experience in managing complex projects, cross-functional teams, and strategic budgets.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and execute tactically, focusing on delivering results, innovation, and optimal resource allocation.
Adaptability: Proficiency in navigating a fast-paced, dynamic environment and responding effectively to market shifts and opportunities.
Travel: Willingness to travel occasionally to support strategic initiatives and liaise with teams in various locations.
Smart Contract Engineer
We are looking for a Smart Contract Engineer to join our blockchain engineering team and help build secure, production-grade decentralized applications and protocols.
In this role, you will design, develop, test, and review smart contracts across EVM and other blockchain ecosystems. You will work closely with blockchain engineers, auditors, and product teams to build reliable smart contract systems, identify vulnerabilities, and improve protocol security, architecture, and performance.
This role is ideal for someone with strong hands-on smart contract experience, deep knowledge of DeFi mechanics, and a security-first engineering mindset.
Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain smart contracts for DeFi and blockchain applications
Write clean, secure, well-tested Solidity code
Build automated tests using Foundry, Hardhat, or Anchor
Review smart contract logic, architecture, and protocol design
Identify security risks, logic flaws, economic attack vectors, and trust assumptions
Analyze common DeFi risks such as flash loans, oracle manipulation, MEV, sandwich attacks, and governance risks
Use tools such as Slither, Mythril, Echidna, Halmos, Manticore, Aderyn, Certora, and Tenderly
Support audits, remediation, fix verification, and deployment processes
Document technical decisions, security considerations, and implementation details
Requirements:
Strong experience with Solidity and EVM smart contract development
Experience with Foundry and/or Hardhat
Solid understanding of blockchain architecture, DeFi protocols, token standards, and smart contract security
Ability to write secure, efficient, maintainable smart contract code
Experience testing, debugging, and reviewing smart contracts
Knowledge of common vulnerabilities: reentrancy, access control issues, oracle risks, precision errors, and upgradeability risks
Familiarity with OpenZeppelin and secure development practices
Strong analytical thinking and clear communication skills
Nice to Have:
Experience with Rust, TypeScript, Solana, Anchor, or NEAR
Experience building or auditing production DeFi protocols
Knowledge of formal verification, fuzz testing, symbolic execution, or property-based testing
Experience with Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Solana, NEAR, MultiversX, or other ecosystems
Experience with AMMs, lending protocols, bridges, staking systems, or governance mechanisms
What We Offer:
Healthcare
Company computer
Paid holidays
Flexible hours
Competitive salary
Career growth
Friendly team
Senior Rust Developer
We're looking for a Senior Rust Developer to join our core engineering team and own the systems that sit closest to the market. This means low-latency order execution engines, high-throughput market data pipelines, real-time streaming infrastructure, and integrations with both centralized and decentralized exchanges. Every millisecond and every line of code matters here, and you'll be the person making sure it all holds up under pressure. This is not a role for someone who wants to write Rust adjacent to trading. You'll be building the backbone of live production systems where correctness, safety, and raw performance have direct P&L consequences. You'll work alongside quantitative researchers and other engineers to implement and deploy strategies, and you'll have meaningful input into the infrastructure decisions that shape how we build and scale. If you've spent years pushing Rust to its limits in high-performance environments and you want that work to matter in real markets in real time, this is the role.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency trading systems in Rust
Develop and optimize order execution engines, market data feeds, and real-time processing pipelines
Build reliable integrations with centralized and decentralized exchanges across CEX and DEX environments
Architect systems for real-time streaming data and WebSocket communication at scale
Write safe, well-tested concurrent code leveraging async runtimes including Tokio and async-std
Collaborate with quantitative researchers to implement and deploy trading strategies into production
Profile, benchmark, and eliminate performance bottlenecks across critical system paths
Contribute to infrastructure decisions around deployment, observability, and fault tolerance
Requirements
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
2+ years building and maintaining production systems in Rust, and you will be tested on it
Deep command of Rust's ownership model, lifetimes, traits, and async patterns
Experience with high-performance networking including TCP/UDP, WebSockets, and gRPC
Strong understanding of concurrency primitives and lock-free data structures
Familiarity with financial systems, trading platforms, or real-time data pipelines
Linux systems programming and performance tuning experience
Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, remote-first environment
Nice to Have
Experience with cryptocurrency exchanges, DeFi protocols, or blockchain RPC nodes
Knowledge of FIX protocol or other financial messaging standards
Open-source Rust contributions
Experience with FPGA or kernel-bypass networking such as DPDK or io_uring
Familiarity with quantitative trading concepts including order books and market microstructure
Infrastructure experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Prometheus/Grafana
Senior Software Engineer
Quantitative Researcher
Responsibilities
Develop, backtest, and continuously improve quantitative trading models and algorithms, translating mathematical insights into production-ready code
Collaborate with trading and development teams to refine existing strategies and build new ones with a direct focus on P&L impact
Work through large and complex datasets to identify patterns, validate hypotheses, and stress-test models against real market conditions
Conceptualize valuation frameworks, improve mathematical models, and maintain strategy performance in live environments
Conduct ongoing statistical research into crypto market microstructure and price dynamics using both conventional and unconventional data sources
Requirements
Advanced degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field
Strong proficiency in probability and statistics, including time-series analysis, machine learning, and pattern recognition applied to financial data
Hands-on programming experience in Python, with familiarity in R or MATLAB and ideally some exposure to compiled languages like C++
Prior experience in crypto markets, digital asset trading, or algorithmic finance
Proven ability to work in a data-driven research environment with minimal direction
Rigorous, evidence-based approach to problem-solving with the ability to move quickly from hypothesis to testable implementation
Junior / Middle Metaverse Developer (Unity / Web3 / VR)
You will work with Unity, WebGL, and blockchain technologies to create engaging metaverse features and optimize them for performance across different devices. The developer will collaborate with designers and backend engineers to deliver scalable and stable products.
Requirements include experience with Unity and C#, understanding of 3D development, Web3 or blockchain basics, and familiarity with Git and API integration. Experience with VR/AR, NFTs, or multiplayer systems is a plus.
We offer remote work, flexible hours, crypto payments, and the opportunity to build innovative metaverse products.