DeFi Operations Specialist

Bullish, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Bullish, Inc. seeks a highly analytical DeFi Operations Specialist to manage day-to-day capital deployment across AMMs, lending markets, and yield protocols. You will monitor risks, reconcile positions, and maintain secure custody workflows in a fast-paced 24/7 environment.

The role requires deep on-chain literacy and experience in traditional treasury or trading support, with familiarity in DeFi incentives and protocol risk. Roles can be based in New York or the Cayman Islands.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in financial operations or treasury roles, with Web3/DeFi exposure.
• Deep knowledge of DeFi protocols, lend/borrow dynamics and yield mechanics.
• On-chain literacy with block explorers and institutional tooling.
• Strong finance knowledge: yield curves, time value of money, risk-adjusted returns.
• Proficiency with Excel/Sheets; Python/SQL/Dune analytics helpful.

Responsibilities

• On-chain execution & protocol management across major DeFi protocols under guardrails.
• Yield optimization by monitoring rates, costs, and utilization to maximize margins.
• Wallet & custody operations with multi-sig and cross-chain bridging securely.
• Daily reconciliation of deployed capital, collateral ratios, yielded rewards.
• Risk monitoring of health factors and liquidation scenarios across protocols.
• Modeling yield sensitivity and liquidity for new DeFi integrations.

Skills

Ops experience

DeFi protocol mastery

On-chain literacy

Financial & macro acumen

Technical skills

Meticulous attention to detail

Tools

Excel/Sheets

Python

SQL

Dune Analytics

Job description

## DeFi Operations SpecialistApplylocations: Cayman Islands: London: New Yorktime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition id: JR2001133## **About Bullish**## Bullish is an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. These include: **Bullish** **Exchange** – a regulated and institutionally focused digital assets spot and derivatives exchange, integrating a high-performance central limit order book matching engine with automated market making to provide deep and predictable liquidity. Bullish Exchange is regulated in Germany, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar. **CoinDesk** **Indices** – a collection of tradable proprietary and single-asset benchmarks and indices that track the performance of digital assets for global institutions in the digital assets and traditional finance industries. **CoinDesk** **Data** - a broad suite of digital assets market data and analytics, providing real-time insights into prices, trends, and market dynamics. **CoinDesk** **Insights** – a digital asset media and events provider and operator of Coindesk.com, a digital media platform that covers news and insights about digital assets, the underlying markets, policy, and blockchain technology.**Reports to:**Head of Exchange & Custody Operations**About Bullish & BTH**Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) is a premier, institutionally focused digital asset platform combining a high-performance central limit order book with decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity mechanics under a robust regulated framework.BTH is the strategic engine driving the Bullish Group’s proprietary trading, capital deployment, and treasury yield optimization. BTH is highly active across centralized and decentralized markets, utilizing advanced algorithmic liquidity provisioning and navigating dozens of DeFi protocols to maximize the capital efficiency of our native balance sheet.**Position Overview**We are seeking a highly analytical, execution-driven DeFi Operations Specialist to join BTH. This role sits at the intersection of traditional treasury management and cutting-edge decentralized finance. You will be responsible for the day-to-day execution, risk monitoring, and operational lifecycle of capital deployed across automated market makers (AMMs), lending/borrowing markets, and native yield protocols.The ideal candidate possesses deep on-chain literacy, a firm understanding of crypto-economic incentives, and an institutional mindset regarding capital preservation, interest rate tracking, and risk infrastructure.***Note: This role can be based in the Cayman Islands or New York.*** ****Responsibilities:***** ****On-Chain Execution & Protocol Management:**** Safely execute capital deployment, rebalancing, supply, and borrow actions across major DeFi protocols (e.g., Aave, Morpho, Curve, Uniswap, etc.) under firm-approved guardrails.* ****Yield Optimization & Interest Rate Tracking:**** Actively monitor interest rate fluctuations, borrow costs, and utilization rates across different EVM and non-EVM networks. Identify inefficiencies and map out capital reallocation strategies to optimize net interest margins.* ****Wallet & Custody Operations:**** Manage institutional-grade multi-sig workflows, warm/cold wallet setups, and secure cross-chain bridging infrastructure. Assure strict adherence to operational security protocols.* ****Reconciliation & Settlements:**** Assist in daily reconciliation of deployed capital, collateral ratios, accrued interest, earned yield, and reward token harvests. Interface directly with internal accounting and finance teams.* ****Risk & Liquidation Monitoring:**** Proactively monitor health factors, collateralization ratios, and protocol-specific risk profiles (e.g., bad debt accumulation, oracle health, de-pegging risks) to prevent liquidation events.* ****Financial Modeling & Analytics:**** Maintain and improve quantitative models evaluating yield sensitivity, liquidity depth, and partnership economics for prospective new DeFi integrations.****Experience & Qualifications:***** ****Ops Experience:**** 5+ years in a financial operations, trading support, or treasury management role, with at least 1-2 years of professional experience directly within Web3/DeFi.* ****DeFi Protocol Mastery:**** Deep knowledge of DeFI Protocols, lend/borrow dynamics (over-collateralization, variable vs. fixed rates) and yield mechanics (liquid staking/restaking tokens, LP provisioning).* ****On-Chain Literacy:**** Proficient with block explorers (Etherscan, Solscan, etc.), institutional infrastructure (Fireblocks, Fordefi), and hardware security modules.* ****Financial & Macro Acumen:**** Strong foundational knowledge of traditional finance principles, specifically yield curves, time-value of money, interest rate derivatives, and risk-adjusted return profiles.* ****Technical Skills:**** Advanced Excel/Google Sheets modeling capability. Familiarity with Python, SQL, or Dune Analytics to query on-chain data would be helpful.* ****Mindset:**** Extreme attention to detail. Capable of operating calmly and methodically in a fast-paced, high-stakes 24/7 trading environment. *Bullish US LLC & CoinDesk Inc. are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $100,000 - $145,000 + discretionary annual target bonus + performance incentives/benefits. Offered salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and commensurate experience.* **Bullish is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are fast evolving and striving towards being a globally-diverse community. With integrity at our core, our success is driven by a talented team of individuals and the different perspectives they are encouraged to bring to work every day.**