Senior Trading Risk Control Specialist

Wwshemi; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth Fund

Internal Events

Global Collaboration

Career Advancement

Internal Mobility

Job summary

Bybit is seeking a Senior Risk Analyst to develop and refine risk and surveillance systems for crypto trading across spot, futures and options. You will investigate suspicious activity using order-flow and account-linkage signals, define patterns for new manipulation methods, and assess risk impact for leadership reporting.

The role requires strong SQL, knowledge of derivatives, and collaboration with Product and Compliance to deploy monitoring rules.

Qualifications

• Practical experience trading or managing risk in derivatives.
• Strong knowledge of futures, perpetual swaps, and options.
• Understanding leverage, margin, liquidation, insurance-fund structures, and auto-deleveraging.
• Experience in trading-risk management or market-abuse prevention (spoofing, wash trading, front-running, or privileged information misuse).
• Strong analytical ability; advanced SQL is essential, and Python is highly desirable.
• Ability to independently create and validate detection approaches using order- and trade-level data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve risk and surveillance strategies for identifying abusive or manipulative activity across spot, perpetual futures, options, and related trading products.
• Investigate potentially coordinated or suspicious trading activity using order-flow analysis, self-trading and crossing behaviours, order-book signals, and account-linkage indicators.
• Define behavioural patterns for new or evolving manipulation methods, particularly in thinly traded assets, leveraged instruments, and liquidation-driven market events.
• Assess the impact of identified risks, including possible market disruption, financial exposure, and concentration of risk, to inform prioritisation and leadership reporting.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, and other relevant teams to design, test, and implement appropriate monitoring rules and risk controls.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to translate trading-risk concepts into effective detection logic, models, and monitoring workflows.

Skills

SQL

Python

Derivatives trading

Risk management

Market surveillance

Analytical thinking

Tools

Graph analysis

Entity resolution

Job description

About Us

Established in 2018, Bybit is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and digital financial platforms, serving over 80 million users across more than 200 countries and regions. Powered by world-class technology and a user-first mindset, Bybit delivers a seamless ecosystem across trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3 - connecting users to the future of digital finance.

Our core values define how we build. We listen, care and improve to create products and experiences that put users first. Backed by a global team of ambitious builders, problem-solvers, and innovators, we foster a high-performance and fast-moving environment where talent is empowered to drive real impact at the global scale. Supported by 24/7 multilingual customer service and a strong commitment to innovation, we are shaping the future of finance through technology, collaboration, and bold execution.

Today, Bybit is recognized as one of the most trusted and transparent platforms in the digital asset industry, continuing to expand its global presence while building the infrastructure for the next generation of financial services.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and continuously improve risk and surveillance strategies for identifying abusive or manipulative activity across spot, perpetual futures, options, and related trading products.
• Investigate potentially coordinated or suspicious trading activity using order-flow analysis, self-trading and crossing behaviours, order-book signals, and account-linkage indicators.
• Define behavioural patterns for new or evolving manipulation methods, particularly in thinly traded assets, leveraged instruments, and liquidation-driven market events.
• Assess the impact of identified risks, including possible market disruption, financial exposure, and concentration of risk, to inform prioritisation and leadership reporting.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, and other relevant teams to design, test, and implement appropriate monitoring rules and risk controls.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to translate trading-risk concepts into effective detection logic, models, and monitoring workflows.

What You Bring

• Practical experience trading or managing risk in derivatives, with strong knowledge of futures, perpetual swaps, and options.
• Solid understanding of leverage, margin requirements, liquidation processes, insurance-fund structures, and auto-deleveraging mechanisms.
• Demonstrated experience in trading-risk management, market surveillance, or preventing market-abuse activity such as spoofing, layering, wash trading, front-running, or misuse of privileged information.
• Strong analytical ability; advanced SQL skills are essential, and Python experience is highly desirable.
• Ability to independently create and validate detection approaches using order-level and trade-level data.
• A mindset that anticipates how bad actors may build positions, obscure their behaviour, and exploit market or product mechanics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in market surveillance, trading risk, or market-conduct roles at a digital-asset exchange, brokerage, or trading venue.
• Active derivatives-trading experience or a demonstrable quantitative trading record.
• Familiarity with conventional financial-market abuse regulations, surveillance frameworks, or vendor platforms.
• Knowledge of blockchain analytics and on-chain transaction tracing.
• Experience using graph analysis or entity-resolution methods to uncover coordinated account networks and fund flows.
• Familiarity with market-quality and anomaly indicators, such as VPIN and HHI.

Why Join Us

At Bybit, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment.

Our benefits include:

• Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.
• Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.
• Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.
• Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.
• Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.