Young and Energetic Environment
Head of Risk Position
About Our Client
Our client is a fast‑growing, venture‑backed prediction‑market trading platform building its Asia‑Pacific hub in Hong Kong. The company integrates elements of an exchange, broker, and clearing engine into a single real‑time trading system, supported by strong institutional investors across Web3, technology, and digital‑asset ecosystems.
Job Description
Build the real‑time risk‑decision engine, enforcing allow/restrict/block logic at millisecond speed
Design reserve & solvency monitoring, payout‑risk thresholds, and auto‑alert systems
Build a full Trading Credit Engine with issuance logic, dynamic limits & lifecycle controls
Detect multi‑accounting, collusion, farming, and systematic arbitrage
Define user‑tiering, restriction logic, and ensure enforcement at the order layer
Establish feedback loops with market makers to flag adversarial patterns and refine quoting
Make final judgments when there are risk‑policy disputes across product, trading, and exchange teams
As the platform grows, transition into team leadership, hiring analysts and risk engineers
The Successful Applicant
10+ years experience in exchange risk, fintech risk, anti‑fraud, or quant/market‑risk roles
Background in trading systems, derivatives, payments, or online gaming strongly valued
Strong understanding of core trading‑system mechanics:orderbooks, clearing & settlement flows, account‑ledger structures. You don't need to have written a matching engine, but must be able to engage deeply with engineers who have
Hands‑on SQL + Python for behavior analysis and prototype detection
Experience in adversarial environments where users actively probe and exploit rule gaps
Familiarity with real‑time systems (Kafka/Flink or similar) is a plus
Strong ability to influence cross‑functional teams with analysis, logic, and clarity
What's On Offer
Own and build the entire risk architecture from day one
Work on a complex trading platform combining exchange, brokerage, and clearing mechanics
Partner directly with founders, product, and market‑making teams
Backed by reputable investors; launching major products this year
Contact: Natalie Choi
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