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<p>Particula is the prime rating provider for digital assets, now bringing trusted, data-driven ratings on-chain. As DeFi matures and converges with TradFi, we’re building the rails that help institutions, protocols, and builders use ratings to unlock safer, more efficient capital flows.</p>
<p>We’re hiring a Head of DeFi to lead our on-chain strategy - shaping the product, technical integrations, and go-to-market with leading ecosystems and protocols. If you have a strong DeFi network, a track record of building and shipping in crypto, and the ability to bridge TradFi and DeFi, this role offers the chance to define how ratings become a foundational primitive for the on-chain economy.</p>
<h2>Tasks</h2>
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<li>Own the end-to-end DeFi strategy for bringing Particula's ratings on-chain: architecture, product roadmap, integration pipeline, revenue models, commercialization, and market positioning.</li>
<li>Design on-chain product primitives that make ratings composable across protocols, chains, and ecosystems.</li>
<li>Oversee cross-chain rating infrastructure design, strategy, protocol integration roadmap, institutional partnerships (L1/L2s, oracles, lending markets, custodians), security frameworks, and multi-chain operational reliability.</li>
<li>Coordinate with protocol engineering teams on rating consumer interface implementation and smart contract integration patterns.</li>
<li>Partner with BD to source, structure, negotiate, and close strategic partnerships; establish joint GTMs with ecosystems, infrastructure providers, and protocols.</li>
<li>Navigate governance forums, technical working groups, and standards bodies to drive adoption and ecosystem alignment.</li>
<li>Define and validate business cases for ratings usage (pricing, risk parameters, collateral eligibility, governance automation, compliance tooling) to drive revenue growth.</li>
<li>Own market intelligence: track ecosystem evolution, regulatory dynamics, protocol trends, and risk developments to inform strategic priorities.</li>
<li>Collaborate with engineering to ship secure, production-grade smart contracts and robust APIs; set engineering standards for gas efficiency, data freshness, reliability, auditability, and SLAs.</li>
<li>Manage integration lifecycle from technical design through audit completion to mainnet deployment; coordinate audit processes and security configuration.</li>
<li>Represent Particula publicly: conferences, governance forums, ecosystem calls, and thought leadership.</li>
<li>Build and mentor a high-performing team across product, solutions engineering, and partnerships; drive technical decisions and guide the team on protocol mechanics, security patterns, and integration architecture.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Requirements</h2>
<ul>
<li>5+ years in crypto/DeFi with a deep, active network across protocols, L1/L2s, oracles, market makers, asset managers, and infrastructure providers.</li>
<li>Proven track record shipping technical DeFi products: smart contracts (Solidity/Vyper), oracle integrations, data pipelines, indexers, and/or risk tooling.</li>
<li>Multi-chain deployment experience across EVM ecosystems with understanding of bridge security models, verification mechanisms, latency trade-offs, and cross-chain data integrity patterns.</li>
<li>Strong product sensibility: translate market needs into technical specs, prioritize roadmaps, deliver iterative value, and architect protocol integration patterns that drive adoption.</li>
<li>Commercial acumen: demonstrable BD/partnership success - structuring deals, negotiating integrations, designing monetization models, and closing revenue-generating partnerships.</li>
<li>Deep fluency in DeFi mechanisms: collateralization models, risk parameters, liquidation systems, governance frameworks, MEV considerations, cross-chain bridges, staking economics, yield strategies, and liquidity incentives.</li>
<li>Understanding of oracle security patterns, ZK proof verification, data feed consumption, and cross-chain messaging protocol evaluation (security assumptions, verification models, gas optimization, failure modes).</li>
<li>Comfort with reliability engineering: SLAs, data integrity monitoring, incident response protocols, audit coordination, and operational excellence.</li>
<li>Excellent stakeholder management: operate effectively from C-suite executives to protocol engineers; lead technical architecture discussions while translating complexity for business stakeholders.</li>
<li>Highly practical problem solver who drives execution to completion across technical and commercial workstreams.</li>
<li>High integrity, low ego, execution-focused; willing to dive into code, documentation, governance proposals, and community channels as needed.</li>
<li>Bonus: TradFi experience (credit ratings, risk analytics, structured products, asset servicing)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Benefits</h2>
<ul>
<li>Offsites with the team in exciting locations</li>
<li>Flexible working hours in a company that relies on remote work</li>
<li>Exciting product in a very dynamic market environment as well as founding-level ownership of a key growth function.</li>
<li>Values-based start-up culture</li>
<li>Many opportunities to develop further and network with committed people</li>
<li>Flat hierarchy</li>
<li>Cash salary: gross annual salary &amp; potential share options and bonus for outstanding performance</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How to Apply</strong></p>
<p>Shoot us a quick intro with your CV and x (Twitter) profile. Bonus if you can share a deal, partnership, or GTM strategy you’re proud of.</p>
<p>Let’s build the next layer of trust for digital assets - together!</p>

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