Join Merkl as a Research engineer – Help Shape the Future of Onchain Incentives
Research engineer (Merkl)
Merkl is the infrastructure for onchain money streaming and distribution. Stablecoin issuers, fintechs, neobanks, tokenized funds, and DeFi protocols use Merkl to calculate and send yield, dividends, rewards, and payouts across 60+ chains. Since launching in July 2023, we've distributed over $1.8B, work with 1000+ companies, and have sent rewards to 5M+ unique wallets.
We power distributions for leading names in crypto and fintech, including Coinbase, PayPal, Robinhood, Kraken, MetaMask, Uniswap, Aave, Morpho, Ethena, Sky, Euler, 1inch, and Trezor, and run chain-wide programs for Plasma, World Chain, Optimism, Robinhood Chain, and more. Many of our clients, like Morpho, initially built their own reward systems in-house before switching to Merkl, because we're faster, cheaper, and more flexible.
You may have already used Merkl without knowing it: we power products like Robinhood Earn and provide white-label solutions embedded in major frontends like Uniswap and Trust Wallet.
In short, we enable the seamless distribution of value to any onchain behavior, while giving 200K+ monthly active users access to the best opportunities across 20,000+ campaigns through the Merkl App. We move fast, integrate in days, and with exciting announcements on the horizon, we're looking for a Research Engineer to help us maintain that momentum and reinforce our team of superbuilders 💪🛠️ We are waiting for you to build the next phase of Merkl!
Merkl is a small team of 20 people. So if you were to join the team, you will not only be learning with and from us but you will also be deeply involved in the product design and in the research we are conducting.
🥖 Paris (Hybrid)
As a Research Engineer at Merkl, you will be at the forefront of exploring and prototyping new use cases built on top of our powerful indexing and incentive engine. What started as a high-resolution, yield distribution platform has evolved into a rich data and protocol layer with untapped potential. Your mission will be to help Merkl go beyond incentive distribution by ideating, designing, and validating new applications—ranging from marketing intelligence tools and asset management dashboards to tax reporting solutions and much more.
You will work closely with the Head of Research to assess feasibility, performance, and scalability of new concepts and collaborate tightly with the Engine team to fully understand the technical foundations, while continuously exploring new concepts and validating their potential through hands-on prototyping.