Business Development Engineer
You build and grow relationships with technical founders and engineers, lead technical-commercial sales processes through signed engagements, and develop trusted client relationships. You collaborate with engineers and leadership to design tailored security solutions, translate technical challenges into strategic recommendations, advise Web3 teams, represent the business at events, create market-facing content, monitor opportunities, and contribute to strategic direction.
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and grow relationships with technical founders and engineers across Web3
- Lead technical-commercial sales processes from first conversation to signed engagement
- Develop long-term relationships with clients
- Keep clients connected to the broader network and ecosystem
- Work with engineers and leadership to understand client needs
- Design tailored security solutions
- Translate technical challenges into strategic recommendations
- Advise leading Web3 teams on security
- Improve internal processes and positioning
- Use AI tools and automation effectively
- Represent the business at conferences and private events
- Translate engineering expertise and research into market-facing narratives and content
- Strengthen industry visibility and positioning
- Monitor market trends and opportunities across Web3
- Contribute to long-term strategic and commercial direction
Requirements
- Fluent English
- Strong understanding of the technical and financial mechanisms driving DeFi and Web3
- Broad knowledge of the DeFi market and market forces
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Technical founder experience or 2+ years of technical, research, product, protocol, or risk-related experience in Web3 or DeFi
- 2+ years of cybersecurity experience with strong involvement or interest in Web3 or DeFi
- 2+ years of finance or institutional markets experience with strong involvement or interest in Web3 or DeFi
- Fluent communication with technical founders, protocol engineers, CTOs, and executives
- Ability to manage an international travel schedule
- Strong commercial instincts
- Ability to manage deal processes
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly
Benefits
- Flexibility when working from the Zurich office
- Work-life balance
- International travel and access to important Web3 events and gatherings