Risk Lead — Crypto Financial System

Risk Lead — Crypto Financial System | United States

• Executive | Crypto / DeFi | Full-time

A pioneering crypto financial ecosystem is building what can best be described as a crypto-native central bank
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The system allocates capital to independent agents deploying funds across DeFi lending markets and real-world asset strategies
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To support this next phase of growth, the organization is hiring a Risk Lead to architect the capital, liquidity, and stability frameworks that govern the ecosystem.

This role sits at the frontier of financial engineering, decentralized governance, and systemic risk management
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The Risk Lead will own the risk architecture of the ecosystem
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You will work directly with founders and senior stakeholders to design and enforce frameworks that ensure the system remains capitalized, liquid, and resilient as it scales.

This role combines central‑bank‑style policy thinking with hands‑on quantitative modeling in a crypto‑native environment.

Capital Policy

• Design capital requirements across DeFi lending, RWAs, and hybrid strategies

Liquidity & Peg Stability

Develop frameworks to defend the ecosystem stablecoin peg

Define liquidity tiers and redemption mechanisms

Build stress testing models and scenario analysis frameworks

Develop risk tooling using Python and SQL

Protocol Governance

Translate risk frameworks into on‑chain governance proposals

Implement enforceable capital and operational limits

DeFi Risk Architecture

Model and mitigate risks from:

System Monitoring

Monitor live allocations

Conduct post‑mortems and refine models as the system evolves

We are looking for a senior risk professional who understands both traditional financial markets and crypto‑native systems
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Ideal candidates will have:

• 8–10+ years of senior risk experience
• Background at top‑tier Trad Fi institutions (investment banks, asset managers, regulators)
• Deep DeFi protocol knowledge
• Experience with lending markets, perpetuals/basis structures, and stablecoin liquidity systems
• Advanced quantitative skills with Python and SQL
• Experience designing capital or liquidity frameworks
• Hands‑on experience writing on‑chain governance proposals

You will help design the risk architecture of a crypto‑native financial system
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Few roles offer the opportunity to operate at the intersection of:

• quantitative modeling
• decentralized governance

• $350,000 – $550,000 base
• Token incentives and performance rewards