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Risk Manager (Crypto Fund / DeFi & Quant Strategies)
Remote · 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
$92k–155k
senior
4 months ago
full-time
quality 8.3/10
closed
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor market, liquidity, counterparty, and operational risks across the fund's strategies and portfolios
- Oversee leverage, margin utilization, collateral exposure, and liquidation risks
- Monitor DeFi strategies including yield farming, liquidity provision, staking, looping, and delta-neutral structures
- Assess counterparty and infrastructure risks related to exchanges, custodians, brokers, and DeFi protocols
- Develop and improve portfolio risk frameworks, limits, stress-testing methodologies, and escalation procedures
- Build monitoring dashboards, reporting systems, and risk alert processes
- Work closely with PMs and trading teams on risk-adjusted portfolio decisions
- Participate in new strategy reviews and investment approvals from a risk perspective
- Contribute to operational resilience and incident-response procedures
- Support the evolution of the fund's institutional risk governance framework
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience in risk management within:
- crypto hedge funds
- proprietary trading firms
- crypto exchanges
- quantitative trading environments
- institutional digital asset platforms
- Deep understanding of crypto markets and DeFi mechanics
- Strong knowledge of:
- derivatives
- leverage and margin systems
- liquidation mechanics
- portfolio exposure management
- stress testing
- VaR and quantitative risk methodologies
- Experience working directly with trading desks or portfolio managers
- Strong analytical and quantitative mindset
- Understanding of market structure and liquidity dynamics in crypto markets
- Ability to operate effectively under high volatility and fast-changing market conditions
- Python / SQL / data analytics skills are considered a strong advantage
- Experience with on-chain analytics and protocol risk assessment is a plus
What We Offer
- Remote-first environment with flexible working conditions
- Opportunity to help build the risk function of a growing institutional crypto fund
- Direct exposure to liquid markets, DeFi, and venture strategies
- High ownership and strategic impact
- Fast-moving international crypto environment
- Compensation in USDT
- Professional growth within one of the leading crypto ecosystems