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Sei Labs is a unicorn startup building Sei, the fastest EVM blockchain in the world designed for trading. The company is incubating a new US regulated exchange and seeking an Operations Lead to be the first hire in this function, bringing startup speed and ownership with backing from an established company and an S-tier team (Robinhood, Coinbase, Google, etc.).
In this role, you will own the daily operating engine of the FCM (Futures Commission Merchant), ensuring every trade, position, margin call, cash movement and customer account is processed accurately, on time and under documented controls. You will be the first-line owner of the trade lifecycle and back- and middle-office operations, working closely with Compliance, Risk, Finance and Engineering. You will build the operating model, write procedures and run them from day one. As volume grows, you will build and manage a team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Trade lifecycle and clearing: own end-to-end trade flow including trade capture, booking, DCM/DCO clearing interfaces, and daily clearing files, statements and confirmations
- Reconciliations and exceptions: run daily trade, position, margin, fee and cash reconciliations and drive breaks to resolution
- Margin and positions: run margin processing, margin calls, settlement and coordinate customer liquidations with Risk
- Treasury and customer funds: operate deposit/withdrawal flows across fiat and stablecoin rails, manage bank and depository movements, and provide reconciled data supporting segregation and residual-interest calculations
- Account lifecycle: own handoff from KYC/AML approval into account opening, account maintenance, statements and tax-document workflows; manage operational customer escalations post-launch
- Vendors and resilience: manage relationships with clearing houses, banks, custodians and back-office systems; run SLAs, incident management and BCP/DR
- Controls and governance: write procedures, maker-checker controls, KRCIs and management reporting; maintain clear lines of responsibility with other functions
- Regulatory credibility: explain and defend the operating model to regulators during registration and exams
Requirements:
- 6+ years of progressively responsible futures/clearing operations experience
- Hands-on, end-to-end trade flow experience: execution, clearing, settlement and reporting
- Deep experience with position management and margin
- Working knowledge of FCM obligations, including customer funds segregation, daily segregation computations and books and records
- Clean regulatory record with no NFA or FINRA disciplinary history
- Strong process and control design skills; comfort writing the playbook rather than following one
- Data fluency (SQL or advanced Excel) and ability to partner with engineers on automation
- Autonomy and composure in a 0-to-1 environment where priorities shift often
Nice to have:
- Experience with fiat and stablecoin funding rails or crypto custody operations
- Experience with 24/7 markets or perpetual futures
- Risk operations exposure such as pre-trade limits and liquidation workflows
- Experience standing up a new FCM, broker-dealer or product line
- Familiarity with back-office platforms (FIS GMI, Rolfe & Nolan, Broadridge, ION) and CME clearing tools
- Series 3 or equivalent registration
