Nov 23, 2025 
18 mins to read Hey everyone, I'm COCO, holding a half-cup of cold latte～
To be honest, while browsing jobs on MyJob.one recently, I discovered that the Web3 recruitment market is even more vibrant than last year's bull market. Especially last Friday, after attending an online meeting about distributed ledger technology applications, I saw three messages pop up in Slack—Moledao recruiting smart contract engineers, Odaily recruiting an overseas market director, and another CoinW Exchange recruiting a compliance officer in the Asia-Pacific region...
Oh, you know what? My first reaction at the time was to glance at the melting ice cubes in my cup. But later I thought, this might just be the pace of the Web3 industry—so fast that there's no time for ice cubes to melt completely.
Chapter 1: Recruitment Stories Overheard in Cafes
Last month, at %Arabica in Singapore (yes, that popular网红 coffee shop), I sat next to two programmers wearing hoodies. One of them was typing on the keyboard and said, "The distributed ledger architecture we're using now requires at least three Rust developers..." I almost choked on my oat milk latte—wasn't that the exact tech stack mentioned in Stelo's recruitment information from the day before yesterday?
This kind of coincidence has become more common in my eight years as an HR professional. Web3 recruitment has a particularly interesting phenomenon: candidates often find out about job openings before they're officially posted. Once, at the Berlin Blockchain Week, I saw a CTO directly draw a ZK-Rollup architecture diagram on a bar's whiteboard to recruit someone...
Chapter 2: The Salary Secrets Behind Moledao to CoinW Recruitment
Speaking of specific Moledao recruitment needs, they're currently hiring a DAO operations expert with a monthly salary range of $8k-$12k. Meanwhile, Odaily's recruitment for a journalist position only offers a base salary of $3.5k, but comes with token incentives. What surprised me most was the role of CoinW Exchange's recruitment for a market maker analyst, which requires proficiency in Python and on-chain data analysis, with an annual salary starting at $250,000...
Here's an interesting observation: compared to traditional finance, Web3 recruitment places more emphasis on practical experience than academic qualifications. Last week, I interviewed a DeFi developer with only a high school education. His GitHub repository for the AMM protocol was cleaner and more elegant than code written by many PhDs I've seen.
- distributed ledger Engineer: Average salary increase of 40%
- DAO Operations: New roles with significant premium
- Exchange Compliance Positions: Hot for traditional finance professionals to transition into
Chapter 3: Recruitment Revelations in the Midnight Slack Group
At 2 AM (yes, I stayed up again), our MyJob.one backend data shows that Web3 recruitment demand has grown by 217% over the past 30 days. For example, Stelo's recruitment for a smart contract auditor received 83 applications but only interviewed five candidates—demonstrating the industry's overwhelming focus on security.
There's one phenomenon worth discussing: many companies are breaking down distributed ledger-related roles into highly specialized positions. For instance, I saw a job posting yesterday for a "Zero-Knowledge Proof Circuit Optimization Engineer"—something that would have been just a general blockchain development role three years ago...
- Consensus Layer Development: Continues to be hot
- Application Layer Product Managers: Demand surges
- Hybrid Talent with both Tech and Business Acumen: Most sought-after
Chapter 4: My Three Subway Encounters and Industry Observations
Last Tuesday during the morning rush hour on Shanghai's Line 2, I overheard two women discussing Odaily's recruitment for a new media operations role. And guess what they were talking about—it wasn't salary or benefits, but whether they could "participate in DAO governance"—the desires of this generation of job seekers have truly changed.
Thinking it over, this might be the most fascinating aspect of Web3 recruitment: candidates ask questions like "What's your process for smart contract audits?" while employers inquire about "Which NFTs do you hold." This deep bidirectional interaction is rarely seen in traditional industries.
By the way, yesterday CoinW Exchange's recruitment head told me they now ask technical candidates about their views on "EIP-4844's impact on Layer 2." See, even exchanges are testing knowledge at the protocol level...
Chapter 5: Three Coffee-Night Suggestions for Job Seekers
1. In the distributed ledger field, specialize while also broadening your expertise: Knowing Rust is great, but being able to understand economic model whitepapers is even better.
2. Follow specialized platforms like MyJob.one; general job sites struggle to capture niche needs like Moledao recruitment.
3. Prepare a Showcase—something more effective than a resume: Whether it's a GitHub repository or a DAO you've built and run.
To be honest, I had to top up my coffee three times while writing this... Finally, I want to share a heartwarming story: the day before yesterday, a girl who got hired through Stelo recruitment sent me a message saying that her happiest moment each day is discussing gas optimization strategies with her global team. You see, finding joy in Web3 truly is beautiful～
