Business Development Associate - Americas

About Paradex

Paradex is more than a decentralized exchange. It operates as a DeFi supercenter built on a single connected system with one ledger and one risk engine, supporting trading, asset management, and borrow/lend activity through a unified account. The platform is designed for speed, capital efficiency, and composability. When a user trades or borrows, the same infrastructure evaluates margin, sources liquidity, settles the transaction, and refreshes the account immediately, avoiding fragmented balances and operational silos.

By joining Paradex, you would help define the next generation of decentralized finance. The company is working to make DeFi more scalable, intuitive, and dependable than leading traditional platforms.

This is ambitious, high-pressure work. The environment is demanding, but it offers rapid growth and the chance to contribute to highly impactful work that helps shape the future of DeFi.

Quick Facts

• Lifetime trading volume: more than $200 billion
• Average daily volume: over $1 billion
• Total value locked: more than $190 million

Paradex says it builds in public and shares platform statistics openly.

Your Mission

Paradigm and Paradex are expanding their DeFi offerings across the Americas, and this role will support that growth. The Business Development Associate will help scale the business by applying knowledge of derivatives and the crypto ecosystem to strengthen client relationships and expand market reach. Candidates must be based in New York City.

What You’ll Do

• Act as the main contact for institutional clients, both during initial onboarding and throughout the ongoing relationship.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities while deepening existing client accounts across the Americas.
• Run onboarding and education sessions to walk clients through product functionality, workflows, and technical questions.
• Compile and share client activity updates with leadership, and coordinate closely with Engineering, Product, QA, and Compliance teams.

What You Bring

• Strong enthusiasm for crypto, along with solid knowledge of derivatives and sales/trading workflows; experience in electronic trading is a strong advantage.
• At least 2 years of experience on an institutional sales desk with derivatives exposure, plus a minimum of 1 year in crypto institutional sales.
• Established relationships within the crypto community and the ability to use that network to support business goals.
• Excellent English communication skills and the ability to serve a varied client base clearly and confidently.
• A history of outperforming revenue targets, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Good time management and the ability to collaborate smoothly with a globally distributed team.
• Basic familiarity with SQL and Python is considered a plus.

Perks & Benefits

• Industry-leading compensation package.
• Unlimited vacation time.
• Comprehensive benefits that vary by country.
• USD 5,000 technology budget for first-year setup.

Additional Information

This is a demanding role in a fast-moving environment, and the team expects a high level of performance and commitment.

Location requirement: New York City.