Plexus Crypto Recruitment

We looked over 900+ of our open crypto roles from the past year to identify the alpha for 2026 hiring. Want to see what we discovered? Check the comments for the DL link

8 new roles live this week across Engineering, BD & Growth, and Institutional. --- ⚙️ Engineering ▸ Staff Blockchain Engineer | $200k–$250k | Remote (US/EU/Canada) plexusrs.com/jobs/staff-blo… ▸ Technical Lead | $180k–$250k | Remote/Hybrid, ET plexusrs.com/jobs/technical… ▸ Senior Software Engineer | $150k–$250k | Remote, US Hours plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-so… ▸ Data Engineer | €60k–€80k | Remote, Europe plexusrs.com/jobs/data-engi… --- 🚀 BD & Growth ▸ BD Lead – NY | $250k | Remote, US plexusrs.com/jobs/bd-lead-n… ▸ BD Lead – Singapore | $250k | Remote, Asia plexusrs.com/jobs/bd-lead-s… ▸ Partnership Associate | Up to $50k | Remote, Europe plexusrs.com/jobs/partnersh… --- 🏦 Institutional ▸ Director of Institutional Relations | $150k–$200k base | Remote, US/EU plexusrs.com/jobs/director-… --- See all roles → plexusrs.com/jobs DM us or apply directly.

The projects that survive the bear aren't hiring like it's 2021, they've seen enough bad hires to know what they're not looking for. Now they're lean and intentional about hiring, which looks like 'we'd rather wait 6 months for someone exceptional then fill headcount'. If your job search isn't getting traction, that's the market you're operating in right now.

An experienced senior hyperliquid engineer is on the market right now. Drop us a DM to connect with this candidate.

bitcoin pizza day chats with the Plexus team #yachtandalittlepig

13 new roles live this week. Engineering-heavy, with serious comp on the table. ⚙️ Engineering ▸ Staff Blockchain Engineer | $200k–$250k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/staff-blo… ▸ Sr. Software Engineer | $200k–$400k | Remote / Hybrid / On-Site plexusrs.com/jobs/sr-softwa… ▸ Senior DevOps Engineer | $200k–$400k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-de… ▸ Senior Rust Engineer | Up to $200k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-ru… ▸ Dapp Engineers | $130k–$160k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/dapp-engi… 📈 Trading & Quant ▸ DeFi Quantitative Developer | $250k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/defi-quan… 🛠️ DevRel & Developer Experience ▸ DevRel Engineer | $120k–$140k | Remote (US/Canada) plexusrs.com/jobs/devrel-en… 🚀 BD & Growth ▸ Founding BD Manager | Up to $150k | Remote / SF Bay Area plexusrs.com/jobs/founding-… ▸ Senior BD Lead | Competitive | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-bu… ▸ VP of Market Strategy & Partnerships | $200k–$225k | Remote (US & London) plexusrs.com/jobs/vp-of-mar… 💼 Ops & Finance ▸ Senior Operations Engineer | $200k | Hybrid plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-op… ▸ Senior Software Engineer | $180k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-so… ▸ Crypto Developer | Up to $120k | Hybrid plexusrs.com/jobs/crypto-de… See all roles → plexusrs.com/jobs DM us or apply directly.

The return-to-office push hasn't hit crypto yet. Will it? Here's our data. 1. On-site skews heavily finance/risk Every on-site role is a quant, trader, finance manager, risk officer, or controller. The one exception is a Founding Engineer in San Francisco. On-site in crypto = "you're handling serious capital." 2. Engineering is almost entirely remote 35 out of 46 eng roles with a location type = remote. Only 5 hybrid. Developers are building globally distributed protocols and the job structure matches. 3. The "remote" in crypto is timezone-shaped Of the remote roles that did specify a timezone: heavy US (EST, PST, North America), a handful of EU (CET, GMT/BST), some US+EU overlap, and a few APAC/EAT outliers. So remote doesn't mean work whenever. There's still a geography preference baked in. 4. Hybrid roles are a mixed bag CCO, CTO, BD Lead, Investor Relations, Product Designer, Quant Devs. Hybrid tends to be leadership, client-facing, or relationship-building roles. What have you been seeing?

🇬🇧 LATEST: Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden says tokenization could lower costs, speed up settlements, and boost competition in financial markets.

🔔New Job🔔 👾 Client: Ex-BTC L2 infra solution, now Agentic AI / Payments protocol 👾 ➡️ Spread product awareness, grow developer community ➡️ Technical content, docs, hackathons, AMAs, etc 📍 SF, Bay Area (Hybrid) or USA/Canada (remote) 💰 $120-140k USD + token allocation

A client said something on a call this week that we hear too many times: “We’re managing… but I’m doing the work myself.” They’re hiring for a specialist Product Manager role and tried to fix it internally first by moving a strong engineer into product. It didn’t work. The person was talented, but because some roles need a specific mix of: product judgement stakeholder management and enough domain knowledge to not get lost They got swamped. The hidden cost is outcome of the “temporary cover” that quietly becomes slower shipping, more leadership burnout and a team that’s always stretched. If your team is “just covering it”, that’s usually the sign the empty role is already costing you more than you think. And not hiring doesn’t remove the cost, it just turns it into a tax on your best people! If you’re hiring and the search is stalling, message us - we can share the signals we use to separate “good on paper” from “can actually own it.”

Here is what 90 days of live Plexus vacancies tells us about where crypto hiring is moving > Quant and trading: still the hottest desk. $150k to $400k, consistent demand across prop firms and DeFi. Rust engineers: thin pipeline, premium salaries. $200k to $300k across HFT, trading infra, and smart contracts. AI x crypto: brand new role categories appearing fast. Agentic engineers, applied ML, AI-native product, growing every month. Institutional BD and RWA sales: active at every seniority level. Tokenisation is creating a new specialism. Security: hiring spiked post the recent exploit wave. Protocols that never had a security function are building one now. Finance and ops: crypto companies are professionalising their back office ahead of regulation. The market is moving in specific directions. We have the data to know where.

@alwye @SolanaRunClub @encodeclub @SpotlightYOPD Vibes were on point

@PlexusRS @SolanaRunClub @encodeclub @SpotlightYOPD It was so much fun!

The great Plexus x @SolanaRunClub x @encodeclub 10k - we ran to raise funds for @SpotlightYOPD and so far have raised over £3k!

@CapinUK @encodeclub @SolanaRunClub @SpotlightYOPD More to come Cap! Let us know if you’d like to collab on the next one

@PlexusRS @encodeclub @SolanaRunClub @SpotlightYOPD Lfg! Love to see these charity fundraisers!

@Hiraweb3 @HarryHorsfall_ @solana Thanks Hira! More to come

@HarryHorsfall_ @solana @PlexusRS love the energy and the cause too

last sunday made a last min decision to run hackney half this sunday 🫠! thanks @solana run club and @PlexusRS for orginsing me a training run!! good to get some miles in the leg, and over 3k raised for Spotlight YOPD!! slowly then suddenly LFG

@HarryHorsfall_ @solana Thanks for joining us Harry!

@Timccopeland Looking forward to what’s next for you Tim!

Final day at The Block today. Was a hell of a ride. Thanks to everyone who supported me with articles, podcasts, revenue deals over the years 🙏 really appreciate it Gonna take a few months off to detox from crypto and walk my puppy. Lfg 🫡

14 roles live this week. Engineering, trading, strategy, and ops — all crypto-native. --- ⚙️ Engineering ▸ Staff Blockchain Engineer | $200k–$250k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/staff-blo… ▸ Rust Trading Engineer | $250k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/rust-trad… ▸ Founding Engineer / Head of Engineering | $150k–$250k | Remote (±3hrs NY) plexusrs.com/jobs/founding-… ▸ Agentic Engineer | $160k | Remote, US plexusrs.com/jobs/agentic-e… ▸ SRE / Platform Engineer | €60k–€90k | Remote, Europe plexusrs.com/jobs/sre-platf… --- 📈 Trading & Quant ▸ Options Trader APAC | $250k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/options-t… ▸ Quantitative Trader | Up to $200k | On-Site plexusrs.com/jobs/quantitat… ▸ Junior Quant Developer | $50k–$70k | Hybrid, Warsaw plexusrs.com/jobs/junior-qu… --- 🚀 BD & Growth ▸ US Head of Sales | $180k–$280k | Remote, US plexusrs.com/jobs/us-head-o… ▸ VP of Market Strategy & Partnerships | $200k–$225k | Remote, US & London plexusrs.com/jobs/vp-of-mar… --- 💼 Finance & Ops ▸ Senior Finance Manager | $100k | On-Site plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-fi… ▸ Chief Wrangler / Team Coordinator | $130k–$150k | Remote, North America plexusrs.com/jobs/chief-wra… ▸ Customer Support Lead | Up to $50k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/customer-… --- See all roles → plexusrs.com/jobs DM us or apply directly.

BREAKING: The Senate Banking Committee has voted to advance the CLARITY Act. Next stop: the Senate floor.

The great Plexus charity 10k is under way this evening and it’s already getting competitive (and someone doesn’t understand how odds work)

LATEST: The Bank of England is scaling back its proposed stablecoin restrictions after industry pushback, admitting the initial proposals may have been "overly conservative."