Software Engineer: Infrastructure
Gauntlet
Estimated Salary: $98K-$162K
Location: New York City / San Francisco / Los Angeles / Remote
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. As of April 2025, Gauntlet manages risk and incentives covering over $42 billion in customer TVL.
Gauntlet continually publishes cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institution — 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.
Gauntlet’s mission is to
drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future
. Building with decentralized systems creates novel challenges for mechanism designers, smart contract developers, and end-users of financial products, which are not seen in traditional software development and investing contexts. Gauntlet is dedicated to enhancing our industry’s understanding of this new domain and revealing how to safely navigate the true bleeding edge of 21st-century financial innovation.
Team Overview
The Infrastructure Team maintains and optimizes the underlying systems and networks that support all company operations. They focus on ensuring our infrastructure's high availability, performance, and security. The team works on designing scalable architecture, implementing robust monitoring and alerting systems, and automating processes to improve efficiency. They also collaborate closely with other teams to support the deployment and operation of applications, ensuring seamless integration and performance across our platforms.