Founding CTO — On-Chain FX & Risk Infra Architect
Socket.dev
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Job summary
Socket.dev is seeking a Founding CTO / Chief Risk Officer to lead architecture and risk infrastructure for an early-stage fintech/Web3 startup building an on-chain institutional FX hedging platform. This is a co-founder-level opportunity with ownership and influence over the technical direction.
The role requires expert Rust and a deep background in financial/trading infrastructure, with responsibility for building scalable risk, margin, and security systems from day one, while shaping product
Qualifications
- Former Founder, CTO or Founding Engineer.
- Expert-level Rust.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
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Job description
Socket.dev is seeking a Founding CTO / Chief Risk Officer to lead architecture and risk infrastructure for an early-stage fintech/Web3 startup building an on-chain institutional FX hedging platform. This is a co-founder-level opportunity with ownership and influence over the technical direction.
The role requires expert Rust and a deep background in financial/trading infrastructure, with responsibility for building scalable risk, margin, and security systems from day one, while shaping product
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