About the role
Lido Earn's non-custodial vaults deploy >$100m across on-chain yield strategies selected through an independent curation process. As Curation Team Lead, you define the methodology governing this process, qualification criteria, concentration/counterparty limits, and risk monitoring across allocations. You lead financial analysis of new opportunities, document curation rationale, and own operational procedures (rebalancing, withdrawals, incident response).
The role spans DeFi risk analysis, protocol operations, and stakeholder communications, requiring fluency in credit-style analysis, relationship management, and engineering coordination. Key Scope Curation & Allocation Define qualification criteria for strategies, counterparties, and protocols Lead financial and reputational due diligence on new opportunities Set allocation limits, concentration rules, and counterparty exposure caps Risk Management Identify and monitor smart contract, liquidity, counterparty, market risks across active vaults Maintain a risk framework with clear thresholds and escalation paths Own incident response end-to-end: detection, resolution, post-mortem Operations Define parameters for rebalancing, withdrawals, and vault lifecycle events Build runbooks so operations don't depend on any single person Work with engineering to automate and audit operational processes Governance & External Stakeholders Represent curation decisions in DAO governance and community forums if needed Manage relationships with counterparties, protocol teams, and strategy providers
What We're Looking For We're open to two types of backgrounds: Either, you are already working in a similar capacity in the DeFi space or you have a strong traditional finance background in other asset classes, technical abilities and a genuine interest in the space. Path A - DeFi Asset Management Experience in a strategy, risk, or portfolio role at a DeFi protocol, crypto fund, or on-chain asset manager Hands-on familiarity with yield strategy evaluation and strategy risk assessment Working knowledge of DeFi risk categories: technical / smart contract risk, liquidity risk, oracle manipulation, counterparty/protocol risk Comfortable reading on-chain data and using tools like Dune, Tenderly, or similar, running if needed Path B - TradFi Asset Management + DeFi Conviction Background in fixed-income portfolio management, credit risk, structured products at a bank, asset manager, or hedge fund; a background in other asset classes (equities, commodities, FX etc) may also be considered You understand how DeFi protocols actually work. You can explain AMM mechanics, lending market risk, or LST dynamics without being prompted You've been building in or around DeFi on your own time: reading code, running positions, or contributing to protocols
