Curation Team Lead

Responsibilities

• 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
• Identify and monitor smart contract, liquidity, counterparty, and market risks
• Maintain a risk framework with clear thresholds and escalation paths
• Own incident response end-to-end including detection, resolution, and post-mortems
• Define parameters for rebalancing, withdrawals, and vault lifecycle events
• Work with engineering to automate and audit operational processes
• Represent curation decisions in DAO governance and community forums
• Manage relationships with counterparties, protocol teams, and strategy providers

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Quantitative Economics/Finance, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in a DeFi strategy, risk, or portfolio role OR a strong TradFi background in fixed-income, credit risk, or structured products
• Deep understanding of DeFi mechanics including AMM, lending markets, and LST dynamics
• Strong analytical foundation with ability to build models and stress-test assumptions
• Proficiency with on-chain data tools like Dune or Tenderly
• Clear, direct communication skills for writing risk briefs and presenting to governance
• Ownership mindset and familiarity with AI tooling (Claude, Codex, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing EVM smart contract code (Solidity, Vyper)
• Familiarity with private key management and Safe multi-signature wallets
• Strong understanding of crypto market microstructure
• Experience with on-chain monitoring or risk frameworks like Gauntlet or Chaos Labs

About the Company

Lido Earn's non-custodial vaults deploy over $100m across on-chain yield strategies selected through an independent curation process. The role is part of the Lido Ecosystem Foundation.