Operations Lead - Trading

Sei Labs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Remote-first culture

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Sei Labs, a unicorn startup building Sei, the fastest EVM blockchain for trading, seeks an Operations Lead to own the daily operating engine of its FCM from day one.

You will own trade lifecycle, custody, KYC/AML handoffs, treasury flows and back-office operations while coordinating with Compliance, Risk, Finance and Engineering. You’ll build a scalable operating model and lead the team as volume grows.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressively responsible futures/clearing operations experience.
• Hands-on, end-to-end trade flow experience: execution, clearing, settlement and reporting.
• Deep experience with position management and margin.
• Working knowledge of FCM obligations, including customer funds segregation and daily segregation computations.
• A clean regulatory record, with no NFA or FINRA disciplinary history.
• Strong process and control design skills, and comfort writing the playbook.
• Data fluency (SQL or advanced Excel) and the ability to partner with engineers on automation.
• Autonomy and composure in a 0-to-1 environment where priorities shift often.

Responsibilities

• Trade lifecycle and clearing: own end-to-end trade flow, including capture, booking, DCM/DCO and daily files.
• Reconciliations: run daily trade, position, margin, fee and cash reconciliations and drive resolution.
• Margin and positions: run margin processing, margin calls and settlement; coordinate liquidations or reductions.
• Treasury and customer funds: operate deposits/withdrawals across fiat and stablecoins; provide reconciled data.
• Account lifecycle: own KYC/AML handoff to account opening and ongoing maintenance.
• Vendors and resilience: manage relationships with clearing houses, banks, custodians; run SLAs and DR plans.
• Controls and governance: write procedures, maker-checker controls, risk indicators, and reporting.
• Regulatory credibility: explain and defend operating model to regulators during registration and exams.

Skills

Futures/clearing operations

Trade lifecycle management

Margin management

KYC/AML to account opening

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis (SQL/Excel)

Automation collaboration

Vendor & relationship management

BCP/DR planning

Regulatory communication with Regul.

Tools

FIS GMI

Rolfe & Nolan

Broadridge

ION

CME clearing tools

Job description

About the Company

Sei Labs is a unicorn startup based in NYC building Sei, the fastest EVM blockchain in the world designed for trading. We're building a decentralized Wall Street. We're a lean, remote-first team that ships fast, takes full ownership of outcomes and builds from first principles.

Sei Labs is incubating a new US regulated exchange from zero to one. You'd be the first hire in your function, with the speed and ownership of a startup and the backing of an established company and an S-tier team (Robinhood, Coinbase, Google, etc.)

About the role

As Operations Lead, you will own the daily operating engine of our FCM: making sure every trade, position, margin call, cash movement and customer account is processed accurately, on time and under documented controls. You will be the first-line owner of the trade lifecycle and of back- and middle-office operations. You will work closely with Compliance, Risk, Finance and Engineering, with clear first- and second-line responsibilities. You will build the operating model, write the procedures and run them from day one. As volume grows, you will build the team under you.

What you'll do

• Trade lifecycle and clearing: own end-to-end trade flow, including trade capture and booking, DCM/DCO and other applicable clearing interfaces, and the daily clearing files, statements and confirmations. Make sure data flows in and out correctly.

• Reconciliations and exceptions: run daily trade, position, margin, fee and cash reconciliations, and drive breaks to resolution.

• Margin and positions: run margin processing, margin calls and settlement, and coordinate customer liquidations or position reductions with Risk when thresholds are breached.

• Treasury and customer funds: operate deposit and withdrawal flows across fiat and stablecoin rails, bank and depository movements, and dual-control approvals. Provide the reconciled cash, margin and customer-account data supporting Finance/CFO segregation and residual-interest calculations, and execute required funding movements under established controls.”

• Account lifecycle and customer operations: own the handoff from KYC/AML approval into account opening, plus account maintenance, statements and tax-document workflows. Once live, own operational customer escalations.

• Vendors and resilience: own day-to-day relationships with clearing houses, banks, custodians, funding rails and back-office systems. Run SLAs, incident management and BCP/DR, and lead launch readiness.

• Controls and governance: write procedures, maker-checker controls, key risk and control indicators, and management reporting. Keep clear lines of responsibility with Compliance, Risk, Finance and Engineering.

• Regulatory credibility: explain and defend the operating model to regulators during registration and exams.

What you bring

• 6+ years of progressively responsible futures/clearing operations experience

• Hands-on, end-to-end trade flow experience: execution, clearing, settlement and reporting.

• Deep experience with position management and margin.

• Working knowledge of FCM obligations, including customer funds segregation, daily segregation computations and books and records.

• A clean regulatory record, with no NFA or FINRA disciplinary history.

• Strong process and control design skills, and comfort writing the playbook rather than following one.

• Data fluency (SQL or advanced Excel) and the ability to partner with engineers on automation.

• Autonomy and composure in a 0-to-1 environment where priorities shift often.

Nice to have

• Experience with fiat and stablecoin funding rails, or with crypto custody operations.

• Experience with 24/7 markets or perpetual futures.

• Risk operations exposure, such as pre-trade limits and liquidation workflows.

• Experience standing up a new FCM, broker-dealer or product line.

• Familiarity with back-office platforms such as FIS GMI, Rolfe & Nolan, Broadridge or ION, and with CME clearing tools.

• Series 3 or equivalent registration.