At Paradigm, we are changing the future of finance! By joining us at this early stage, you’ll be building cutting-edge, distributed financial service infrastructure that will reshape financial services across CeFi and DeFi markets.
About Paradigm

• Paradigm is a zero-fee, institutional liquidity network for derivatives traders across CeFi and DeFi.
• We provide unified access to multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity on demand without compromising on execution preferences, costs, and immediacy.
• We’ve built the largest network of institutional counterparties in crypto, with over 1000 institutional clients trading over $10 B per month.
• We are a diverse, global team led by our organizational principles and united by our mission to bring on-demand liquidity for traders, anytime and anywhere, without compromises. We also strive to ship faster than anyone else in the industry!
• We are backed by the best traders and investors in the space, including Jump Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Digital Currency Group, Genesis Trading, QCP Capital, Optiver US, IMC, GSR Markets, Akuna Capital, Fidelity Digital Assets CMT Digital, Goldentree Asset Management, Amber Group, OK Group, Bybit Fintech, and CoinShares.

The role

We are seeking a Quantitative Strategist to join the Product team. You will work on building a risk and margin infrastructure for a decentralized clearing and settlement protocol.

Responsibilities

• Building a prototype library for a sophisticated decentralized derivatives and spot clearing and settlement protocol.
• Implementing a market simulator and backtesting tools to optimize the existing methodology
• Monitoring and assessing market liquidity risk, insolvency risk, and other relevant protocol risks
• Help maintain test coverage and documentation
• Communicate requirements effectively within and across teams

Requirements

• A strong background in mathematics with good knowledge of probability theory, statistics and numerical methods
• Good understanding of financial derivatives and market microstructure
• Proficiency in back-testing, simulation, and statistical techniques
• Strong programming skills with quantitative languages such as Python, C++, Go, Spark
• Strong interest in crypto and DeFi
• Ability to think independently and communicate complex ideas clearly
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact and liaise effectively with institutional customers and partners
• B.S. in Applied Mathematics or a related field (M.S. preferred)

Nice to have

• Experience with optimizing algorithms to run real-time
• Experience with building execution algorithms
• Experience working for a DeFi/CeFi exchange

Our Benefits and Perks

• Competitive pay and transparent pay bands
• Flexible work environment

• Unlimited vacation with a minimum required PTO of 10 days annually.
• Celebrate your national holidays, in addition to floating holidays, to honor what matters to you, not HQ.

• Full benefits (benefits vary by country)

• Medical, dental, vision
• Health Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
• Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Retirement savings (i.e. Traditional and Roth 401(k))
• Paid Parental Leave

• Generous technology and learning allowances

• $5000 first-year budget to spend on your computer, peripherals, office essentials...whatever makes you most efficient and comfortable. You'll receive a $2000 refresh each anniversary.
• $1000 budget to spend on learning and development materials, courses or conferences.

Paradigm US is an equal opportunity employer.

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Job Type: Full-time

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