About the company
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. 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, Genesis Trading, Dragonfly Capital, 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.
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
đź“ŤLead the design and implementation of a decentralized clearing protocol for crypto derivatives trading. This includes developing, testing, and deploying the backend and smart contracts needed to do so. đź“ŤOwn monitoring, escalating, analytics, and reporting on all services you build, ensuring high performance and responsiveness đź“ŤConduct research and development to improve trading performance. đź“ŤConduct rigorous testing of the trading system to ensure high quality and reliability.
Requirements:
đź“Ť5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team đź“ŤDemonstrable, in-depth knowledge and experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Golang, C++ đź“ŤStrong understanding of financial markets and experience with trading systems đź“ŤExperience with quantitative finance and financial modeling đź“ŤStrong analytical and problem-solving skills. đź“ŤExcellent communication and collaboration skills.
