Job description
Key Responsibilities
Regulatory & CFTC Oversight
- Serve as the primary compliance contact with the CFTC and NFA
- Lead final steps toward DCM and DCO designation approval
- Ensure ongoing compliance with all applicable CFTC Core Principles
- Manage regulatory reporting, filings, and examinations
Compliance Program Buildout
- Design and implement Pluto’s end-to-end compliance framework
- Establish and maintain policies across:
- Market surveillance
- Trade monitoring
- AML / KYC
- Conflicts of interest
- Recordkeeping and reporting
- Build internal controls to support a system capable of trillions in notional throughput
Market Surveillance & Risk
- Oversee systems to detect and prevent:
- Market manipulation
- Wash trading / self-trading
- Position limit violations
- Implement and manage real-time surveillance alerts (~150+ scenarios)
- Coordinate closely with risk and engineering on clearing and default procedures
Clearinghouse Compliance (DCO)
- Ensure compliance with clearing requirements:
- Margin methodologies (initial + variation)
- Default management processes
- Stress testing and risk waterfalls
- Oversee participant onboarding standards and ongoing monitoring
Internal Leadership
- Act as a key member of the executive team
- Hire and lead the compliance and surveillance team over time
- Partner with engineering, product, and operations to embed compliance into system design
Qualifications
Required
- 5+ years of experience in derivatives compliance, regulation, or exchange operations
- Deep familiarity with CFTC regulations, DCM/DCO frameworks, or similar market structures
- Experience working with or at:
- Exchanges
- Clearinghouses
- Broker-dealers / FCMs
- Regulatory bodies
- Strong understanding of:
- Market structure
- Trade surveillance
- Risk and clearing mechanics
Preferred
- Prior experience as or reporting to a CCO or Head of Compliance
- Experience launching or operating a regulated venue (exchange, ATS, clearinghouse)
- Familiarity with electronic trading systems and surveillance tooling
- Background in derivatives (futures, options, swaps)
Compensation
- Salary: $200,000 – $300,000
- Meaningful equity in a foundational, category-defining company
Why This Role Matters
You will be directly responsible for helping launch the first regulated market for compute, and the birth of a multi-trillion dollar asset class. This is a rare opportunity to define the compliance and regulatory foundation of an entirely new commodity market.