Founding CTO / Chief Risk Officer ( Co-Founder Level )

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Tasks 🌎 Remote — US / Global-friendly 📍 New York City preferred We’re hiring a Founding CTO / Chief Risk Officer to join an early-stage fintech/Web3 startup building an on-chain institutional FX hedging infrastructure . This is a co-founder-level opportunity for a technical leader who wants to own the architecture, risk infrastructure, and technical vision from day one. 🔥 Who We’re Looking For Must-have: Former Founder, CTO, or Founding Engineer Expert-level Rust — strictly required Strong background in financial/trading infrastructure Experience building systems from 0 → 1 and scaling them in production Deep understanding of risk, margin, trading, or financial systems Strong DevOps / infrastructure expertise Experience with protocol security, security auditing, or blockchain infrastructure Comfortable taking full technical ownership at co-founder level Requirements Ideal Background We’re especially interested in engineers who have worked on: Trading engines / financial infrastructure Risk & margin systems Market infrastructure DeFi / derivatives / FX protocols Blockchain / smart contract infrastructure High-performance Rust systems Security-critical financial protocols Distributed systems and production infrastructure 🏗️ What You’ll Own Define and execute the technical vision Architect core trading, risk and settlement infrastructure Design robust risk & margin systems Lead engineering and infrastructure strategy Establish security and reliability standards Work closely with founders on product and protocol direction Build the engineering organization from the ground up Benefits Why This Role? Co-founder-level ownership Up to 5% equity $200K–$300K salary Remote / global-friendly Build critical infrastructure from 0 → 1 Direct influence on product, protocol and technical strategy Opportunity to shape the future of institutional on-chain FX 📩 Interested? DM me with your CV + LinkedIn/GitHub , especially if you have strong Rust + trading/financial infrastructure experience. #Hiring #FoundingCTO #CTO #ChiefTechnologyOfficer #Rust #RustEngineer #FoundingEngineer #Fintech #Web3 #Blockchain #DeFi #TradingSystems #TradingInfrastructure #RiskManagement #Quant #CryptoJobs #RemoteJobs #EngineeringLeadership Originally posted on Himalayas

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