About CryptoEconLab

CryptoEconLab (CEL) designs next-generation crypto protocols—from initial design to governance and ecosystem growth. Our work spans token design, incentive engineering, market construction, and cutting-edge simulations.

The Role

We need a Research Scientist who can architect protocols from the ground up using first principles. You’ll synthesize project visions, design new token economies, mitigate adverse incentives, and guide projects from ideation to whitepaper to real-world deployment. You’ll also work directly with clients to communicate and refine protocol designs throughout the development process.

Key Responsibilities

• Protocol Design: Invent token economies and emission mechanisms that align with project KPIs and guard against economic exploits, particularly in DeFi, DePIN, and public goods ecosystems.
• Adverse Incentive Mitigation: Identify collusion, sybil, or other attack vectors and propose robust defenses.
• Market & Auction Construction: Develop pricing, bidding, and matching systems that foster efficient discovery and fair participation.
• Simulation & Digital Twin: Model agent-based behaviors, forecast circulating supply, and inform governance decisions with data-driven insights.
• Practical Implementation: Work closely with engineers to ensure that theoretical designs translate into functioning smart contracts and mainnet-ready architectures.
• Research Leadership: Supervise junior research scientists, providing guidance on methodologies, deliverables, and professional growth. Maintain a strong research reputation and following (e.g., publications, conference speaking engagements) and represent CEL as an industry-leading cryptoeconomic research hub.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computational Chemistry, or other strongly quantitative fields.
• Track record of creating, deploying or operating new protocols or mechanisms in the crypto space.
• Knowledge of game theory, distributed systems, and cryptoeconomic principles, or ability to quickly learn these areas.
• Strong practical software engineering skills.
• Creative and analytical mind with a proactive mindset.
• Exceptionally clear written and verbal communication, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex designs succinctly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• High energy and motivation for a fast-paced startup environment.

Why Join Us

• High-Impact Work: Shape groundbreaking protocols from scratch.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a team of leading experts in cryptoeconomics and decentralized governance.
• Competitive Compensation: $100-140k USD/year + benefits.
• Flexible, Remote-First Culture: Work with a global network of top talent across US, Europe and Asia.

About Us

Re7 Capital is a London-based cryptoasset investment firm, leveraging our deep crypto network and proprietary data infrastructure to drive investment decisions across various DeFi and alpha strategies. Through Re7 Labs, we also collaborate with leading projects and blockchains to design DeFi ecosystems, provide on-chain risk curation, and deliver vault management services.

Our team combines expertise in investment management, data science, and crypto. To support our continued growth, we are seeking a motivated Full Stack Web Developer to join our engineering team. Reporting directly to the Head of Technology, you will take full ownership of our dApps, used to interact with our vault smart contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain responsive, user-friendly front-end interfaces using React, Next.js, Vue or similar frameworks.
• Integrate EVM and non-EVM smart contracts using libraries like Ethers.js, Web3.js, Viem, Starknet.js and wallet connectors such as ConnectKit and wagmi.
• Support wallet integrations including MetaMask, Argent X, and Braavos.
• Design and implement scalable back-end services and APIs using Node.js, Express, and related technologies.
• Collaborate with blockchain engineers to interact with smart contracts and on-chain data.
• Implement best practices for security, including wallet connectivity, transaction handling, and protection of user data.
• Deploy and maintain applications on AWS (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, CloudFront), with a focus on scalability, logging, and monitoring.
• Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools to automate testing and deployment workflows.
• Deploy applications to decentralized hosting environments (e.g., IPFS, Fleek) as well as cloud-based infrastructure.
• Ensure performance optimization through CloudFront caching, invalidation strategies, and SSL/TLS management.
• Contribute to Whisk infrastructure and security, ensuring resilient and secure production deployments.
• Work closely with designers, PMs, and cross-functional teams to define and deliver new DeFi features and enhancements.
• Implement and maintain interactive UI elements and animations using modern HTML/CSS (including transitions, keyframes, and responsive styling) within PHP-based web applications.

Requirements

• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and PHP.
• 5+ years of experience in web development, including 3+ years in dApp development.
• Hands-on experience integrating and interacting with both EVM and Non-EVM smart contracts.
• Familiarity with ConnectKit, wagmi, and Viem libraries for modern wallet connection flows.
• Experience deploying web applications on AWS using services like Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, and S3, with understanding of environment config, auto-scaling, and CloudWatch logging.
• Proficient in setting up CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (or similar tools), including artifact packaging and automated deployment.
• Working knowledge of CloudFront, CDN behavior, cache invalidation, and AWS Certificate Manager.
• Familiarity with IAM roles, security groups, VPC setup, and cloud infrastructure security best practices.
• Experience with front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, Vue, etc.)
• Comfortable working in Linux environments and using Git for version control.
• Understanding of DeFi concepts and major protocols (e.g., Uniswap, Aave, Curve).
• Awareness of and ability to support Whisk infrastructure and security requirements.
• Basic knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and animation techniques (e.g., transitions, keyframes, scroll-triggered effects), with the ability to integrate them into PHP-rendered views or templating engines.

Benefits

• A dynamic, collaborative, and highly technical work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth in a rapidly evolving industry.
• Remote-first setup with regular opportunities to meet the team in person.
• Competitive compensation package.

Application Process

Please submit the following:

• Your resume
• A cover letter explaining your interest in the role
• Your response to the following technical challenge:
• Challenge: Describe a high-level architecture and solution for a dApp that supports both EVM and non-EVM wallets (e.g., MetaMask and Braavos). Include considerations for wallet detection, abstraction, and secure transaction signing.