Research Team Lead

CoW DAOis on a mission to protect Ethereum users from MEV and optimize trade execution across DeFi. We achieve this through the CoW Protocol, CoW Swap (a leading intent-based DEX aggregator), and the innovative MEV Blocker, which together help secure, aggregate, and route trades for optimal outcomes. We also fund values-aligned projects via the CoW Grants Program.

Location: We are a fully remote team, and although we hire almost globally, there is a preference for this role to be based in Europe or remote +/- 4 hours CEST time

Please note we're not hiring from the United States, Australia, or New Zealand

Position : Full-time contractor

We are looking for aLead Researcherto shape the future of decentralization, order flow, solver competition, and auction mechanisms at CoW DAO.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong applied research background (not purely academic) and who has led research teams or major projects in the b...