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VP Engineering (Exchange)
NEWAustralia (Remote)Full-timeGlobal
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RemoteRemote work position availableActivePosted within the last 30 days
Job Description
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You will architect and deliver a greenfield trading infrastructure: a hybrid onchain Central Limit Order Book and a high-performance off-chain matching engine. You will build real-time risk and margin systems, design liquidation and insurance fund mechanisms, and implement perpetuals and derivatives lifecycle logic. You will integrate manipulation-resistant oracle feeds, own smart contract and blockchain upgrades, and lead platform, mobile, DevOps, and QA efforts. You will review code, debug smart contracts, make system-level architecture decisions, and coordinate integration with external tokenization and trading systems.
Requirements
- āDeep trading infrastructure and risk management experience (matching engines, margin systems, liquidation engines)
- āFluency in derivatives market structure including perpetuals, funding rates, and mark price computation
- āHands-on blockchain and DeFi experience or proven ability to ramp to Solidity PR-review fluency within 90 days
- āEstablished professional network in risk engineering and ability to recruit senior risk talent
- ā12+ years engineering experience with 5+ years in senior technical leadership
- āSystems-level technical depth with ability to review PRs, debug smart contracts, and make real-time architecture calls
Responsibilities
- āArchitect and ship a hybrid Central Limit Order Book and off-chain matching engine with low latency
- āIntegrate matching engine with EVM-based onchain settlement and custody
- āBuild risk engine and cross-asset margin systems
- āDesign and implement liquidation engine, auto-deleveraging, and insurance fund architecture
- āDevelop perpetuals and derivatives engine including funding and leverage management
- āIntegrate manipulation-resistant oracle feeds and market data systems
- āOwn smart contract and blockchain infrastructure upgrades, security, and audit pipelines
- āLead platform and mobile engineering including embedded wallet and account abstraction
- āLead DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and performance benchmarking
- āCoordinate integration with tokenization teams and external CDC systems
Benefits & Perks
- āCRO equity participation
Tech Stack
market dataCI/CDperpetualliquidation engineDevOpsMatching engineSolidityRustmarginorder matching