Type: Full-time in-person Sydney (AU); or, remote Bay Area (US) – office opening soon

Experience: 5+ years, Senior+/Principal/Architect

Compensation: Competitive equity/token + salary

About wh-ai

wh-ai is building the future of knowledge, enabling collaboration of both experts and AI. Our revolutionary platform implements a peer-to-peer dialectic process on a decentralized trustless network where questions are answered and verified by the fittest and most advanced AI agents. We enable a future where we can thrive in novel and abundant organic and synthetic data, expertly verified, with immutable primitives that empower the next discovery on a solid bedrock.

We’ve just closed our first financing round (backed by some super Angels and VCs) and we’re building our strike founding team to launch the public Beta and accelerate core development. Joining now is an opportunity to make an impact in days not years, creating exponential value in the community and equity/token.

The Role

We’re seeking a (Senior+/Principal/Architect) ML/Game Theory Engineer to co-lead the technical development of our AI-powered verification platform, working side-by-side with our Full-Stack AI/Blockchain Platform Lead. This is a high-impact role for a technically exceptional individual who thrives at the intersection of advanced machine learning, game theory, and agentic system design. You will architect and implement the fine-tuning strategies for our core AI agents—Intelligence Service Providers (ISP) and Intelligence Verification Service Providers (IVSP)—that underpin trustless information verification and decentralized knowledge creation.

Your work will directly shape the mechanisms that ensure outputs are not just intelligent, but correct, comprehensible, and aligned with customer interests, leveraging the latest in LLM training, distillation, and evaluation frameworks. You will help design the incentive, verification, and equilibrium mechanisms that allow diverse AI and human agents to compete and cooperate in a robust, game-theoretic ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

ML/AI Agent Engineering

• Lead the design and implementation of fine-tuning, distillation, and evaluation pipelines for LLM-based ISP and IVSP agents, optimizing for accuracy, explicability, and alignment in a multi-agent, trustless environment.
• Integrate advanced frameworks for claim extraction, fact-checking, and output verifiability, ensuring that agent outputs are both entailed by source data and understandable in isolation.
• Develop reinforcement learning and multi-turn agent strategies to improve agent performance in adversarial and cooperative settings, drawing on the latest research in agentic deployments and multi-agent learning.
• Architect systems that manage and mitigate negative-value information feedback loops, ensuring the positive value bias of information networks and preventing runaway dynamics.

Game Theory & Mechanism Design

• Apply game-theoretic models to design incentive structures, competition protocols, and equilibrium strategies for decentralized agent networks, including Nash equilibrium analysis and coalition resistance.
• Design trustless verification and reward mechanisms that make verification easier and more robust than answer generation, leveraging concepts from mechanism design, repeated games, and evolutionary dynamics.
• Model and simulate strategic agent interactions (AI and human) to optimize for system-wide alignment, diversity of agent types, and minimization of agency costs.

System Integration

• Collaborate with the Full-Stack/Blockchain Platform Lead to integrate ML/game-theoretic components into the broader distributed verification, reward, and knowledge management architecture.
• Contribute to the design of the protocol’s core primitives: atomic chain-of-thought reasoning, verifiable step decomposition, and secure agent identity and reputation systems.

What You Bring

Required Technical Skills

• 2+ years hands-on experience in ML/AI, with deep expertise in LLM training, fine-tuning, distillation, and evaluation (OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, etc.).
• Strong background in multi-agent systems, game theory, or mechanism design, with demonstrable experience designing or analyzing agentic interactions in adversarial or cooperative settings.
• Proficiency with ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow), agentic orchestration (LangChain, Haystack, or similar), and distributed training pipelines.
• Experience implementing or integrating claim extraction and fact-checking frameworks (e.g., Claimify), including decomposition of outputs into verifiable atomic claims.
• Familiarity with blockchain/crypto incentive systems, peer-to-peer protocols, or trustless verification architectures.

Preferred Experience

• Publication record or open-source contributions in multi-agent reinforcement learning, game-theoretic AI, or decentralized ML systems.
• Experience with reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), agentic evaluation protocols (e.g., Chatbot Arena, Scale AI), or consensus mechanisms.
• Familiarity with large-scale knowledge graphs, knowledge management, or cryptographic verification of information provenance.

Soft Skills

• Startup mentality—comfortable with rapid iteration, ambiguity, and high ownership.
• Collaborative leadership—able to co-drive architectural decisions and cross-functional integration.
• Communication—can explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
• Problem-solving—adept at debugging, optimizing, and scaling complex distributed agent systems.

Type: Full-time in-person Sydney (AU); or, remote Bay Area (US) – office opening soon

Experience: 7+ years, Senior+/Principal/Architect

Compensation: Competitive equity/token + salary

About wh-ai

wh-ai is building the future of knowledge, enabling collaboration of both experts and AI. Our revolutionary platform implements a peer-to-peer dialectic process on a decentralized trustless network where questions are answered and verified by the fittest and most advanced AI agents. We enable a future where we can thrive in novel and abundant organic and synthetic data, expertly verified, with immutable primitives that empower the next discovery on a solid bedrock.

We’ve just closed our first financing round (backed by some super Angels and VCs) and we’re building our strike founding team to launch the public Beta and accelerate core development. Joining now is an opportunity to make an impact in days not years, creating exponential value in the community and equity/token.

The Role

We’re seeking a (Senior+/Principal/Architect) Full-Stack Engineer to lead technical development of our AI-powered verification platform. This is a high-impact role perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and wants to shape the future of expert + AI verification systems.

As our technical lead, you’ll own the entire stack and shape the team - from React frontend to Node.js backend, AI integrations, and upcoming blockchain Layer 2 implementation. You’ll architect scalable solutions, integrate cutting-edge AI models, and prepare our platform for decentralized blockchain deployment.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership

• Lead full-stack development of our React/TypeScript frontend and Node.js/Express backend
• Architect and implement AI integrations using our API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) system supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek and other top models.
• Design blockchain Layer 2 integration for decentralized verification and reward distribution
• Optimize performance of our distributed verification network with real-time WebSocket communication
• Implement advanced testing strategies including parallel test execution and comprehensive CI/CD pipelines

AI/ML Integration

• Enhance our autonomous bot system that automatically processes questions and verifications using LLMs
• Develop hybrid human-AI workflows with quality control thresholds and human oversight
• Build AI-powered verification assistance tools for human verifiers

Blockchain Development

• Architect and develop a decentralized solution for integration of tokens, incentives and rewards across L1 and L2.
• Token design
• Implement Proof of Personhood (PoP) verification systems
• Build bridges between traditional web infrastructure and blockchain networks

System Architecture

• Scale our PostgreSQL database with advanced query optimization and connection pooling
• Enhance our real-time communication systems with WebSocket reliability and performance
• Implement advanced security measures including rate limiting, authentication, and data protection
• Design microservices architecture for horizontal scaling

What You Bring

Required Technical Skills

• 5+ years full-stack development with modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems, and Go or Rust or C/C++ for high performance node development.
• Expert-level React/TypeScript with advanced state management (TanStack Query preferred)
• Strong Node.js/Express backend development with real-time systems experience
• Database expertise with PostgreSQL or MySQL, complex queries, and ORM frameworks (Drizzle preferred)
• AI/ML integration experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar LLM providers
• Blockchain development with Solidity, EVM, Ethereum Layer 2 solutions (Polygon, Arbitrum, or Optimism)
• DevOps and CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, testing frameworks, and deployment pipelines

Preferred Experience

• Open-source project experience
• WebSocket and real-time systems development
• Distributed systems architecture and scaling
• Test-driven development with Jest, React Testing Library, and parallel test execution
• Payment integration with Stripe or similar platforms
• Security best practices for authentication, session management, and data protection
• Performance optimization for both frontend and backend systems
• Layer 2 deployment experience on Base, Arbitrum, or Optimism
• EigenLayer AVS development or validator operation experience
• ZK proof systems and cryptographic verification mechanisms

Soft Skills

• Startup mentality - comfortable with rapid iteration and changing requirements
• Technical leadership - ability to make architectural decisions and guide technical direction
• Problem-solving - skilled at debugging complex distributed systems
• Communication - can explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Ownership mindset - takes full responsibility for feature delivery and system reliability

Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. As of April 2025, Gauntlet manages risk and incentives covering over $42 billion in customer TVL.

Gauntlet continually publishes cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institution — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.

Gauntlet’s mission is to drive adoption and understanding in the financial systems of the future. Building with decentralized systems creates novel challenges for mechanism designers, smart contract developers, and end-users of financial products, which are not seen in traditional software development and investing contexts. Gauntlet is dedicated to enhancing our industry’s understanding of this new domain and revealing how to safely navigate the true bleeding edge of 21st-century financial innovation.

Gauntlet App:

Join a newly formed product pod focused on the Gauntlet App — our next-generation dApp that allows users to deposit and withdraw into vaults directly. This role is part of a critical initiative to evolve our dashboard into a product directly connected to revenue. You’ll be working on a high-impact project tightly aligned with Gauntlet’s core strategy, helping build a robust, user-facing experience at the heart of our business.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain a seamless user experience for Gauntlet’s decentralized application, ensuring a consistent interface across various vaults and protocols.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and other engineers to implement new features that enhance user engagement and streamline interactions with the treasury management platform.
• Lead code and design reviews, offering constructive feedback and fostering a culture of high coding standards and best practices within the team.
• Stay informed about the latest developments in blockchain technology and DeFi protocols to drive innovation and improve the platform’s functionality.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation and user guides to support both internal teams and end-users.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects, ensuring the application operates efficiently and reliably while meeting user needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on full stack engineering.
• Proficient in TypeScript and React; experience with Next.js is a plus.
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology and DeFi protocols, with a willingness to deepen knowledge in these areas.
• Proven ability to design and implement user-centric applications, emphasizing seamless user experiences.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a collaborative mindset for working in a distributed team environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on building robust, tested systems.
• Experience with version control systems (i.e., git) and familiarity with agile development methodologies

Bonus Points

• Experience with decentralized applications (dApps) and on-chain interactions.
• Familiarity with financial technology (fintech) products and user experiences.
• Previous work on applications that handle monetary transactions or sensitive user data.
• Knowledge of TypeScript and Next.js, particularly in building scalable web applications.
• Understanding of data visualization techniques and tools

Benefits and Perks

• Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
• Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive-based compensation
• Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country “office visit” perk
• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees
• Laptop provided
• $1,000 WFH stipend upon joining
• $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
• Unlimited vacation policy
• 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
• Fertility benefits

Please note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.

The national pay range for this role is $165,000 - $205,000 plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.

What We’re Building

Ares is the newest product under Fountain Platform, focused on building a high-performance social trading platform for decentralized markets.

We believe trading has evolved. It’s no longer solitary — it’s cultural, real-time, and driven by memes, narratives, and reflexive attention loops. Yet most platforms are stuck using static tools built for yesterday’s market structure.

Ares is built for what trading has become — and where it’s going. We fuse speed, signal, social mechanics, and cultural context into a unified trading experience designed for today’s markets and tomorrow’s meta. At the core is a real-time intelligence layer that aggregates onchain and offchain data, surfacing the pulse of the market as it emerges. But information alone isn’t power — influence is. Ares turns trading into a collaborative, reputation-driven game where every trade is a signal and every user is a node of intelligence.

We’re not building a better terminal — we’re building the next dominant trading platform. One where culture leads, conviction is rewarded, and traders move markets together.

We’re backed by top VCs and Alliance (tier 1 crypto incubator). This is your opportunity to help define what the future of trading looks like from the ground up. This isn’t a typical job — and we’re not looking for typical people. We want resourceful, hungry, top 1% builders who move fast and think like founders.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior+ Fullstack Engineer (Backend-Leaning) to join our team. Our engineers tackle complex challenges at the core of trading infrastructure and user experience. At Ares, engineering defines the culture, pace, and quality of everything we build — pushing the limits of what’s possible in crypto-native systems.

What You’ll Do

• Work directly with the CEO and have transparency into other aspects of the company
• Architect important systems and anticipate strategic and scaling-related challenges via thoughtful long-term planning
• Design and implement infrastructure across the full stack — from high-performance frontends (Next.js + Tailwind) to backend systems (NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Solana RPCs)
• Build transactional engines that optimize for execution speed, accuracy, and UX under volatile, memecoin-driven conditions
• Drive the architecture of our real-time trading intelligence layer, fusing onchain and offchain signals into actionable interfaces
• Build integrations with external services (Telegram, bots, alerting engines) to power novel product experiences
• Ship fast and often — we deploy product daily and treat working code as the ultimate source of truth
• Collaborate directly with founders and senior engineers in a high-bandwidth, fast feedback loop
• Engage with early users — from CT influencers to alpha groups — and shape features around real workflows
• Take ownership over what you build, with freedom to make autonomous decisions and move without bureaucracy

Our Tech Stack

Nest.js, Solana, Redis, PostgreSQL, Typescript, Node.js, Materialize, gRPC, Drizzle, WebSocket, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform

You Might Be a Fit If You

• Have Node.js backend experience, ideally in performance-sensitive environments (e.g., crypto, fintech, gaming, real-time apps)
• Thrive in fast-paced, product-centric orgs where speed, autonomy, and ownership are the norm
• Can move independently and communicate clearly in async workflows
• Care deeply about craft, clean abstractions, and performance
• Have strong user empathy and can translate real behavior into real product
• Understand crypto and trading — and care about how and why traders behave the way they do
• Want to work with A-players — people who think like founders and ship like it

Why Join Us

• Work with a passionate team obsessed with product, velocity, and craft
• Ship real infrastructure used by real traders and degens — the kind of users who demand speed and performance
• Leave your mark on a product that could reshape how trading is done in the social-first, memetic era of DeFi
• It’s all greenfield — no legacy baggage, no bureaucracy, just you, a fast team, and the freedom to build what should exist
• Backed by top investors and Alliance DAO, with deep ties across DeFi
• Total flexibility — async, remote, and built for true builders who want to own their time and output
• You won’t be another cog — you’ll be a core part of shaping the next dominant trading platform