# Protocol Engineer, San Francisco

Capital markets are undergoing a fundamental shift. Assets that live in fragmented systems and manual workflows are moving onto blockchains -systems designed to move and store value more transparently and efficiently. While this unlocks more open and programmable financial systems, it also introduces significant complexity. For most users, interacting with this new infrastructure is still too difficult. Fun builds the infrastructure that powers consumer-facing fintech applications - handling onboarding, account access, and money movement so users can interact with blockchain-based systems as seamlessly as they do with traditional finance. For fintech builders, Fun provides a best-in-class onboarding and deposit stack that drives conversion and unlocks user growth. We operate at the intersection of financial infrastructure, complex engineering, and product experience. Role Overview We're looking for a Protocol Engineer to join our core blockchain team and help build the foundation of Web3 payments infrastructure. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to work on challenging technical problems at the intersection of smart contracts, cross-chain protocols, and decentralized fina

- **Id**: 4204607
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fun-protocol-engineer-san-francisco>
- **Role**: Web3
- **Role family**: Web3
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T17:47:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T05:38:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3099
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Smart Contracts & Security, Blockchain Infrastructure, Crypto Payments

## Company

- **Id**: 1839272
- **Name**: Fun
- **Domain**: fun.xyz
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fun-xyz>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 70
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0.5
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **Core Blockchain** — Optional: no
- **DeFi** — Optional: no
- **Move** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **Smart Contracts** — Optional: no
- **Solidity** — Optional: no
- **Ethereum** — Optional: yes
- **Solana** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T23:17:08Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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