Crypto Risk & Exposure Manager

BuckChaf is a London-founded Web3 and FinTech consulting company working with Tier-1 exchanges, protocols, and infrastructure providers.

We are hiring a Crypto Risk & Exposure Manager to support our APAC and global expansion, working closely with institutional clients and internal cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment.


Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

As a Crypto Risk & Exposure Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing portfolio-level risk, exposure limits, and capital efficiency across trading activities.

This role ensures that trading performance is sustainable, drawdowns are controlled, and risk is aligned with the firm’s long-term objectives.

You will act as an independent risk function working closely with traders and leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor portfolio-level exposure, leverage, and correlations

• Define and enforce risk limits and drawdown thresholds

• Evaluate risk-adjusted performance across strategies

• Stress-test positions under different market scenarios

• Identify concentration and liquidity risks

• Produce risk reports and escalation recommendations

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in risk management, portfolio management, or trading operations

• Strong understanding of derivatives risk, leverage, and liquidation mechanics

• Ability to challenge trading decisions constructively

• High integrity, discipline, and independence

• Comfort working with incomplete or fast-changing data

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in institutional trading, market making, or hedge funds

• Experience with crypto-specific risk factors

• Strong analytical and quantitative reasoning skills

Compensation & Growth

• Competitive compensation aligned with responsibility level

• Direct influence on capital allocation and strategy design

• Long-term leadership path in trading risk management

(Institutional Trading & Risk Team)

At BuckChaf, our hiring process for trading-related roles is structured, selective, and designed to respect candidates’ time.
We focus on real experience, decision-making quality, and risk awareness, rather than volume-based screening.

The entire process typically takes 2–4 weeks, depending on role and availability.

1. We review applications with a focus on:

• Direct relevance to the role (trading, on-chain analysis, or risk management)
• Evidence of hands-on experience, not theory-only exposure
• Clarity around responsibilities, decision-making scope, and outcomes

＊Candidates without demonstrated practical exposure to markets, data, or risk frameworks may not proceed to the next stage.

2.Role-Specific Written Assessment

(Asynchronous – designed to be time-efficient)

Each role includes a short, role-specific written assessment to evaluate thinking quality before live interviews.

• Risk scenario analysis
• Exposure and correlation assessment
• Decision-making under adverse market conditions

3. Technical / Domain Interview

We will explore:

• Past decisions and trade-offs you have personally made
• How you react to changing market regimes
• Risk management philosophy and discipline
• Ability to communicate clearly under pressure

＊This stage is a two-way discussion. Candidates are encouraged to ask detailed questions about capital allocation, risk frameworks, and expectations.

4. Final Interview (Culture & Ownership Fit)

The final stage focuses on long-term alignment:

Ownership mindset and accountability

Ability to work within a professional risk framework

Comfort operating in ambiguity and fast markets

Long-term growth expectations within an institutional team

This interview ensures mutual fit before any final decision is made.

Decision & Offer

Successful candidates will receive:

• A clearly defined role scope and responsibility level
• Transparent risk, performance, and evaluation frameworks
• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and impact
• Long-term growth path within BuckChaf’s trading organization