DeFi Protocol Architect
https://panga.ventures/
Opportunities at Panga Ventures
Panga Ventures is hiring for strategic roles across our investment ecosystem, including full-time positions, advisors, and consultants to drive growth and partnerships for our Web3 portfolio companies.
For more details about any specific role, feel free to contact us for further information.
Investment Focus: We are a venture capital firm investing in category-defining Web3 companies across every layer of the crypto technology stack. With a $500M early stage fund and a $1B acceleration fund, we back innovative teams building the future of decentralized finance, infrastructure, and blockchain technologies.
Portfolio Support: We are seeking strategic partnership managers, business development specialists, technical advisors, tokenomics experts, DeFi analysts, and ecosystem growth managers to support our portfolio companies and drive cross-portfolio synergies.
About Panga Ventures
Panga Ventures invests in innovative DeFi protocols and blockchain infrastructure that define new categories in decentralized finance. Our portfolio includes groundbreaking protocols in lending, DEXs, derivatives, yield farming, and next-generation DeFi infrastructure.
As we expand our technical advisory capabilities, we are seeking a DeFi Protocol Architect to provide deep technical guidance to our portfolio companies and evaluate complex protocol designs for potential investments.
Project Overview
The DeFi Protocol Architect will serve as the primary technical advisor for Panga Ventures' DeFi investments, providing protocol design guidance, technical due diligence, and architecture recommendations.
This role requires exceptional technical expertise in smart contract development, protocol economics, and DeFi system design.
If you have experience architecting successful DeFi protocols and understand the technical complexities of decentralized finance, this is a senior-level opportunity with significant impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical architecture guidance and protocol design recommendations to Panga Ventures DeFi portfolio companies.
- Conduct technical due diligence on potential DeFi investments including smart contract audits, architecture reviews, and security assessments.
- Design and optimize protocol mechanics for portfolio companies including AMM algorithms, lending models, and yield optimization strategies.
- Lead technical advisory sessions with portfolio company engineering teams on scalability, security, and protocol upgrades.
- Evaluate cross-chain architecture and interoperability solutions for multi-chain protocol deployment.
- Support portfolio companies with technical roadmap development and engineering resource planning.
- Collaborate with investment team on technical investment criteria and protocol evaluation frameworks.
- Stay current with DeFi innovation and emerging protocol designs to inform investment strategy and portfolio guidance.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years focused on DeFi protocol development and smart contract architecture.
- Proven track record of architecting and launching successful DeFi protocols with significant TVL and user adoption.
- Expert-level proficiency in Solidity, smart contract security, and DeFi protocol design patterns.
- Deep understanding of DeFi primitives including AMMs, lending protocols, derivatives, and yield farming mechanisms.
- Experience with protocol economics, tokenomics design, and mechanism engineering.
- Knowledge of multiple blockchain ecosystems and cross-chain architecture solutions.
- Strong communication skills for technical advisory and investment committee presentations.
- Experience working with venture capital firms or providing technical advisory to startups preferred.
Why Join Panga Ventures?
- Exceptional compensation: $220,000–$350,000 + significant carry participation and portfolio company equity opportunities.
- Lead technical strategy for a top-tier venture capital firm's DeFi investments.
- Work with the most innovative DeFi protocols and visionary technical founders.
- Shape the future of DeFi through strategic technical guidance and investment decisions.
- Access to exclusive technical networks and cutting-edge protocol development opportunities.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: $220,000–$350,000 based on technical expertise and protocol development experience.
- Significant carry participation tied to fund performance and technical investment success.
- Potential equity participation in select portfolio companies based on technical contributions.
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and retirement planning.
- Technical conference and research budget for staying current with DeFi innovation.
- Access to premium development tools and protocol monitoring platforms.
Next Steps
Technical Portfolio Review
Submit detailed examples of DeFi protocols you've architected, including technical specifications and implementation details.
Protocol Design Challenge
Complete a technical architecture exercise involving a novel DeFi protocol design and implementation strategy.
Technical Advisory Session
Conduct a mock technical advisory session with one of our portfolio companies to demonstrate your guidance approach.
Partner-Level Interview
Final discussion with senior partners about technical strategy, compensation, and strategic impact within the firm.