Tech Lead (RWA DeFi)

As a Tech Lead for Real World Assets (RWA) DeFi at MON Co., you own the technical architecture and lead a team of ~5 engineers building a next-generation protocol that brings institutional-grade assets on-chain securely, compliantly, and at scale. This is a hands-on leadership role where you architect, code, review, and ship systems where capital, risk, and code converge.

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture of the RWA protocol across on-chain and off-chain systems
• Lead, mentor, and unblock a team of ~5 engineers
• Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, security, testing, and documentation
• Make pragmatic build versus buy decisions across protocols, infrastructure, and vendors
• Design and implement production-grade smart contracts for tokenized real-world assets, capital deployment, redemptions, yield distribution, and risk controls including liquidation logic and circuit breakers
• Ensure contracts are audit-ready, secure, and battle-tested, working closely with auditors before mainnet deployments
• Architect off-chain systems supporting asset lifecycle management, oracle ingestion and verification, compliance, reporting, and risk monitoring
• Integrate with wallets, custodians, stablecoins, and on-chain liquidity venues
• Design infrastructure for reliability, observability, and graceful failure
• Partner directly with founders on product direction and technical roadmap
• Translate legal and compliance constraints into robust, enforceable code
• Collaborate with product and design to deliver developer- and user-friendly flows

What you bring

• 7+ years of engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in crypto or DeFi
• Strong hands-on experience with Solidity or equivalent EVM languages
• Deep understanding of DeFi primitives such as lending, AMMs, liquidations, and yield mechanics
• Deep knowledge of smart contract security patterns and common exploits
• Proven experience leading engineers and shipping complex systems
• Comfort operating in ambiguity in a build-from-zero role

Nice to have

• Experience with RWA, TradFi, or fintech systems including credit, payments, and custody
• Familiarity with oracles such as Chainlink-style architectures
• Experience with account abstraction, permissioned DeFi, or compliance-aware protocols
• Experience running or participating in protocol audits
• Background in system design for high-value financial infrastructure

What we offer

• Competitive compensation plus meaningful upside
• Significant ownership and influence over architecture and roadmap

About MON Co.

MON Co. is a Web3 venture studio building and investing in products across DeFi, token infrastructure, and gaming. The portfolio includes MON Protocol, a Launchpool-as-a-Service platform supporting 100+ partner token launches, and Pixelmon, a gaming IP franchise with over 3-4 million community members. The company operates globally with a team of seasoned operators from top tech, financial services, and gaming backgrounds.