Aptos Labs · 20 hours ago
Head of Platform GTM (Cloud / Infra)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
6+ years expDecibel is a high-performance trading platform developed in collaboration with Aptos Labs. The Head of Platform GTM (Cloud / Infra) will oversee the risk management framework, ensuring robust controls and real-time monitoring while collaborating with engineering and trading teams.
BlockchainFinTechInformation TechnologyNon-Fungible Token (NFT)Web3
Hiring Manager
Nadia Khan
Responsibilities
Market Risk Management
Risk Engine & Framework: Continuously improve and manage the firm’s risk engine, ensuring accurate pricing, margin modeling, and liquidation mechanisms
Risk Modeling & Analysis: Develop and refine market risk models, including Value-at-Risk (VaR), stress testing, and scenario analysis
Risk Surface Assessment: Identify emerging risk exposures, assess business impact, and implement mitigation strategies
Stress & Sensitivity Testing: Collaborate with engineers to design and execute stress tests, scenario analyses, and sensitivity tests
Market Surveillance: Build and enhance real-time monitoring tools for liquidity risks, market manipulation, and abnormal liquidation events
Alerting & Emergency Protocols: Establish automated alerting systems and on-call response processes for risk-related emergencies
Documentation & Reporting: Maintain clear documentation of risk models, processes, and key risk vectors for internal and external stakeholders
Risk Controls & Interventions: Define and adjust max leverage, position limits, and maintenance margin ratios per market. Set open interest caps and evaluate collateral haircuts for multi-asset portfolios. Continuously validate model accuracy by comparing expected vs. actual outcomes. Evaluate and set collateral haircut ratios
Trading Risk Management
Trader Collaboration: Work closely with traders to establish risk management policies, position limits, and margin requirements
Risk Dashboards & Alerts: Develop real-time risk dashboards and automated alerts for trading desk activities
Position & Margin Oversight: Monitor and manage the trading desk’s exposure, ensuring adherence to risk limits
Smart Contract Risk Management
Monitoring Tools: Partner with engineers to implement surveillance mechanisms for smart contract risks (e.g., large withdrawals, exploit detection)
DeFi Risk Assessment: Evaluate protocol-level risks in DeFi integrations and recommend safeguards
Crisis Management & Incident Response
Emergency Protocols: Lead risk-related crisis management, including liquidation cascades, exchange outages, or market manipulation events
Post-Mortems & Prevention: Conduct thorough incident analyses and implement preventive measures to mitigate future risks
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience in crypto derivatives exchanges such as Binance, Bybit, OKX, dYdX, Deribit, BitMEX, Hyperliquid
VP - MD level experience
Senior market risk roles at investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan or prop trading firms like Jump Trading, Jane Street, DRW, Citadel
Experience in options trading, index arbitrage, or volatility strategies
Experience with crypto hedge funds and market makers like Wintermute, Cumberland, Amber Group, etc
Risk professionals from fintech and DeFi platforms such as Robinhood, BlockFi, Aave, Compound, or similar
Degrees in Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Science, or related fields
Strong foundation in statistics, probability, and financial modeling
Experience in derivatives pricing, risk modeling (VaR, Greeks, stress testing)
Programming skills (Python, or similar) for risk analytics and automation
Strong crisis management skills in high-stakes, volatile environments
Anticipates risks and implements preemptive controls
Meticulous in risk assessment, documentation, and process improvement
Clearly articulates risk strategies to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Works effectively with traders, engineers, and executives
Maintains composure during extreme market conditions
Company
Aptos Labs
Aptos Labs is a premier Web3 studio of engineers, researchers, strategists, designers, and dreamers building on Aptos, the Layer 1 blockchain built with safety and user experience in mind, enabling developers to build scalable, future-proof applications.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$350MKey Investors
YZi LabsAndreessen Horowitz
2022-09-15Series Unknown
2022-07-25Series A· $150M
2022-03-15Seed· $200M
Leadership Team
Avery Ching
Co-Founder & CEO
Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer
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