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

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