BTC$97,000
ETH$2,700
SOL$200
AVAX$25
POL$0.20
ARB$0.40
OP$1.00
LINK$18
BTC$97,000
ETH$2,700
SOL$200
AVAX$25
POL$0.20
ARB$0.40
OP$1.00
LINK$18
Web3 Trading Infrastructure
This ultra-high-growth venture is building a mobile-first, all-in-one decentralised trading platform designed to unify tokenised equities, crypto perps, spot markets and prediction markets into a single cross-collateralised account. Backed by the scale and regulated infrastructure of one of the Tier-1 exchanges (150M+ global users), the product is positioned to serve markets and continents beyond the constraints of traditional exchange models - particularly across LATAM, SEA and MENA. This is a greenfield opportunity to architect & ship the hybrid trading engine that underpins the entire platform. The Mandate: The business has ~80 engineers across smart contracts, blockchain, DevOps, platform and QA. What’s missing though, is senior architecture leadership in high-performance trading systems and institutional-grade risk infra. This hire will close the single biggest capability gap: designing and delivering a hybrid on/off-chain trading engine with unified margin and real-time liquidation logic across multiple asset classes. You will own the technical stack end-to-end, from matching engine to smart contracts to API and mobile integration – whilst leading a global engineering organisation. What You’ll Build: Hybrid CLOB & Matching Engine Architect an off-chain sequencer (Rust) delivering: • <5ms P50 tick-to-trade latency • 100K OPS throughput • Sub-millisecond latency variance Integrate with EVM-based settlement (sub-60s finality) Enable routing between on-chain CLOB and RFQ execution Design the transition toward a fully on-chain global order book This is not incremental optimisation - it is a new architecture designed for scale and resilience. Risk Engine & Cross-Asset Margin Design and execute the full risk stack: • Cross-asset collateral weighting • Unified portfolio margin (equities, crypto, prediction markets) • Initial and maintenance margin logic • Dynamic risk thresholds • Real-time netting across correlated instruments The system must withstand cascading liquidations and correlated drawdowns — not just normal market volatility. Liquidation & Insurance Infrastructure • Real-time liquidation engine • Auto-deleveraging (ADL) • Onchain-verifiable insurance fund • Clear governance and deployment rules Resilience under stress is non-negotiable. Derivatives & Market Structure • Perpetual funding rate mechanisms • Leverage management • Mark price computation • Manipulation-resistant oracle integration • Position lifecycle logic You should be fluent in derivatives market structure - not just theoretically, but at production scale. Blockchain & Platform Oversight • Solidity smart contract architecture • Clearing house, vault & insurance contracts • Stablecoin and cross-chain infrastructure • Embedded wallet design (passkey auth, account abstraction) • API gateway & SDK • CI/CD, performance benchmarking, and reliability engineering This is a full-stack trading CTO role - not a narrow infrastructure post. The Ideal Background: We’re targeting senior leaders who have built trading infrastructure at scale. Highly relevant experience includes: • DEXes such as dYdX, Hyperliquid, Drift Protocol, Vertex Protocol etc. • CEXes such as Binance, OKX, or Bybit, specifically having worked on derivatives. • Tier-1 banks, hedge funds, or prop shops where you built equity/FX/rates trading systems before transitioning into crypto Wallet-only or payments-focused backgrounds are unlikely to be sufficient. The core requirement is deep order book, derivatives, and real-time risk expertise. Why is This Role Unique? Greenfield Architecture: You’re not inheriting legacy systems – You get to define the technical foundations. Immediate Distribution: The product will leverage a global user base and established regulatory infrastructure, not having to build liquidity from scratch. Strategic Positioning: The platform is designed to serve markets beyond traditional exchange constraints, targeting global “high growth” regions. Executive Visibility: True C-level role with exposure to senior leadership and direct influence over the company trajectory. Market Timing: Retail participation in high-volatility assets, prediction markets, and tokenised instruments continues to expand. The infrastructure layer is the bottleneck, this role owns it! If you have built exchange-grade infrastructure, understand how liquidation cascades propagate under stress, and want to architect the next evolution of hybrid on-chain trading, this is a highly rare opportunity to do so at scale.
