About the company
At Paradigm, we are changing the future of finance! By joining us at this early stage, youāll 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. Weāve 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
šBuilding a prototype library for a sophisticated decentralized derivatives and spot clearing and settlement protocol. šImplementing a market simulator and backtesting tools to optimize the existing methodology šMonitoring and assessing market liquidity risk, insolvency risk, and other relevant protocol risks šHelp maintain test coverage and documentation šCommunicate requirements effectively within and across teams
Requirements
šA strong background in mathematics with good knowledge of probability theory, statistics and numerical methods šGood understanding of financial derivatives and market microstructure šProficiency in back-testing, simulation, and statistical techniques šStrong programming skills with quantitative languages such as Python, C++, Go, Spark Strong interest in crypto and DeFi šAbility to think independently and communicate complex ideas clearly šStrong interpersonal skills and ability to interact and liaise effectively with institutional customers and partners
