Position Details

Salary $90K – $140K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience mid

Exp. Years 2–4 years of relevant experience

Education Not specified

Category Business Analysis

About this role

Cannon Ventures is hiring a DeFi Portfolio Manager / DeFi Yield Strategist to design, test, and manage on-chain yield strategies. The role focuses on risk-adjusted performance, active capital allocation, and rigorous monitoring and reporting across major DeFi ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

Design and execute DeFi yield strategies across lending, liquidity provision, liquid staking, restaking, and structured vault products
Evaluate opportunities by risk-adjusted return, not headline APY
Monitor protocol health, liquidity conditions, emissions schedules, governance changes, and smart contract risk
Manage active allocations across chains and protocols with clear portfolio construction rules
Stress-test strategies and produce weekly and monthly strategy reports

Technical Overview

The position requires hands-on execution of DeFi strategies across lending, liquidity provision, liquid staking, restaking, and structured vault products. It includes monitoring protocol health, liquidity conditions, emissions and governance changes, smart contract risk, and stress-testing outcomes under volatility, liquidity shocks, and depeg events using tools like Dune, Nansen, DefiLlama, Arkham, and DeBank, with Python/SQL for tracking and reporting.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level DeFi investor who has personally designed, tested, and actively managed DeFi yield strategies across lending, liquidity provision, liquid staking, restaking, and vault products. They understand risk-adjusted returns deeply (not just headline APY), monitor protocol health and smart contract risk, and can report performance metrics like gross/net yield, impermanent loss, drawdowns, and attribution across major ecosystems such as Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, and Solana.

Must-Have Skills

Design and execute DeFi yield strategies across lendingliquidity provisionliquid stakingrestakingand structured vault productsEvaluate opportunities by risk-adjusted returnnot headline APYHands-on experience deploying and actively managing capital on-chainDemonstrated hands-on experience managing capital across major DeFi protocolsStrong understanding of lending marketsAMMsLP mechanicsincentivesand tokenomicsMonitor protocol healthliquidity conditionsemissions schedulesgovernance changesand smart contract riskStress-test strategies under different market scenarios (volatility spikesliquidity shocksdepeg events)

Nice-to-Have Skills

Python / SQL or similar data skills for tracking and reportingon-chain analytics tools (DuneNansenDefiLlamaArkhamDeBank) (explicitly listed as experience area)

Tools & Platforms

DuneNansenDefiLlamaArkhamDeBankPythonSQL

Required Skills

DeFi yield strategiesdecentralized finance protocolslendingliquidity provisionliquid stakingrestakingstructured vault productsrisk-adjusted returnsAPYtoken incentivesliquidity depthsmart contract riskprotocol health monitoringemissions schedulesgovernance changesstress-testingvolatility spikesliquidity shocksdepeg eventsperformance trackinggross/net yieldimpermanent lossdrawdownsattributionEthereumArbitrumBaseOptimismSolanaDuneNansenDefiLlamaArkhamDeBankPythonSQL

Hard Skills

DeFi yield strategiesdecentralized finance protocolslendingliquidity provisionliquid stakingrestakingstructured vault productsrisk-adjusted returnstoken incentivesliquidity depthsmart contract exposuremarket regime changeson-chain capital deploymentportfolio construction rulesperformance trackinggross yieldnet yieldimpermanent loss impactdrawdownsattributionstress-testing strategiesvolatility spikesliquidity shocksdepeg eventsstrategy reportingweekly reportingmonthly reportingmarket intelligencedigital asset investingportfolio strategyactive DeFi operationsAMMsLP mechanicstokenomicsprotocol health monitoringemissions schedulesgovernance changessmart contract riskEthereumArbitrumBaseOptimismSolanaon-chain analytics tools (DuneNansenDefiLlamaArkhamDeBank)PythonSQLstructured dataunstructured data

Soft Skills

execution-focusedindependently workclear communicationdecision-making in fast-moving marketsdisciplined thinkingability to explain why a strategy works and when it no longer doescollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Fintech

Job Function Execute and manage institutional-grade DeFi yield strategies with disciplined risk and portfolio management

Role Subtype Financial Analyst

Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL

Keywords for Your Resume

DeFi Portfolio ManagerDeFi Yield Strategistdigital asset investingportfolio strategyactive DeFi operationsDeFi yield strategiesdecentralized finance protocolslendingliquidity provisionliquid stakingrestakingstructured vault productsrisk-adjusted returnsAPYtoken incentivesliquidity depthsmart contract exposuremarket regime changeson-chainperformance trackinggross/net yieldimpermanent lossdrawdownsattributionstress-testvolatility spikesliquidity shocksdepeg eventsEthereumArbitrumBaseOptimismSolanaDuneNansenDefiLlamaArkhamDeBankPythonSQLon-chain capitalsmart contract risk

Deal Breakers

Must have hands-on experience deploying and actively managing capital on-chain, Must demonstrate risk-adjusted return evaluation (not headline APY)

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