MLabs · 10 hours ago
Staff Quantitative Engineer - Markets & Index Design
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/StaffMLabs is building a foundational layer for perpetual markets centered on onchain economic activity. They are seeking a Staff Quantitative Engineer to own the design and evolution of core market primitives, ensuring market integrity and leading technical direction.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)BlockchainIT Management
Responsibilities
End-to-End Market Design: Design new perpetual markets that price onchain activity. You will define the economic signals, how they are measured onchain, and how they translate into tradable indexes
Index & Oracle Architecture: Specify methodologies that are manipulation-resistant, cost-to-attack positive, and hedgeable for market makers
Market Integrity & Risk: Identify manipulation vectors and design mechanical protections (caps, smoothing, decay) to ensure markets behave sensibly under adversarial conditions
Technical Leadership: Set the direction across quant research and data engineering, working closely with founders and infrastructure partners to define our technical roadmap
Qualification
Required
A strong foundation in Math, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
Proven experience designing or owning indexes, signals, trading metrics, or complex financial data products
High proficiency in Python and comfort writing performant, production-grade code
Deep understanding of DeFi, perpetuals, and onchain data systems (EVM or non-EVM)
Strong intuition for incentives, game theory, and adversarial systems. You must be able to explain why a design works through clear, written thinking
Ability to lead ambiguous, 'greenfield' projects from concept to launch without an established framework
You do not need to write smart contracts, but you must understand onchain execution and fee mechanics
Benefits
Define a New Category: Your decisions will directly shape liquidity formation and how the onchain economy itself is priced
Architectural Authority: This role carries real decision-making power over the core infrastructure, not just implementation tasks
High-Impact Environment: Work at the foundational level of the Hyperliquid ecosystem during a high-growth phase
Remote-First Culture: Collaborate with a lean, elite team of founders and engineers in a flexible, results-oriented environment
Competitive Compensation: Robust salary and equity packages befitting a foundational, staff-level hire
Company
MLabs
MLabs is an IT company that specializes in offering blockchain, full-stack development, functional programming, and AI solutions.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase