Quantitative Strategist

About Paradex

Paradex isn’t just another decentralized exchange—it’s a Super App. We’ve combined three powerful financial primitives: Exchange, Asset Management, and Borrow/Lend Markets, all seamlessly composable and accessible through one unified account that uses your entire portfolio as collateral, including any spot and derivative assets. Trade, earn, borrow, lend, and grow your on-chain identity—all in one place. Backed by top-tier investors and incubated by Paradigm, we are scaling rapidly. Come help us grow!

Quick Facts

• $40 Billion Lifetime Volume
• $100 Million Average Daily Volume
• $15 Million Total Value Locked
• Paradex is committed to building transparently in public 👉 key platform stats

Your mission

Join Paradigm as we redefine the financial landscape through decentralized finance. We are on the lookout for an experienced Quantitative Strategist to be a key player in our Quantitative Research team. In this role, you’ll focus on building and refining trading and risk infrastructures for a pioneering decentralized clearing and settlement protocol.

What You’ll Do

• Innovative Development: Build a prototype library for decentralized derivatives and spot clearing, including a sophisticated risk engine to simulate diverse market environments.
• Risk Assessment: Implement unit and integration tests to validate protocols and assess various risks under stressed scenarios.
• Market Analysis: Monitor and manage market liquidity risk, insolvency risk, and other protocol-specific risks.
• Strategic Design: Design methodologies for constructing market options volatility surfaces essential for accurate pricing.
• Collaboration: Communicate effectively within and across teams to align project requirements and visions.

What You Bring

• Mathematical Expertise: Strong foundation in mathematics, especially in probability theory, statistics, and numerical methods.
• Financial Acumen: Good understanding of financial derivatives, market microstructure, and options pricing models.
• DeFi Experience: Strong knowledge and/or personal use of DeFi applications is a requirement..
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in quantitative programming languages such as Python, C++, or Go, with a strong focus on back-testing, simulation, and statistical analysis.
• Crypto Enthusiasm: Keen interest in crypto and DeFi, with a meticulous approach to complex problem solving.
• Independent Thinking: Ability to think independently and articulate complex ideas clearly and accurately.
• Machine Learning: Exposure to machine learning techniques and their application to financial data would be beneficial.

Your Perks & Benefits

• Competitive Pay: Top-tier compensation in the industry.
• Generous PTO: Unlimited vacation.
• Full Benefits: Comprehensive packages tailored by country.
• Technology & Learning Allowances: 3,500 USD for your first-year setup, $2,000 USD refresh every 2 years, plus $1,000 USD annually for learning and development