Risk Analyst

Description:

Responsibilities:

- Monitor and analyze real-time and historical portfolio risk, including exposure, leverage, margin utilization, concentration and liquidation.

- Investigate large position changes or anomalies in market behavior and assess systemic risk exposure to counterparties or tokens

- Perform scenario analysis and stress testing across a range of crypto market conditions

- Provide risk input into product onboarding, listing reviews and regular risk parameter reviews: haircuts, margin levels, liquidation thresholds, and position limits, etc

- Support the build and maintenance of internal risk dashboards and analytical tools using Python and SQL

- Work with Risk Engineers and Data Team to manage risk tools deployment, versioning, and testing using GitHub and CI pipelines

Requirements:

- 25 years of experience in market risk, preferably in crypto, fintech, derivatives trading, or digital asset exchanges

- Proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, etc.) for data analysis, scripting, and the maintenance of existing analytical tools

- Hands-on experience with SQL for querying and analyzing large, complex datasets

- Strong knowledge of crypto markets and derivatives (perpetuals, futures, options, margin trading) is highly desirable

- Comfortable interpreting and tweaking risk models (e.g., VaR, margin modeling, stress testing)

- Experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to enhance analytical productivity is a strong plus

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical or statistical results to cross-functional teams

- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and demonstrate strong ownership in a fast-paced environment