Trade Operations
TRADE OPERATIONS
Paradigm is a San Francisco-based investment firm focused on crypto and frontier technologies across the globe, with over $10 billion in assets under management. We make investments in companies and protocols at all stages, ranging from early-stage venture financing rounds to growth equity to liquid token assets.
Paradigm was co-founded in 2018 by Matt Huang (former Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Fred Ehrsam (co-founder of Coinbase). Since then we’ve been hard at work building a world-class team of brilliant mutants to investigate the world’s most beautiful technical problems. Our research-driven approach helps us build relationships with founders and entrepreneurs, but it also reflects our broader goal of growing the crypto ecosystem globally and accelerating crypto’s ability to advance the world we live in. We believe that crypto will ultimately redefine money, finance, and the internet itself, and this technological revolution will have a fundamental and long-lasting impact on the global economy.
We’re currently looking for someone to own trading operations at Paradigm - someone who would build and run the infrastructure to execute on Paradigm’s trading intents. This position reports to Jordan Kong, Paradigm’s head of business operations, and could sit in either San Francisco or New York.
Responsibilities
Own day‑to‑day custody & staking operations: manage integrations and token flows across custodians, coordinate validator partners; run the full staking lifecycle (delegations, ROI/yield monitoring, unlock schedules, reporting, and orderly unstaking)
Oversee trade execution, settlement, and reconciliation across centralized and decentralized exchanges, ensuring precision, best execution, and minimal slippage
Own liquidity and cash management, covering real-time cash and collateral views, forecasting, and margin/collateral optimization across all sources
Design and optimize operational infrastructure: from order routing and margin management to data and reporting pipelines
Work cross-functionally with Paradigm’s trading, finance, and engineering teams to align workflows with broader firm strategy
Qualifications
Minimum 5+ years of experience in trading operations and execution for a high-performing investment firm
Deep understanding of financial markets operations and technology infrastructure
Experience in cryptocurrency, blockchain, or alternative investments strongly preferred
Attributes
Exceptional team player
Extreme open-mindedness
Clear and concise communication, in both 1:1 and public settings
Empathy toward the concerns of others, both within and outside Paradigm
Adaptability in rapidly changing circumstances
Highly curious; fast learner
Interest in frontier technologies and crypto markets