--- title: 'DeFi Operations Associate at August' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/defi-operations-associate-august-europe-7rh6z0e07ek9' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # DeFi Operations Associate at August - **Company:** August - **Location:** Europe - **Compensation:** $25k–$35k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-01-26 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/augustdigital/am9icG9zdDrFTPIbzPruzbWyx0kZRUtB ## Job description DeFi Operations Associate Upshift (Powered by August Digital – Series A) Location: Europe (required). Athens, Greece, or Croatia (preferred) Experience Level: Junior (1-3 years) Compensation: Competitive salary + token incentives The Opportunity We're looking for a hungry, detail-oriented DeFi Operations Associate to join our core operations team. This is a hands-on role where you'll be executing on-chain transactions daily, managing vault operations, and working directly with our partners and strategists. If you're comfortable navigating block explorers, understand DeFi mechanics deeply, and want to be at the center of institutional DeFi operations, this role is for you. DeFi experience (corporate, or as an individual user is a MUST). ## What You'll Do Core Operations - Execute and monitor on-chain transactions across multiple chains - Manage daily vault operations including deposits, withdrawals, and monitoring yield realization - Deploy smart contract wallets for new partners using our internal tools Partner & Vault Management - Support partners through vault launches from start to finish - Track and manage fee structures across all active vaults - Ensure seamless onboarding experiences for new partners joining the platform Documentation & Process - Maintain comprehensive vault documentation - Build and refine operational playbooks as processes evolve - Track operational metrics and flag issues proactively ## Who You Are Required - 1-3 years working in operations, crypto asset management, or other analytical role - Deep understanding of DeFi primitives: vaults, liquidity pools, lending markets, yield strategies - Comfortable executing transactions on-chain via block explorers, smart contract wallets, and similar tools - Strong grasp of the broader crypto ecosystem and how different protocols interact - Exceptional organizational skills with ability to juggle multiple partners and workflows - Experience with documentation tools - Comfortable working with AI tools to automate and optimize processes Personality & Mindset - Hungry to learn and grow within DeFi. You're building a long-term career here - Self-starter who takes ownership of problems and finds solutions - Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced startup environments - Detail-oriented without losing sight of the bigger picture - Strong communicator who can explain complex on-chain operations clearly ## Nice to Have - Experience with multisig operations and treasury management - Familiarity with multiple L1/L2 chains beyond Ethereum - Understanding of smart contract security best practices - Previous experience at a DeFi protocol or crypto-native company - Experience with Claude and ChatGPT ## Why Join Upshift - High-Impact Role: You'll be essential infrastructure. Vaults don't run properly without you. Your work directly enables institutional capital to flow into DeFi. - Early-Stage Opportunity: Join at the ground floor of a well-funded startup where your contributions have outsized impact. We're building the foundational infrastructure for institutional DeFi, and there's enormous room to grow with us - Career Growth Trajectory: This isn't just a job, it's a launchpad. As we scale, early team members will naturally evolve into leadership positions. You'll have the opportunity to build and lead teams, define new product verticals, and shape the company's strategic direction - Learn from the Best: Work alongside an elite team and the top DeFi strategists and institutional partners. You'll gain expertise that's rare in the market, along with deep technical knowledge combined with institutional-grade protocol design - Own Your Domain: Early enough that you'll shape processes, define standards, and take on increasing responsibility across the stack. Your fingerprints will be on everything we build. - Competitive Package: Strong salary, token incentives, and exposure to cutting-edge DeFi - Global Team: Remote-friendly culture with team members across time zones If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Upshift is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. ## About August ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: August Digital builds institutional infrastructure for on-chain capital markets, operating a crypto prime brokerage and a DeFi vault platform called Upshift. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: New York, United States - **Founded**: 2023 (as Fractal Network) - **Founders**: Aya Kantorovich and Alexandre Elkrief (Co-CEOs) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Infrastructure, Financial Technology (FinTech) - Target customers: B2B — Institutional clients including trading desks, funds, protocols, DAOs, and treasuries (prime brokerage); Fintechs, neobanks, and asset managers (Upshift vault infrastructure) - Mission or purpose statement: To expand the digital economy by providing institutional-grade, capital-efficient technology for assets on-chain, replacing opaque counterparty risk with transparent, programmable infrastructure. ## Products & Services - **[August Prime Brokerage]**: Institutional-grade on-chain prime brokerage. Provides secure smart-contract accounts with pricing and risk engines that allow institutions to borrow, lend, trade, and settle spot, derivatives, and DeFi positions from a single, auditable on-chain account. - **[Upshift (Vaults-as-a-Service)]**: A DeFi vault infrastructure platform for fintechs and asset managers. Allows clients to launch custom yield vaults (multi-protocol yield, card settlement financing, RWAs) across 30+ chains and 80+ protocols, with built-in institutional risk controls. Offers an SDK for embedding vaults into existing products. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$16M**; Annual Revenue of **$1.2M** (per LinkedIn); Cumulative trading volume of **$45B**; Monthly volume of **~$7B**; Upshift peak TVL of **~$500M** with **$50B** in trading volume processed. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Dragonfly Ventures (led Series A), Hack VC (led Seed), SCB Limited, 6th Man Ventures, Foresight Ventures, FinTech Collective, Robot Ventures, Maven11. Named partners include Ethena, SwissBorg, Agora, Monarq, TAC, K3, and Senatora. - **Growth Signals**: Raised a $10M Series A in March 2025; launched Upshift in April 2025 with 40+ vaults launched since; processes ~$7B in monthly volume with 150+ institutional clients; workforce distributed across 7 countries. ## Competitive Advantages - **On-Chain Transparency**: Replaces opaque, trust-based prime brokerage with real-time, on-chain risk measurement, programmatic collateral management, and automated liquidations. - **CeFi + DeFi in One Architecture**: The only infrastructure that routes capital through both DeFi protocols and CeFi venues in a single, auditable system. - **Institutional-Grade Risk Engine**: Proprietary policy engine enforcing chain, protocol, token, and function-level restrictions on every transaction. - **Production-Ready Infrastructure**: Vault contracts, risk controls, NAV accounting, fee logic, and withdrawal processing are pre-built, allowing clients to launch in weeks, not quarters. ## Strategic Focus - **Expand Upshift**: Scale the vaults-as-a-service platform to onboard more fintechs, neobanks, and asset managers, offering yield products across lending, basis, market-making, and RWAs. - **Deepen Institutional Prime Brokerage**: Continue to serve the 150+ institutional clients and grow volume by connecting more protocols and CeFi venues. - **Cross-Chain & Multi-Protocol**: Maintain leadership in supporting 30+ chains and 80+ protocols, making yield accessible from diverse sources. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact, Small Team**: A senior, lean team of ~16 people where engineers own critical product surfaces end-to-end and directly shape the product and company direction. - **Cutting-Edge Technology**: Work at the intersection of traditional finance and DeFi, with smart contracts, blockchain infrastructure, and real-time financial systems processing real money 24/7. - **AI-First Engineering Culture**: The company actively integrates AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor) into the workflow and provides a token budget for engineers to boost productivity. - **Culture & Perks**: Hybrid culture (East Coast time zone preferred, NYC a plus), unlimited PTO, health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) plan, and multiple team offsites and retreats per year. - **Direct Client Exposure**: Engineers have the chance to work directly with business partners and clients. ## Sources 1. [upshift.finance](https://www.upshift.finance/) 2. [LinkedIn - August Digital](https://linkedin.com/company/fractal-network) 3. [Built In - Full Stack Engineer Job Posting](https://builtin.com/job/full-stack-engineer/9324235) 4. [Yespresso - August Digital Profile](https://yespresso.io/august-digital) 5. [Gem - August Digital Careers](https://jobs.gem.com/augustdigital) ## Other roles at August - [Full Stack Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/full-stack-engineer-august-new-york-e1tz9hdxfpne) — New York, NY - [Frontend Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/frontend-engineer-august-new-york-9q74zt7pfp76) — New York, NY - [Backend Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/backend-engineer-august-united-states-dhf6ng0wb62h) — United States