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Flying Tulip
Full-Stack Onchain Financial Marketplace
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What Flying Tulip is building
Flying Tulip is building a full-stack onchain financial marketplace: a single cross-margin system that unifies spot trading, perpetual derivatives, options, lending, a native stablecoin (ftUSD), and onchain insurance. Most DeFi protocols solve one of these problems. Flying Tulip is building the infrastructure that handles all of them together, with shared collateral across products to maximise capital efficiency. The platform's standout structural innovation is the "perpetual put" where all investors can burn FT tokens at any time to redeem up to their original principal in the asset they contributed. This onchain downside protection, tied to reserves deployed via Aave, Ethena, and Spark, is designed to generate roughly $40M per year in protocol yield to fund development, incentives, and buybacks. All team economics are tied to protocol performance, not initial grants.
Why this matters
DeFi has a fragmentation problem. Liquidity is split across dozens of specialised protocols, each with isolated collateral pools, separate UIs, and independent risk engines. Trading on one venue, borrowing on another, and hedging on a third creates compounding fees, compounding risk, and compounding complexity. Flying Tulip's single cross-margin system is the same thesis that made centralised exchanges dominant - the efficiency of unified collateral and cross-product netting - applied entirely onchain with transparent reserves and programmatic redemption rights.
Investors: Amber Group, Fasanara Digital, Paper Ventures (Series A). Prior seed: Brevan Howard Digital, CoinFund, DWF, FalconX, Hypersphere, Lemniscap, Nascent, Republic Digital, Selini, Susquehanna Crypto, Tioga Capital, Virtuals Protocol.
Hiring outlook
The Token Generation Event (TGE) is the start line, not the finish line. Post-TGE, the pressure inverts. Protocol features need to ship. Liquidity needs to be onboarded. Market makers need relationship management. The community needs developer tooling and documentation. Cronje has publicly stated that the $40M annual yield target funds growth, incentives, and buybacks. None of that can be executed without people.
Working at Flying Tulip
Flying Tulip is a AI company based in New York. Working at a AI company at this stage means opportunity to shape your role based on the company stage.
New York is where most Flying Tulip positions are located.
How to actually get hired at Flying Tulip
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
There's an ATS, but at Flying Tulip, referrals get priority. Your cold application competes with sourced candidates and internal recommendations.
Who to contact at Flying Tulip
- Who decides
- the hiring manager
- Best channel
- LinkedIn or direct email
What to show them
Flying Tulip's cross-margin architecture, native stablecoin, and onchain insurance module are not standard DeFi primitives. They are custom protocol engineering problems. The perpetual put mechanism alone requires smart contracts that can handle on-demand redemptions, reserve management, and rate-limiting across multiple chains. Cronje's previous track record - Yearn, Andre's Solidly, Sonic - means the engineering bar is set by one of the most prolific protocol builders in DeFi history. This hire needs to be able to read and write production Solidity or Rust at the level where they can contribute directly to the protocol's core. Core skills: production Solidity experience including ERC-4626, custom AMM or derivatives math, or lending protocol architecture; comfort with formal verification or audit-readiness practices; prior work on mainnet protocols with real TVL; ideally cross-chain bridging experience. For proof of work, audit a specific component of Flying Tulip's public architecture documentation or whitepaper. Identify one design decision that creates a potential edge case, explain the conditions under which it activates, and propose a mitigation. Post it on GitHub or write it up publicly.
A cold email that works at Flying Tulip
What Flying Tulip screens for
The investor bench is worth reading carefully. Susquehanna Crypto and FalconX are both institutional market-making desks. Their involvement points directly toward a market structure and liquidity team build-out. Nascent and Lemniscap specialise in early-stage DeFi protocol infrastructure with strong developer community-building theses. Brevan Howard Digital brings traditional macro and derivatives expertise that reinforces the derivatives and options product build.
A tailored CV beats a generic one. Use Flying Tulip's job description language to clear filters.
Don't make these mistakes
He is not a conventional founder in terms of outreach preferences: he does not respond well to generic pitches. He responds to people who have read the architecture, found something specific, and have a concrete view on it. Reference the whitepaper, not the press release.
Mistakes that kill Flying Tulip applications
A recycled CV gets rejected fast at Flying Tulip ( people). They notice.
Don't open with what you want. Open with what Flying Tulip is dealing with right now — DeFi has a fragmentation problem, and what you'd do about it.
Most AI applications get ghosted. A day-five follow-up can double your response rate.
Applying to Flying Tulip? Get the contact, not the form.
The Flying Tulip interview process
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for Flying Tulip. What follows is the typical process for a -person AI company, so treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
- 1
Recruiter Screen
Phone or video · 30 min
What it testsBasic qualification and logisticsUsually run byRecruiter or HR - 2
Hiring Manager Interview
Video call · 45 min
What it testsRole fit and experience deep-diveUsually run byHiring manager - 3
Technical/Functional Round
Video call · 60 min
What it testsSkills assessment and problem-solvingUsually run byTeam members - 4
Final Round
In-person or video · 60 min
What it testsCulture fit and cross-functional alignmentUsually run bySenior leadership
Flying Tulip take-home assignment
Flying Tulip includes a take-home exercise in their interview process. For AI roles, this typically involves a practical problem that takes 2-4 hours. Focus on clean, working code over premature optimization. They're evaluating how you think and communicate, not just the solution.
Flying Tulip interview timeline
Timeline: ~14 days. That's about average than the AI median (14 days at people).
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Flying Tulip jobs, frequently asked questions
How many jobs does Flying Tulip have open?
As of October 2, 2026, Flying Tulip has 2 open positions.
Does Flying Tulip hire remotely?
Currently, Flying Tulip only has in-office roles in New York.
What roles is Flying Tulip hiring for?
Flying Tulip is hiring across Engineering. The most recent opening is Smart Contract / Protocol Engineer.
How do I apply for a job at Flying Tulip?
Use the apply links above, or check our guide to getting hired at Flying Tulip.
Does Flying Tulip respond to cold emails?
Not enough data yet on Flying Tulip's cold email response rates.
Who is the hiring manager at Flying Tulip?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager.
How competitive is it to get hired at Flying Tulip?
Expect 100-250 applicants in the first two weeks for AI roles at this size. Apply within 72 hours for best odds.
How many rounds is the Flying Tulip interview?
4 stages: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager Interview, Technical/Functional Round, Final Round.
Is the Flying Tulip interview hard?
Expect technical depth and system design, not algorithm trivia. Candidates report Technical Interview as the toughest stage.
Does Flying Tulip give a take-home task?
Yes, Flying Tulip includes a take-home assignment.
How long does Flying Tulip take to get back to you?
Around 14 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the Flying Tulip interview?
Focus on technical depth and system design. At people, they're testing whether you can operate without process, not whether you memorised algorithms.
Where is Flying Tulip based?
Flying Tulip is headquartered in New York, US.
Get Flying Tulip roles before they're posted
A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window, and where we put you in it.
From $5.99/week, cancel any time.
- livelivewatching Flying Tulip0 applicants
- +2h+2hrole spotted & verified1
- +4h+4hyou get the alert1
- day 3day 3you've applied~8
- day 7+day 7+hits the job boards250+
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