Protocol Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio

Dragonfly is a crypto-native Venture Capital and research firm with $4B+ in assets under management and 160+ portfolio companies (see list). Our Talent team works to support the recruiting efforts of the companies within our portfolio by connecting them with talented potential candidates. We have multiple companies actively hiring AI Engineers across different levels and specializations.

This is not a listing for an internal role at Dragonfly. This posting is for us to connect you directly with one or more of the companies in our portfolio that are actively hiring for AI Engineers. If this description doesn't match your background exactly but you're an engineer excited about crypto and AI, we encourage you to apply, we may have other opportunities that are a better fit.

Location: NYC, SF, or remote USA

You might have experience in one or more of the following:

• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and tooling
• Comfort operating across the full stack, from model integration to product-facing features
• Building autonomous AI agents, agentic workflows, or agent-to-agent systems
• Familiarity with agentic payments, machine-to-machine transactions, or AI-native economic primitives
• Building and deploying AI systems, LLM-powered applications, or ML pipelines in production
• Working with foundation models, fine-tuning, RAG pipelines, agents, or inference optimization

About The Role(s)

Depending on the team, you could be

• Building and shipping AI-native products and features end-to-end
• Designing and optimizing LLM pipelines, RAG systems, and agentic workflows
• Integrating AI capabilities into crypto-native infrastructure, protocols, or consumer products
• Working on model evaluation, fine-tuning, and inference optimization at scale
• Collaborating with small, high-ownership teams shipping quickly in fast-moving environments

Even if you don't match every point above but are an engineer passionate about AI and/or crypto, we encourage you to apply. There may be other opportunities that fit your skill set.

Process

• We’ll confidentially match you with portfolio companies aligned with your background, skill set, and interests.
• If mutual interest exists between you and a team, we’ll facilitate a warm introduction.
• If there isn’t a match today, we’ll keep you top of mind for future opportunities.

Our portfolio companies are globally distributed, hiring for remote, hybrid, and in-person roles worldwide. All candidate submissions are strictly confidential.

Submit your information below, and we’ll be in touch if there’s a potential fit.