Senior Derivatives Risk Control Specialist

Bybit · Abu Dhabi, UAE · Operations

Posted 2026-07-30

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Position Overview

Responsible for building the underlying risk framework for the exchange's derivatives product line, covering pricing logic, risk parameter design, and monitoring mechanisms for perpetual contracts, futures contracts, options, and other products, ensuring risk controllability and system stability under extreme market conditions.

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Core Responsibilities

Derivatives Underlying Financial Logic Design

Design perpetual contract funding rate mechanisms, including billing frequency, upper/lower bounds, and premium index calculation logic

Participate in futures contract settlement price methodology design, including TWAP/index source weighting and anti-manipulation mechanisms

Design options product pricing models (Black-Scholes, volatility surface fitting) and assess systemic risk upon introduction

Risk Parameter Design & Iteration

Develop maximum leverage, position limit strategies per instrument, dynamically adjusted based on market depth

Design ADL (Auto-Deleveraging) trigger mechanisms and ranking rules, optimizing user experience and risk isolation effectiveness

Risk Monitoring & Alerts

Design insurance fund utilization rules and replenishment mechanisms

Develop circuit breaker contingency plans and emergency response procedures for extreme market events (flash crashes, liquidity crises)

Monitor abnormal Mark Price deviations from spot index to prevent unreasonable liquidations

Cross-Department Collaboration

Collaborate with product teams to define risk control admission criteria for new derivative listings (token liquidity, market cap, volatility thresholds)

Participate in Market Surveillance to investigate suspected manipulation of liquidations, wash trading, pump-and-dump, and other market violations

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Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's degree or above in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields

3+ years of derivatives-related experience, including traditional finance (futures/options market making, risk management) or crypto exchange risk management

Deep understanding of perpetual contract mechanics (funding rate, Mark Price, liquidation logic) and differences from traditional futures

Proficient in Python, capable of independently conducting data analysis, parameter backtesting, and model validation

Solid foundation in probability theory and statistics, understanding of VaR, Expected Shortfall, and other risk measurement methodologies

Preferred

Familiarity with options pricing theory, with experience in volatility smile/surface modeling

Proficiency in SQL / Spark, able to independently query on-chain or exchange internal data

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