The Ultimate Guide to Getting a Job in Crypto & AI: Resume, Skills & Tech Tools

In 2024, there were 39,148 new open source developers on the crypto journey, and long-tenured devs reached an all-time high. AI signals are surging as well, with AI literacy listed for jobs increasing more than six times on LinkedIn.

And the salaries and perks?

US blockchain engineers earn an average of ~$148k per year, remote operations (with 82% of 2024 hires on Deel hired remotely), cross-cultural experience, ESOPs, airdrops, and much, much more.

Yet, many venturing into the space feel like aiming in the dark with no suitable opportunities to fit their skillset.

This guide will walk you through the contingency plan. You will learn how to select the right roles, shape a crypto resume/Web3 CV, and craft a proof-of-work portfolio. You will also learn to use AI recruiter tools without sounding like a robot.

Crypto and AI job market

The hiring market is broad. Hiring occurs at exchanges, wallets, DeFi sectors, NFT Platforms, L2’s, gaming, AI Agents, infra, security firms, and DAOs. Traditional tech, media, and banks are also hiring for AI blockchain research and security.

Among the top Web3 companies hiring in 2025 are Coinbase, ConsenSys, Chainlink Labs, and Uniswap Labs.

Positions are mainly engineering, marketing, product management, legal, ops, and support. Job boards CryptoJobs, Web3.career, and AngelList display the newest job openings. The strongest hiring sectors are blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and wallet development.

Multiple sites and LinkedIn have hundreds to thousands of live listings. Remote-first is normal across various teams, and several boards keep dedicated remote pages.

Who is hiring in Web3 right now?

Exchanges, wallets, DeFi protocols, NFT gaming studios, AI and blockchain infrastructure, and DAOs employ all year. Traditional companies are establishing AI and crypto divisions to support R&D, risk, and payments.

Where to find crypto/AI jobs today?

Forget the hit-or-miss search and go to where the hiring actually happens. Start by identifying progressive boards, start posting your DAO credits (proof of work), and then use the conventional boards as discovery engines. Here’s where to start.

Specialty Boards

• Web3.career pulls together large data trends and payment analysis from 80,000+ job postings. You can trust the data, not the guesswork to target potential companies.
• CryptocurrencyJobs.co has an active job board, so you can see if it’s worth spending time on, and it also has a remote page that lists companies you can remote-filter quickly.
• CryptoJobsList gives you a live salary benchmark job board so you get a read on the pay before you even consider applying for a job.
• CryptoJobs.com is also worth checking out, because they use AI to match you to roles. If you have an overlap in your profile between AI and Web3, this would be worth checking out.

Communities that convert

You can also ship a bounty or small contribution to a DAO.

Just to give you some context, look at companies like Gitcoin, and get paid work plus public proof of work (called Quadratic Funding), which serves as a reference for your bounty of support.

Traditional platforms, used smartly

• LinkedIn now uses natural language to search jobs for you. You can express the role in plain language for description, and then save alerts, and refine. Treat approaches as discovery, and once you find roles, funnel the best leads to your short list.
• Indeed is also rolling out AI that interprets why you’d be a good fit. See if it turns up any non-obvious roles. Patch in references, however loosely you see fit, then adjust and refine your speaking point back by hand now.

Building the perfect resume for crypto and AI

Your resume gets attention. Your portfolio gets offers. So think of the resume as the trailer and all links to works as the film.

What to put on your crypto resume?

• Role line at the top: One line that states your role of interest, e.g., crypto product manager focused on L2 payments.
• Impact bullets under each role: Three bullets each with a metric, for example, the shipped staking feature that drove DAU up by 28% in 60 days.
• Proof of work: Links to your GitHub, live dApps, dashboards, audits, and research notes. You can also add a link to your on-chain address for verified contracts or a block explorer with your work deployed.
• Context line for each employer: Stage (start-up, mid-size, or Fortune 500), sector (Saas or enterprise), and stack (JS or Elixir). This will help the readers parse who you are and your impact quickly.

How to make it crypto and AI specific?

• For engineering roles: Note test coverage, audits passed, gas saved per call, and incident response. Name stacks like EVM, Solidity, Rust, Cosmos SDK, zk, TensorFlow, PyTorch.
• For data and AI roles: Include eval metrics, latency targets, prompt libraries, RAG, or fine-tuning results.
• For product and growth: Show retention, activation, CAC, referral lift, and on-chain user growth.
• For compliance: Mention AML workflows, Travel Rule vendors, SAR drafting, and chain analytics tools.

ATS and searchability: Resume AI tools used well

Make use of tools like Jobscan or Resume Worded to add keywords and find gaps.

Then go through one role at a time, export two versions: a clean PDF for humans and a copy in .txt for any forms or applications. Keep changes that shorten the resume, clarify, or add a real metric. Remove additions that pad a claim or beef up a remark with buzzwords.

Finally, read it aloud, click every link, and make sure the title, dates and skills match. A consistent story is better than a pure ATS score.

What non-technical skills matter most in crypto?

The concept of walk the talk plays equivocally in crypto. Apart from coding and fundamental knowledge, hiring managers also scout for:

• Clear writing that cuts jargon.
• Calm community voice under pressure.
• Product sense with basic risk thinking.

Add brand tone, lightweight analytics, and you become useful across support, partnerships, and growth.

Crypto-specific skills you need and how to learn them

Let’s break it down into the skills that matter most and where you can pick them up.

1. Technical

• Smart contracts. Learn Solidity or Rust, with a focus on security patterns, gas use, tests, and deployment. Start with the Binance Academy tracks, then build a small dApp you can show.
• DeFi and tokenomics. Understand AMMs, lending, LSTs, emissions, and vesting. Pair study with code or dashboards.
• AI and data. Python, LLM use, fine-tuning, vector search, and evaluation.
• Auditing. Threat models, invariants, fuzzing, and property-based tests. Use OpenZeppelin and Trail of Bits guides while you practise.

2. Non-technical

• Marketing and content. Narrative design, SEO, creator outreach, and X threads with outcome metrics.
• Community. Moderation, rituals, events, sentiment logs, and incident response.
• Compliance. KYC flows, sanctions basics, and chain analytics. Chainalysis runs recognised certifications.
• Design. Wallet flows, signing states, error copy, and recovery UX.

3. AI crossover

• Prompt design and RAG for support, growth, and ops.
• Agents and automation for triage, macros, QA, and policy checks. Keep latency and accuracy budgets.

Where to learn:

• Binance Academy for free blockchain and Solidity paths.
• MIT online courses for structured crypto, DeFi, and Web3 strategy.
• Andrew Ng on Coursera for ML fundamentals that carry into LLM work.
• Official docs when you specialise. Ethereum security pages and Solana Rust guides are practical and current.

Which Web3 roles usually pay the most?

Senior smart contract, protocol, and security roles tend to lead. Recent boards show six-figure bands for Solidity developers and smart contract engineers, with higher ranges at top firms and in the United States. Always check live ranges before you negotiate.

You do not always have to know code

Great teams hire creators, organisers, and operators. You can break in through:

• Community: Mod, community tools, ambassador ops, events
• Content: Blog, docs, tutorials, crypto journalist pitches
• Growth: Campaigns, partnerships, referrals
• Compliance and policy: AML workflows, vendor review
• Design: Product writing, UX flows, visuals
• AI ops: Data labelling, agent QA, customer success, AI policy

A T-shaped profile works best. Build a broad base across Web3 concepts, then go deep on one rare skill.

What soft skills help in this industry?

Adaptability, communication, and critical thinking are the leading soft skills in crypto, Web3, and AI. Because these sectors are very fast-changing, professionals must: learn quickly, communicate complex ideas, and think creatively to problem-solve as work is constantly changing.

A team with skills like collaboration, emotional intelligence, and resilience will also help you innovate and scale tech. Combined, these skills will help you win interviews in marketing, support, BD, and PM.

Personal positioning and digital portfolios

Portfolios beat generic resumes because they show proof. Recruiters remember links they can click.

Best practices

• Notion or personal site: With one page per project. Add a readme, screenshots, metrics, and a short video.
• GitHub: For code, tests, and issues. Pin your top repos.
• X and LinkedIn for public signal: Post weekly. Add a short bio with the role target.
• Proof of Work portfolio: Hackathons, Optimism Retro Funding contributions, small bounties, or a DAO vote you led.

Add internal context to your portfolio:

Link to current news and explain the why. For example, how AI and blockchain may merge in retail payments, or how NFT markets are changing as platforms restructure. This shows market sense.

AI and tech tools to get hired faster

1. Resume builders and scanners

Free resume builders like Jobscan ATS checker can help you tune the keywords and fix the formatting of your resume.

Resume Worded provides rapid feedback on resumes and LinkedIn prompts.

2. Job search automation

• Huntr can track applications and automatically capture details of the role.
• Simplified Copilot can autofill forms and track submissions. Use with caution and be sure to review every field.

3. Networking and discovery

Telegram niche groups, Substack, LinkedIn, and Twitter/X help you determine fit and search in tandem with the continuous churn of trends in your industry. Combine this with a brief personal note for each recruiter.

4. Interview prep

• Record yourself responding to three common prompts for each type of role.
• Commit to memory a repository of mini answers related to audits, a DeFi risk you mitigated, or a community incident you managed.
• For the crypto interview prep section, rehearse a 60-second summary of one protocol you like and one protocol you would change.

Gain the first-mover advantage today

Move now and use the tailwind. Remote hiring still dominates, and demand for AI skills keeps climbing in job posts.

While you are still contemplating your fit for the role, someone else has already applied for 3, is getting certifications for two, and is in talks with one hiring manager.

Time is of the essence here. Don’t waste time. Ship one small project, add links to a clean portfolio, then send five targeted applications this week. Early movers learn faster and land more interviews.

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