Senior Risk Strategist, Market Manipulation (Trading Risk)

Binance; Australia; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work environment

Job summary

Binance is seeking a Market Manipulation Risk Strategist to join the Risk Strategy team. You will design and maintain detection strategies for manipulation across spot and derivatives, translating microstructure knowledge into surveillance logic.

You will work with data scientists to operationalize models and partner with Compliance and Market Surveillance on regulatory frameworks and controls. Experience with cross-market analysis and order-flow investigations is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Hands-on derivatives trading experience across futures, perpetuals and options.
• Experience with market manipulation detection and prevention strategies.
• Strong data analysis skills using SQL; Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain risk strategies detecting manipulative trading across spot and derivatives.
• Investigate suspected manipulation rings using order flow and cross-account analysis.
• Build behavioral profiles for manipulation typologies in low-liquidity and leveraged products.
• Quantify risk impact to support strategy prioritization and reporting.
• Collaborate with trading product, compliance and legal on surveillance controls.

Skills

Derivatives trading

Trading risk management

Data analysis (SQL)

Python

Investigation techniques

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

About the Role

We are seeking a Market Manipulation Risk Strategist to join our Risk Strategy team. You will build and refine detection and control strategies against market abuse across spot and derivatives markets including spoofing, layering, wash trading, self-trading, momentum ignition, pump-and-dump, cross-market manipulation, and misappropriation schemes. You will translate trading microstructure knowledge into surveillance logic, work closely with data scientists to operationalize detection models, and partner with Compliance and Market Surveillance on regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• - Design and maintain risk strategies detecting manipulative and abusive trading behaviors across spot, perpetual futures, options products and other trading products.
• - Conduct in-depth investigations into suspected manipulation rings: order flow analysis, self-match/crossing patterns, order book microstructure anomalies, and cross-account linkage
• - Build behavioral profiles for emerging manipulation typologies in low-liquidity instruments, leveraged products, and leveraged liquidation cascades
• - Quantify risk impact (market distortion, potential losses, exposure concentration) to support strategy prioritization and management reporting
• - Partner with trading product, compliance, and other related teams on surveillance rule and control measure design

Required Qualifications

• - Hands-on derivatives trading experience: solid understanding of futures, perpetual contracts, and options mechanics including leverage, margining, liquidation mechanisms, insurance fund mechanisms, and ADL (Auto-Deleveraging) settings.
• - Trading risk management experience, with a focus on market manipulation detection and prevention of abusive schemes (spoofing/layering, wash trading, front-running, insider/dealer misappropriation)
• - Strong data analysis skills: SQL required; Python preferred; able to independently design and validate detection logic against order-level and trade-level datasets
• - Ability to reason from the attacker's perspective: how manipulators construct positions, disguise intent, and exploit product rules
• - Experience collaborating across risk, compliance, product, or legal functions

Preferred Qualifications

• - Work experience at a crypto exchange, brokerage, or trading venue in surveillance, trading risk, or market conduct roles
• - Personal quantitative trading track record: candidates who actively trade derivatives are encouraged to share verifiable account performance (PnL statements) as evidence of practical market understanding
• - Familiarity with traditional finance market abuse frameworks and surveillance vendors
• - Familiarity with crypto on-chain fund-flow tracing.
• - Experience with graph analysis / entity-linking and crypto on-chain fund-flow tracing for uncovering collusion networks across accounts.
• - Understanding of the application of market anomaly signals, such as VPIN, HHI.

Why Binance

• - Shape the future of finance
• - Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• - Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
• - Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• - Competitive salary and company benefits
• - Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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