Full-Time
Lead Protocol Engineer
Ondo Chain
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Ondo Finance
11-50 employees
Decentralized financial solutions on blockchain
Senior
Remote in USA
Candidates must be based in PT, MT, CT, or ET time zones.
You match the following Ondo Finance's candidate preferences
Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Minimum of 2+ years of professional software engineering experience working in web3. Prior experience from a layer one blockchain or DeFi protocol strongly preferred.
- Based in PT, MT, CT, or ET time zones
- Proven results in building and scaling blockchain platforms
- Experience with smart contract development, blockchain protocols, and blockchain virtual machines
- Expertise with the Cosmos SDK and ecosystem tools
- Strong expertise with Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus protocols (e.g. Tendermint)
- You are a proven tech lead with experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team
- Strong technical grasp and excellent judgment on task prioritization
- Strong emphasis on understanding the 'why' behind requirements and commitment defining the 'minimum scope'.
- Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills, verbal and written
- Lead Platform Development: Architect, build, and scale a secure RWA blockchain platform, ensuring it meets performance, security, and functionality requirements
- Oversee Infrastructure, Optimization, and Upgrades: Continuously improve the performance and feature set of the platform to meet usage requirements and market demands
- Smart Contract and Protocol Development: Drive the development of smart contracts and protocols, ensuring seamless EVM integration and support for novel use cases
- Technical Leadership: Serve as a tech lead for protocol projects, guiding the engineering team in delivering high-impact, scalable solutions while making sound technical decisions that align with long-term goals
- Prior experience from a layer one blockchain or DeFi protocol strongly preferred.
Ondo Finance provides financial solutions in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, focusing on making advanced financial products accessible to a wider audience through blockchain technology. Their services cater to individual investors, financial institutions, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Ondo Finance's offerings include secure and transparent financial services that were previously available mainly to large institutions. They earn revenue through transaction fees, asset management services, and premium financial products. By emphasizing security, transparency, and accessibility, Ondo Finance aims to connect traditional finance with the growing DeFi market, which seeks to offer decentralized alternatives to conventional financial systems.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
ICO
Total Funding
$23.3M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2021
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Integration with LayerZero enhances cross-chain interoperability for asset management.
- Partnership with Wellington Management boosts credibility and attracts institutional investors.
- Launch of USDY on Stellar network expands reach and increases user adoption.
What critics are saying
- Over-reliance on traditional finance partnerships may expose vulnerabilities.
- Release of 1.94 billion ONDO tokens could lead to market volatility.
- Integration with LayerZero may introduce security vulnerabilities if not robustly tested.
What makes Ondo Finance unique
- Ondo Finance offers institutional-grade financial solutions on the blockchain.
- The company bridges traditional finance with decentralized finance through onchain technology.
- Ondo Finance provides secure, transparent, and efficient financial services to diverse clients.
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6 month growth
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↓ -4%2 year growth
↓ -11%Ondo Finance also revealed its plans to launch USDY on the Stellar network.
Ondo Finance, a leader in blockchain-based financial innovation, today unveiled a suite of infrastructure products designed to bring capital markets onchain, bringing the transparency, efficiency, and accessibility enabled by blockchain technology to institutional-grade finance. At the first-ever Ondo Summit in New York City, Ondo provided details on the key pillars of this strategy, including Ondo Chain, its newly announced Layer 1 blockchain, purpose-built to support institutional-grade onchain financial markets.“Financial markets are overdue for an upgrade,” said Nathan Allman, CEO of Ondo Finance. “Today’s financial systems are plagued by high fees, limited access, and operational inefficiencies. At Ondo, we are addressing these challenges head-on by creating a unified ecosystem that bridges the best of traditional finance with the capabilities of blockchain technology.”Ondo Chain: The Infrastructure for Onchain Financial MarketsOndo Chain is a newly announced Layer 1 blockchain that is designed to accelerate the creation of institutional-grade financial markets onchain. Ondo Chain will combine the security and compliance features of the types of permissioned blockchains often used by financial institutions with the openness and accessibility of public chains like Ethereum. Validators responsible for confirming transactions will be permissioned
Political favor, institutional acceptance and regulatory scrutiny are increasingly colliding to redefine the digital asset landscape. At the heart of this transformation is the ongoing embrace of digital assets by U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration has moved swiftly to position, or re-position, America as a global leader in the financial technology. As blockchain and cryptocurrency continue to work toward the heart of traditional finance, 2025 is shaping up to be a defining year for investors, businesses and regulators alike — one that could either cement crypto’s place in the global financial system or expose the industry’s lingering vulnerabilities
Ondo Finance said Tuesday (Jan. 28) that it will bring tokenized U.S. Treasurys to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This collaboration will offer institutional investors access to Ondo Short-Term U.S. Government Treasuries (OUSG), which are backed by the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) and can be instantaneously minted and redeemed at any time using the Ripple USD (RLUSD) U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin, the companies said in a Tuesday (Jan
At the heart of this event, Ondo Finance is set to release 1.94 billion ONDO tokens on January 18, representing more than 130% of its current circulating supply.