You will build and ship AI-native products, design LLM pipelines, and integrate AI capabilities into crypto-native infrastructure. You will also collaborate with high-ownership teams to optimize models and deploy scalable AI systems.
Dragonfly is a crypto-native Venture Capital and research firm with $3.6B+ in assets under management and 160+ portfolio companies. Our Talent team connects people with roles across our portfolio, opening the door to opportunities through our Talent Network.
This is not a listing for an internal role at Dragonfly. This posting connects you directly with one or more companies in our portfolio that are actively hiring AI/ML Engineers.
What We’re Looking For:
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
Compensation
Early Career: $110,000–$150,000
Mid: $150,000–$200,000
Senior: $180,000–$250,000
Staff/Leadership: $230,000–$330,000
The compensation range reflects variation by seniority, location, and hiring company. Final compensation is confirmed with the specific hiring company.
Submit your information below, and we’ll reach out if there’s a potential fit.
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