PulseRise Technologies · 4 hours ago
Director of Risk (Crypto / Quant Trading)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$85,000/mo - $85,000/mo
5+ years expPulseRise Technologies is seeking a hands-on Director of Risk to design, own, and operate an institutional-grade risk framework for high-velocity crypto markets. This role involves end-to-end ownership of risk strategy, monitoring trading behavior, and ensuring capital preservation and controlled risk-taking as the platform expands its strategy set and capital base.
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Responsibilities
Review, challenge, and approve risk frameworks from external PMs, CTAs, and quant teams
Monitor trading behavior for:
Position drift
Anomalies and execution irregularities
Unexpected or hidden exposures
Support evaluation and onboarding of new strategies from a risk perspective
Market & Asset Risk Monitoring
Assess token-level and asset-level risks:
Liquidity and depth
Volatility regimes
Chain-specific risks
Monitor CEX and DEX conditions:
Liquidity and spreads
Funding rate regimes
Liquidation walls
Stablecoin health and de-peg risks
Exchange & Infrastructure Risk
Maintain a dynamic exchange risk scoring framework, including:
Latency and downtime
API stability
Counterparty and operational risk
Collaborate with engineering on:
Circuit breakers
Auto-pause logic
Safeguards for abnormal behavior
Risk Systems & Monitoring
Build and oversee a fund-of-funds-level risk dashboard, covering:
Positions and net exposures
Factor and correlation analysis
Delta / Gamma / Vega (where applicable)
Drawdowns vs benchmarks
Margin movements and capital flows
Define alerting logic and escalation thresholds (Slack / Telegram or similar)
Incident & Crisis Management
Lead rapid decision-making during:
Exchange outages
Chain congestion
De-pegs
Black-swan market events
Strategy malfunctions
Communicate clear pause / reduce-risk recommendations to CIO and partners
Conduct post-incident and post-trade reviews and continuously improve controls
Governance & Controls
Build end-to-end risk policies and operating procedures
Define and enforce:
Maximum drawdowns
Position limits
Concentration thresholds
Oversee DEV / PROD separation and workflow hygiene
Work with fund administrators, audit, and compliance teams to meet international standards (HK / Cayman / Singapore)
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in one or more of: Crypto exchange risk, Derivatives risk, Quant trading risk, Multi-manager or FoF risk
Hands-on familiarity with: Futures and perpetuals, Funding rate dynamics
Strong understanding of market microstructure: Order books, Slippage, Liquidity behavior
Ability to detect abnormal trading patterns and strategy misalignment
Strong analytical foundation (Statistics, Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, or similar)
Comfortable with Python / SQL, or working closely with data engineers to define monitoring logic
Experience with dashboards and monitoring tools (Grafana, Tableau, or internal systems)
Ability to translate analytical insights into clear, decisive risk actions
High composure under pressure; strong judgment in time-critical situations
Clear, confident communication with quant PMs and senior leadership
Extreme ownership mindset; comfortable building systems from scratch
Preferred
Options (preferred)
Company
PulseRise Technologies
PulseRise Technologies — The Pulse of Global IT Talent At PulseRise Technologies, we don’t just build tech teams — we breathe life into innovation.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase