Protocol Risk Lead

Makina; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic team environment

Contemporary working conditions

Compelling compensation and bonus

Supportive work atmosphere

Exposure to talented people and interesting clients

Job summary

A crypto-native organization in Dubai is seeking a Protocol Risk Lead to develop an extensive framework for protocol risk assessment and analysis. Candidates should have a deep understanding of DeFi protocols and strong risk management skills. The role offers a chance to shape important technical decisions within a dynamic, supportive team environment, and comes with attractive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of DeFi protocols required.
• Expertise in risk control and management essential.
• Proficiency in analyzing various risk categories is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive framework for protocol risk assessment.
• Conduct risk analysis and review strategies.
• Set up a monitoring system for Machines on Makina.

Skills

In-depth understanding of DeFi protocols

Strong expertise in risk control and management

Proficiency in analyzing protocols across risk categories

Advanced proficiency in on-chain investigation tools

Entrepreneurial mindset

Self-motivated and disciplined

Great written communication skills

Tools

Etherscan

Nansen

Dune

Subgraphs

Job description

Company Overview

Makina, a crypto-native organization of builders and DeFi leaders, is seeking a full-time Protocol Risk Lead. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-growing team focused on building trust‑minimized infrastructure for the next generation of on‑chain strategies.

Makina introduces a novel framework for on‑chain asset management that addresses a significant gap in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. While DeFi has successfully replicated many traditional financial primitives, asset management remains underdeveloped, and sophisticated yielding strategies are not broadly available to users across the space. Makina provides a highly adaptable and secure architecture designed to facilitate a broad spectrum of strategies.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Protocol Risk Lead with strong on‑chain and DeFi analysis skills excited about contributing to a novel DeFi building block. This position offers an exciting role as part of a dynamic team, with the ability to shape and impact technical decisions and direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive framework to assess and monitor protocol wide risk
• Conduct strategies analysis, review and risk scoring
• Set up and maintain a robust monitoring system for the Machines running on Makina
• On‑chain DeFi risk analysis and monitoring
• Interact and audit risk management framework of authorized operators
• Research protocol exposure to individual protocols and tokens
• Develop stress testing framework to model the resilience of the protocol to outlier events

Key Requirements

• In‑depth understanding of DeFi protocols
• Strong expertise in risk control and management
• Proficiency in analyzing protocols across various risk categories (e.g., smart contract, economic, governance, etc.)
• Advanced proficiency in on‑chain investigation tools (e.g., Etherscan, Nansen, Phalcon) and data tools (Dune, Subgraphs)
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a capacity for independent and flexible thinking
• Self‑motivated, disciplined, and detail‑oriented approach to workli>
• Strong work ethic and team player
• Great written communication and presentation skills

Nice to have

• Prior experience curating, operating or investing in DeFi strategies
• Prior background in Web3 security or cybersecurity
• Experience with web3 libraries and smart contract interaction
• Familiarity with data engineering or financial data pipelines

Benefits

• Dynamic and collegiality in a small team working in fields that are shaping the future of our society.
• As a modern employer, we offer you contemporary working conditions, a lot of space to develop yourself alongside the company as well as exciting and challenging projects.
• Compelling compensation, bonus, and participation opportunities.
• Exposure to extremely talented people and very interesting clients who have unique investment profiles.
• Supportive work and team atmosphere with flat hierarchies and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
• Makina is an equal opportunity employer with a strong diversity of ideas.