Defi Jobs in Singapore

Flowdesk is building the next generation of digital asset market infrastructure, bridging the gap between centralized efficiency and innovation. We offer a full-stack trading infrastructure platform for digital asset issuers, institutional investors, and builders, enabling everything from market making to liquidity provisioning and execution services.

As an early innovator in the space, Flowdesk operates across both centralized and decentralized venues, offering reliable, secure, and scalable solutions for trading and market infrastructure. Our team is composed of engineers, researchers, and traders with deep experience in quantitative finance, DeFi, and traditional markets.

We are looking for an experiencedDeFi Engineerto join our engineering team. You will design, build, and optimize DeFi trading infrastructure that interacts directly with decentralized exchanges and protocols. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of blockchain, DeFi mechanics, smart contract systems, and the performance and security considerations critical to blockchain-based trading.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain systems and smart contracts for trading, execution, and automation strategies across EVM and non-EVM chains.
• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable backend services supporting on-chain and off-chain trading pipelines.
• Collaborate with traders to implement and optimise DeFi trading strategies.
• Integrate DeFi protocols into internal trading and risk systems.
• Conduct on-chain simulations, audits, and exploit analysis to ensure reliability and prevent vulnerabilities.
• Stay up-to-date with new DeFi primitives, execution models, and blockchain infrastructure improvements.

Requirements

• Background inquantitative trading systemsoron-chain market making.
• Hands-on experience withDeFi protocol integration(AMMs, RFQs, lending, yield aggregation, or cross-chain messaging).
• Strong proficiency inSolidity, andEVM fundamentals(storage layout, calldata encoding, gas refund logic, etc.).
• Strong programming background inRust,TypeScriptfor off-chain components and analytics.
• Solid understanding ofdistributed systemsandblockchain node infrastructure(RPCs, builders, relays, sequencers).
• Proven understanding ofblockchain security issues, including reentrancy, flash-loan attacks, and oracle manipulation.
• Familiarity withgas optimization techniques, opcode-level reasoning, and transaction bundling.
• Experience inanalyzing transaction traces,simulating state overrides, ordebugging on-chain executionsis a plus.
• Comfortable withtesting frameworks(e.g., Foundry fuzz tests, Echidna) and mainnet forking environments.

Nice to Have

• Proficiency with cloud-native infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker, GCP/AWS) and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry).
• Knowledge ofMEV infrastructure,Flashbots, and private transaction relays.
• Familiarity withcross-chain protocols,L2 sequencing, orrollup infrastructure.

Company Culture and Values

At Flowdesk, our culture drives our success. Here’s how we live it

• Ambition, We aim to conquer an impactful place in the crypto ecosystem while representing Tech expertise. We're always moving quickly toward our goals.
• Ownership, If you believe in something, own it, make it happen, or at least learn from it.
• Humility, The final result is a puzzle built by everyone’s efforts—not one person takes all the credit.
• Collaboration, While speed matters, we believe in waiting for others to move forward together. That’s how we achieve success as a team.

Here's What You Can Expect If You Apply

• HR Intro Call (30 mins).
• Interview with hiring manager (60-90 mins).
• Onsite visit with hiring manager and wider team (90-120 mins).
• Technical Assessment if applicable.
• Round-Up IV with HR (45 mins).

• International environment (English is the main language)
• An allowance of 400 SGD / per month / per person in the household
• Team events and offsites

Are you interested in this job but feel you haven't ticked all the boxes? Don't hesitate to apply and tell us in the cover letter section why we should meet!