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title: 'HR Generalist at Ether.fi'
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# HR Generalist at Ether.fi

- **Company:** Ether.fi
- **Location:** Cayman Islands
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ether.fi/0a764ab7-1f62-4d80-9741-674bd3d540f2

## Job description

About [ether.fi](http://ether.fi) [ether.fi](http://ether.fi) is a DeFi neo-bank. People use the [ether.fi](http://ether.fi) app to save, spend and borrow with crypto, including through the [ether.fi](http://ether.fi) card. We have offices in Grand Cayman, New York, Denver and Dubai, and the team is growing quickly.

## About the role

We are hiring an HR Generalist to run HR operations at [ether.fi](http://ether.fi) across our four offices, from employment compliance and employee records to payroll, benefits, onboarding and employee engagement.

Our people function is being built now, so you will help shape the policies and processes the company runs on as it scales. You will work closely with Operations, Recruitment, Finance and Legal.

What you’ll do:

Compliance and employment

- Keep [ether.fi](http://ether.fi) compliant with employment law in the Cayman Islands, New York, Colorado and the UAE, working with Legal and external advisers.
- Prepare and maintain employment contracts and templates for each location, in partnership with Legal and Recruitment.
- Manage our Employer of Record partner for UAE hires, including visas and moves to Dubai.
- Keep employee records accurate and give managers and leadership clear reporting on headcount and time away.

Candidate relocation

- Take over from Recruitment once a candidate accepts, and guide them from offer to first day.
- Manage work permits and visas, including Cayman work permits and UAE visas through our EOR, and track every document and deadline.
- Coordinate flights, temporary housing and relocation allowances within the agreed budget, and keep candidates informed at each step.

Onboarding and processes

- Run onboarding for every new hire and use what we learn to improve it.
- Document core HR processes as clear, repeatable SOPs so the team works consistently as we grow.

Payroll and benefits

- Partner with Finance to run US payroll and the 401(k) program, and answer benefits questions for employees in every office.
- Keep benefits documentation current and look for ways to improve what we offer across all offices.

Engagement and development

- Run our pulse survey, analyze the results and turn them into actions agreed with leadership.
- Plan our company off-sites.

Offboarding

- Run offboarding and exit interviews, and turn what we hear into changes.

## What you’ll bring

- 4+ years in HR or People Operations, including at least 1 year as the main HR operator at a startup or scale-up.
- Experience with employment law, contracts and benefits in more than one country.
- Working knowledge of US employment requirements, including payroll, benefits administration and state-level rules.
- Experience owning an HRIS and building your own reports.
- Clear writing and the ability to turn a messy process into a simple SOP.
- Good judgment with confidential and sensitive situations.
- Comfort working across time zones.

## Nice to have

- Experience in crypto, fintech or another regulated financial business.
- Experience managing an EOR relationship or sponsoring work visas.
- Familiarity with Gusto, Betterment, [Remote.com](http://Remote.com) or Shapes.
- A recognized HR qualification such as CIPD or SHRM.

## About Ether.fi

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ether.fi is a leading non-custodial liquid staking protocol and DeFi ecosystem building the rails for decentralized, on-chain banking.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: George Town, Cayman Islands
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Mike Silagadze (CEO) and Rok Kopp

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) / Liquid Staking / Crypto Financial Services
- **Target Customers**: Crypto-native individual stakers (B2C), institutional node operators, and DeFi users seeking yield and spending products.
- **Mission**: To put users in charge of their wealth—making it easy to save, earn, and spend crypto in a secure, transparent, and non-custodial way.

## Products & Services
- **[Stake (eETH/weETH)](https://www.ether.fi/careers)**: A non-custodial liquid staking protocol. Users stake ETH or stETH and receive eETH (or weETH for DeFi composability), which accrues staking rewards and can be used across DeFi. It is natively re-staked to earn additional yield.
- **[Liquid](https://www.ether.fi/careers)**: Automated strategy vaults that find and optimize yields for users across DeFi protocols.
- **[Cash](https://www.ether.fi/careers)**: A Visa credit card product allowing users to spend and borrow against their crypto assets without selling them. Includes a KYC process and fraud detection.
- **[eBTC](https://www.ether.fi/blog/non-custodial-actively-defended)**: A liquid staking token for Bitcoin, extending the protocol’s non-custodial staking model.
- **[eUSD](https://www.ether.fi/blog/non-custodial-actively-defended)**: A stablecoin product within the ether.fi ecosystem.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Over **$10B in assets under management (AUM)** as of June 2026. The company has been **profitable since day one**.
- **Total Funding**: $32.3M raised across 4 rounds (Series A).
- **Notable Investors**: CoinFund, Node Capital, Chapter One (26 institutional investors and 4 angel investors total).
- **Growth Signals**: A team of ~30 people (almost all technical staff) managing over $10B in AUM, demonstrating extreme capital efficiency. The company is actively expanding its product suite into consumer credit cards (Cash) and Bitcoin staking (eBTC), signaling a move from pure DeFi infrastructure to end-user financial applications.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Non-Custodial + Actively Defended**: The protocol is designed so that ether.fi cannot unilaterally move user funds (non-custodial), but it can pause the system and block in-flight attacks to protect users. This is a unique security doctrine that avoids the "decentralization theater" that leaves users drained during exploits.
- **Four-Layer Security Architecture**: Operational security (key/infra hygiene), smart contract bounds (timelocks, rebate caps), crosschain defenses (4-of-4 DVN quorum, per-chain rate limits), and real-time active defense (wired to Hypernative monitoring).
- **Capital Efficiency**: A tiny team (~30) manages a massive $10B+ asset base, indicating highly automated, lean operations and strong technical leverage.
- **Profitability**: Profitable from day one, avoiding the "ponzinomics" and unsustainable token models common in the space.

## Strategic Focus
- **Building Real Consumer Applications**: The company is focused on moving beyond pure DeFi infrastructure into mainstream financial products like the Ether.fi Cash Visa card, bridging the gap between crypto and everyday spending.
- **True On-Chain Banking**: The long-term vision is to offer a full suite of non-custodial financial services (savings, lending, spending) entirely on-chain.
- **Security-First Growth**: The public security doctrine (non-custodial, actively defended) is a core differentiator and a key focus of engineering effort, as outlined in their blog.

## Why Work Here
- **High Impact, Small Team**: With ~30 employees and $10B+ in AUM, every employee has outsized responsibility and influence on the product and protocol.
- **Top Compensation**: Annual performance-based bonuses, option to be paid in ETH, and a share of token allocation.
- **Wellness Benefits**: Unlimited paid time off, one month per year to work fully remotely, plus health, dental, and vision coverage.
- **In-Office Collaboration**: The company emphasizes in-person work (79% on-site, 16% hybrid) with offices in New York, Denver, Grand Cayman, and Dubai. They believe face-to-face interaction drives success.
- **Culture & Events**: Frequent company off-site retreats (e.g., Cayman Islands, Lisbon) and attendance at top crypto events.
- **Engineering Culture**: A builder-first environment with a focus on security, smart contract engineering, and real-time fraud/scam hunting. The interview process includes a skills-based interview and a final meeting with the CEO.
- **Guiding Principles**: Decentralization is a primary objective, sustainable revenue model, and "never compromise on ethics."

## Sources
1. [ether.fi Careers Page](https://www.ether.fi/careers)
2. [ether.fi Security Doctrine Blog](https://www.ether.fi/blog/non-custodial-actively-defended)
3. [Tracxn - ether.fi Company Profile](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/etherfi/__ybuswctFLX6Yyk0tndtj8aoDimNowhN3z_XQDPgnARo)
4. [Jobera - ether.fi Careers](https://jobera.com/employer/ether-fi/)
5. [ether.fi Jobs on Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ether.fi)

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