--- title: 'US Policy Lead at Morpho' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/us-policy-lead-morpho-united-states-584y35dsbcvb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-15' --- # US Policy Lead at Morpho - **Company:** Morpho - **Location:** United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-12 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/morpho/c4fadcd6-015a-472a-a03e-7eabd10e6a30 ## Job description ## About Morpho Morpho is a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol backed by a16z crypto, Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, Apollo, Vaneck, Coinbase Ventures, Variant and 50 others to build an open credit network giving anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible terms. Morpho is experiencing exponential adoption, with over billion in deposits on the network and used by institutional clients including Bitwise, Galaxy, and Anchorage Digital and the largest crypto exchanges, such as Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken. Now, Morpho is scaling its team of contributors to establish itself as the open credit network, not just of DeFi, but of the world. ## Why Morpho Exists Everyone has the potential to build something great for the world. But fulfilling that ambition almost always requires more: people willing to trust you with their capital. Yet access to capital still depends on where you live, who you know, and which institutions are willing to trust you. Even when capital is available, it sits fragmented across disconnected networks and hidden behind intermediaries. The result is a system that fails most of the people it should serve. Borrowers overpay. Lenders earn less than they should. Many are shut out entirely, not because they are unworthy of credit, but because today's infrastructure was never built to connect them. Morpho exists to solve this. Full article [here](https://morpho.org/blog/why-morpho-exists/). Location Remote - US (Washington, DC preferred) ## Role US regulatory engagement is Morpho's top legal priority. The SEC, CFTC, Treasury and FinCEN are writing the rules that will govern onchain lending, and the volume of rulemakings, requests for comment and staff engagement now exceeds what Legal can cover alongside its other work. Reporting to the General Counsel, this role owns Morpho's US policy pipeline end to end, from tracking rulemakings to drafting submissions and leading meetings with agency staff, Congress and industry coalitions. ## Responsibilities - Track SEC, CFTC, Treasury and FinCEN rulemakings, guidance, staff statements and enforcement relevant to onchain lending, and maintain a live calendar of comment deadlines with a recommended posture for each. - Lead the drafting of comment letters, responses to requests for comment and other written submissions, pulling in input from Protocol, Product, Research and outside counsel, and prepare them for General Counsel sign-off. - Prepare and lead meetings with agency staff and commissioner offices, including briefing materials, talking points and follow-up submissions. - Represent Morpho in trade association working groups and industry coalitions, and coordinate Morpho's input into joint filings. - Engage congressional offices and committee staff on legislation and its implementation where it affects DeFi lending. - Manage outside policy counsel and consultants day to day: scope, deliverables and spend. - Brief leadership and product teams on US policy developments in short written updates, and flag implications for the protocol, products and external messaging. What Success Looks Like First 30 days You can explain Morpho Markets, Morpho Vaults and the role of curators accurately to a non-technical regulator. You have built a tracker of open SEC, CFTC, Treasury and FinCEN items with a recommended posture for each, joined the relevant working groups, and contributed to at least one live comment letter or coalition submission. First 3 months You own the comment pipeline end to end: first drafts reach the General Counsel on schedule with no missed deadlines. You have prepared and led at least two agency meetings, send a short monthly US policy update to leadership, and have working relationships with staff at the SEC, the CFTC and key congressional offices. First 6 months Agency staff and coalition partners treat Morpho as a credible, technical voice on DeFi lending, and Morpho's positions show up in coalition filings and, where possible, in staff guidance or final rules. Outside counsel runs against clear deliverables and within budget, and you have drafted a 2027 US policy plan for General Counsel approval. Must Have Skills & Experience - 5 to 8 years working on SEC or CFTC matters, at an agency, in a law firm regulatory practice, at a trade association or on an in-house regulatory or policy team. Prior SEC or CFTC staff experience is strongly preferred. - Strong working knowledge of federal securities and commodities law and of the rulemaking process: notice and comment, staff guidance, no-action and exemptive relief. - Excellent writing, with comment letters, regulatory submissions or similar work product to show for it. - Existing relationships with agency staff, congressional staff or industry coalitions. - Able to learn how onchain lending works and explain it clearly and accurately to a non-technical audience. - Sound judgment on when to escalate, and comfortable preparing positions for sign-off rather than setting them alone. - Strong ownership and autonomy: doesn't wait to be told. - Clear and crisp async communication across a team split between Paris, New York and DC. - Comfort operating in fast-changing, ambiguous contexts. - Team-first mindset, low ego. ## Perks & Benefits We design benefits around deep work and growth, so you can do the best work of your career. Expect fair, top-tier compensation, real flexibility, time together in Paris, great health coverage, and support to keep learning. ## Equal Opportunity We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and hire based on talent, potential, and values alignment. ## About Morpho ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Morpho is an open, decentralized credit network that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for businesses to build, embed, and scale onchain lending and borrowing products. - **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed; last round: Series A+ led by Ribbit Capital) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Paul Frambot (Co-founder & CEO), Merlin Egalite (Co-founder) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) / Onchain Lending Infrastructure - **Target Customers**: B2B — exchanges (e.g., Coinbase, Crypto.com), fintechs, banks, regulated institutions, and risk curators building lending/borrowing products. - **Mission Statement**: "Power human ambition with open access to capital." ## Products & Services - **Morpho Blue** *(Protocol/Infrastructure)*: A permissionless, immutable lending protocol with isolated markets (1 loan asset + 1 collateral asset per market). Serves as the foundation of the lending ecosystem. - **Morpho Vaults** *(Platform)*: Curated lending vaults that allow independent risk experts to build businesses around differentiated risk profiles, auto-allocating deposits across Morpho Markets. - **Morpho Optimizer** *(Optimization Layer)*: An optimization layer (now superseded by Morpho Blue) that initially improved interest rates for users on top of Aave and Compound. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed (privately held). - **Key Metric — Total Deposits**: Over $13B in deposits (as of early 2026), up from $5B during 2025. Active loans reached $4B+. RWA deposits grew to $400M by Q3 2025. - **Key Metric — Total Funding**: $69.2M in total funding across 4 rounds. - Seed (2021): $1.2M (while founders were still at university) - Series A (2022): $18M led by a16z crypto & Variant - Venture Round (2024): $50M led by Ribbit Capital - **Notable Investors/Partners**: a16z crypto, Variant, Ribbit Capital, Pantera Capital. - **Notable Integrations (Business Customers)**: Coinbase (crypto-backed loans, its largest DeFi integration), Crypto.com, Gemini, Ledger, Lemon, Société Générale Forge, Bitget, and many other regulated institutions. - **Growth Signals**: User growth from 67,000 to 1.4M+ users (+2,000%+). Headcount grew 39.2% YoY to 52 employees, with 10 open roles in 2026. Expanding into institutional and regulated banking sector partnerships. ## Competitive Advantages - **Open & Permissionless but Secure**: Morpho is immutable, non-custodial, and permissionless, yet employs enterprise-grade security practices including tier-1 audits and a $2.5M bug bounty. Committed to formal verification. - **Flexible, Isolated Markets**: Unlike monolithic protocols (e.g., Aave), Morpho uses isolated, single-asset markets that can be composed into any risk profile, allowing depositors granular control over exposure. - **Liquidity Network Effect**: With $13B in deposits, Morpho provides the deepest onchain liquidity, creating a strong moat for attracting more builders and institutions. - **Top-Tier Backing & Adoption**: Backed by a16z, Variant, and Ribbit Capital, with integrations from the largest crypto exchanges globally — signaling trust and scalability. ## Strategic Focus - **Institutional Adoption**: Actively targeting banks, regulated institutions, and fintechs to embed onchain credit solutions. Société Générale Forge is a key strategic win. - **Real-World Assets (RWA)**: Growing the RWA deposit volume, which expanded from near zero to $400M in 2025. - **Geographic Expansion**: Operating in 12 countries (US, UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Singapore, NZ, etc.), with dedicated roles for APAC and Americas regions. - **Talent Acquisition**: Scaling the engineering and institutional sales teams aggressively, particularly for Protocol Engineers, Security Engineers, and strategic account managers. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: Values include "Justify Everything" (challenge all decisions with rationale), "Bias for Action," "Laser-Focused," and "Simplicity." The team expects high output but supports its talent with top compensation and autonomy. - **Remote-First with Global Offices**: Flexible work policy — remote or from their Paris headquarters. Remote employees get an allowance to visit Paris 3x a year. All employees have access to Spaces co-working offices globally (585+ locations). - **Compensation & Perks**: Base salary in top 10% globally. Full-time contributors receive MORPHO token grants. Health insurance worldwide. Professional development budget for courses and conferences. Relocation packages available for Paris. - **High-Impact Work**: Tackling fundamental problems in a nascent market — re-building the global credit system onchain. The engineering team is publicly highlighted as a core strength in the 2026 update. - **Hiring Process**: 3–6 weeks: (1) Talent Lead interview, (2) Manager interview, (3) Case study, (4) Co-founder interview. ## Sources 1. [morpho.org](https://morpho.org/) 2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/morpho-association) 3. [morpho.org/jobs](https://morpho.org/jobs) 4. [morpho.org/faq](https://morpho.org/faq/) 5. 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