The CoinDCX Journey: Building the Future of Finance
At CoinDCX, our mission is clear - to make crypto and blockchain accessible to every Indian and enable them to participate in the future of finance.
As India's first crypto unicorn valued at $2.45B, we are reshaping the financial ecosystem by building safe, transparent, and scalable products that power adoption at scale.
We believe that change starts together. It begins with bold ideas, relentless execution and people who want to build what's next.
If you're driven by purpose and thrive in environments where your work defines the next chapter of an industry, you'll feel right at home here.
Inside CoinDCX's Trade, Custody, and Business Operations Team
Our Operations team is an awesome group of collaborators, who love to solve first-of-its-kind problems with a lot of autonomy, creativity, and fun. We're on a journey of accelerating growth and establishing processes, with exciting opportunities to shape the future of VDA, Web3, and blockchain technology. At CoinDCX, you'll not only be at the forefront of innovation but also learn from the best while building the future of Web3. Coin your trust in us as we create magic together!
You'll Excel in This Role If You
Required
- 6-8+ years of experience in strategy, operations, risk management, or product management roles, with at least 3 years in fintech or crypto/trading environments
- Strong understanding of market microstructure, trading systems, and risk management frameworks
- Proven track record of defining and executing strategic initiatives that drive measurable business outcomes
- Experience creating technical requirements documents and working closely with engineering teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data-driven decision-making approach
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration abilities
Preferred
- Experience with crypto spot and derivatives trading (futures, options, perpetual swaps)
- Background in market risk, counterparty risk, or operational risk management
- Familiarity with order matching engines, liquidation mechanisms, and margin systems
- Understanding of regulatory requirements for crypto exchanges in India (if applicable)
- Experience with system design for high-throughput, low-latency trading systems
- MBA or relevant advanced degree
What You'll Bring
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance short-term execution with long-term vision, making tradeoffs that optimize for sustainable growth
- Risk Mindset: Deep understanding of how to identify, quantify, and mitigate risks without stifling innovation
- Technical Fluency : Comfortable working with engineering teams on system architecture and technical specifications
- Metrics Orientation: Obsessed with measuring what matters and driving continuous improvement
- Collaboration : Ability to influence and align multiple stakeholders without direct authority
- Adaptability : Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with changing priorities
What You'll Do
Strategic Planning & Execution
- Own the strategic vision and quarterly roadmaps for risk management and cost optimization across all trading products
- Identify gaps in current processes and systems, prioritizing initiatives based on risk-return tradeoffs
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Operations to translate strategy into executable plans
Risk Management & System Design
- Create detailed BRDs outlining non-functional requirements for trading systems, with emphasis on risk controls, latency optimization, and throughput capacity
- Design risk frameworks and intervention mechanisms for spot, derivatives, and structured products
- Conduct scenario analysis and stress testing to identify vulnerabilities and build mitigation strategies
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product and Engineering to ensure system designs meet risk and performance requirements
- Collaborate with Compliance and Legal to ensure regulatory alignment in all strategic initiatives
- Partner with Finance to optimize cost structures while maintaining operational resilience
Organizational Design & Metrics
- Define and implement organizational structures that support scalability and clear accountability
- Establish KPIs and success metrics for Markets sub-teams (Risk, Trading Operations, Custody, Market Making)
- Build dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track performance against strategic objectives
Process Optimization
- Identify opportunities to improve security, risk controls, and operational efficiency across trade and custody workflows
- Drive initiatives to reduce error rates and improve turnaround times (TAT) across critical processes
- Champion automation and tooling improvements to scale operations efficiently
You'll Know You're Winning When
Your performance will be measured by:
- Cost of Liquidity: Reduce the cost of liquidity for trading products
- Risk-Adjusted Profitability : Reduce losses as a percentage of revenue due to negative equity events (slippage, suboptimal liquidations)
- Process Excellence: Achieve improvement in upgraded processes from security, risk, and efficiency perspectives, measured by:
- Turnaround time (TAT) reduction
- Error rate improvement
- Risk incident reduction
- Operational Quality : Drive error rates in trade and custody processes below [X]%, with shared ownership across respective teams
- Strategic Delivery: Successfully deliver on quarterly roadmap commitments with measurable impact on business metrics
Hiring Process
Here's what your journey with us looks like:
- Application Review We assess for skills, alignment, and intent
- Recruiter Connect A short conversation to understand you better
- Functional Round(s) Deep dive into your approach, craft, and problem-solving
- Assignment / Simulation Round - Depends on Role
- A take-home task or live problem-solving exercise to understand how you think and execute in real scenarios
- Culture & Values Discussion A conversation to understand our ways of working and how you thrive best
- Founder Conversation (Optional) For certain roles and senior levels, you may meet our founders to explore strategic alignment and long-term fit
Where We Work
We believe the best ideas emerge when people build together. Collaboration, speed and trust come alive when teams share the same space.
With this belief, we operate as a work-from-office organisation. This role is based out of our Bangalore office, where energy, alignment and innovation move in real time.
Perks That Empower You
We believe great people deserve great experiences.
- Design Your Own Benefits: Flexible perks to match your lifestyle
- Unlimited Wellness Leaves: Rest and recharge as you need
- Mental Wellness Support: Access to therapy and wellness resources
- Learning Sessions: Bi-weekly learning and growth opportunities
Ready to Build What's Next
If you're looking for a role that gives you direct access to high-stakes decisions, deep impact and a chance to build the future of finance, this is it.
Join CoinDCX and help us make crypto accessible to every Indian, together.
