Cronos | Cronos Labs

VP, Engineering – Exchange

Cronos | Cronos Labs

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Australia

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

OracleRustSolidity

About the role

  • Primary Mandate: Trading Infrastructure (The Gap) Hybrid CLOB & Matching Engine. Architect and ship the off-chain Sidecar Sequencer (Rust) with <5ms P50 tick-to-trade latency, 100K OPS throughput, and <1ms latency variance.
  • Risk Engine & Margin Systems. Build the full risk stack: collateral weighting, cross-asset netting, initial margin checks, dynamic maintenance thresholds.
  • Liquidation Infrastructure. Design and implement the liquidation engine, auto-deleveraging (ADL) system, and insurance fund architecture.
  • Perpetuals & Derivatives Engine. Perpetual futures with funding rate mechanisms, leverage management, and position lifecycle.
  • Oracle Integration & Market Data. Manipulation-resistant price feeds for liquidation triggers, mark price computation, and cross-market reference pricing.
  • Secondary Mandate: Platform & Blockchain Smart Contract & Blockchain Infrastructure. Cronos chain upgrades, USDC migration (IOU to native stablecoin), bridge and cross-chain infrastructure, smart contract security and audit pipeline.
  • Platform & Mobile Engineering. Mobile-first consumer app for emerging markets.

Requirements

  • Deep trading infrastructure and risk management experience. You have built matching engines, margin systems, liquidation engines, or real-time risk platforms.
  • Derivatives market structure fluency. Perpetuals, options, funding rates, mark price computation, portfolio margin.
  • Hands-on blockchain/DeFi depth or proven ability to ramp fast. EVM smart contracts (Solidity), protocol design, bridge security, token standards.
  • A professional network in risk engineering. You've worked alongside risk engineers, risk quants, and model risk managers throughout your career.
  • 12+ years engineering, 5+ in senior technical leadership. VP Engineering, CTO, Head of Engineering, Chief Architect, or equivalent.
  • Systems-level technical depth. You can review PRs, debug smart contracts, make real-time architecture calls, and argue about sequencer design at the implementation level. This is not an "above the code" role.
Benefits
  • Greenfield opportunity. You are not inheriting someone else's architecture. You are building from scratch with full ownership of the technical stack.
  • Real distribution. Leverage crypto.com's 150M users, global sponsorships, and brand trust are assets you can deploy, not theoretical advantages.
  • Executive seat. This is a C-level role with direct accountability to Crypto.com leadership. You will be in the room, not reporting into the room.
  • Significant upside. CRO equity participation means you benefit directly from the success of the ecosystem.
  • The right moment. Retail trading behavior has permanently shifted toward high-volatility assets. Sports betting normalized speculation. Prediction markets are exploding. The infrastructure finally exists. We are building for this moment.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Rustmatching enginesrisk managementliquidation enginesreal-time risk platformsEVM smart contractsSolidityprotocol designdebuggingarchitecture design
Soft Skills
leadershipnetworkingcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingtechnical depthcritical thinkingdecision makingmentoringstrategic planning