About the company
It’s not very often that a new asset class is born. But that’s exactly what we’re witnessing today with the rise of crypto. Over just the last four years, crypto has evolved from an embryonic $50B market to a young-but-growing $1T+ market today. At Bitwise, we think it’s just getting started. In fact, we believe crypto has reached a turning point, and is headed north of $10T over the next few years. Along the way, we expect there to be risks, pitfalls, and uncertainty — much like there was during the rise of the Web, of cloud computing, and of apps. But we also expect there will be great opportunities, and millions of people wanting to participate in the potential upside. Our goal at Bitwise is to help busy investors understand and access the opportunities emerging in the cryptocurrency asset class. We want all those who so desire to be able to come along for the ride in a secure and simple manner, and to be able to benefit from the role crypto exposure can play in pursuing their investment objectives. Today is an exciting moment for Bitwise as a firm. In 2021 we crossed $1B in AUM and are growing quickly with a suite of leading crypto index funds spanning large-cap crypto assets (ticker: BITW), DeFi, NFTs, Metaverse, and more to come. We also created the index behind the world’s first crypto industry equities ETF. We focus on serving investment professionals — financial advisors, family offices, hedge funds, endowments, foundations, and others — the people entrusted to look after the capital and savings of individuals and institutions across the country. We provide education, partnership, and professionally managed investment products tailored to this group’s needs, to help them build their view, pick their strategy, and get their exposure. Currently, Bitwise is a close-knit team of 70+ professionals. Think of us as a mix of an asset manager and a tech start-up. Our backgrounds combine technology expertise with decades of experience in asset management and indexing, coming from firms including BlackRock, Wealthfront, J.P. Morgan, IndexIQ, ETF.com, Blackstone, Meta, and Google, as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office. We’re backed by some of the most accomplished investors in venture capital and veterans of the financial services world. We love working together, we love what we do, and we’re excited about what’s ahead.
Job Summary
Primary Responsibilities
đź“ŤDeFi Strategy: đź“ŤProactively source, evaluate, and diligence DeFi yield opportunities (money markets, LPing/Uniswap v3, basis/funding captures, vaults, RWAs). đź“ŤConduct comprehensive protocol underwriting to establish investment theses. Define robust risk criteria, implement firm-wide position limits, and articulate clear, actionable exit paths for all deployed capital. đź“ŤUtilize analytical tools to track the performance of DeFi positions, perform return reconciliation, and conduct detailed attribution analysis to understand strategy contribution and drive optimization. đź“ŤBuild and maintain operating playbooks and risk guardrails for DeFi activities (venue whitelist, oracle/MEV checks, health/LTV, signer policies, incident response). đź“ŤManage day-to-day DeFi operations including continuous collateral monitoring, rebalancing, hedging, and alerts.
Role Requirements
📍5 to 7 years experience, with 3–5 years specifically in DeFi portfolio ops/treasury, crypto trading/derivatives, multi-manager/allocator research, or quant/risk analytics. 📍Depth of experience with a variety of DeFi protocols and liquidity provision across EVM and non-EVM chains. 📍Operational DeFi skills: wallet hygiene and multisig, bridging/L2 flows, oracle & MEV risk basics, collateral/health factor management. 📍Familiarity with a variety of crypto trading strategies (CeFi/DeFi, directional/non-directional). 📍Demonstrated experience in evaluating and performing diligence of crypto fund managers, including track record analysis and operational due diligence. 📍Proficiency in Python, Jupyter, SQL basics, advanced Excel; comfort with time-series joins, return reconciliation, attribution, and stress testing.
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