Overview

Bakkt is building an open, seamless global network to enable you to buy, sell, store and spend digital assets simply, safely and efficiently. Bakkt is designed to enable consumers, merchants and institutions to seamlessly interreact with digital assets. Formed with the purpose of bringing trust, efficiency and commerce to digital assets, Bakkt seeks to develop open technology to connect existing market and merchant infrastructure to the blockchain.

Responsibilities:

Bakkt is looking for a Director of Markets & Clearing Architecture to lead the design, development and operation of institutional grade trading, settlement and clearing systems. These systems will serve as a key lynchpin in Bakkt’s product suite, with products like merchant payment processing and physically-delivered futures all relying on this platform.

  • Develop, manage and scale Bakkt’s trading, settlement and clearing platform
  • Create detailed technical product specs that Bakkt and ICE technology teams can leverage
  • Manage a team and collaborate internally across Bakkt and ICE teams to deliver new products
  • Manage relationships with external stakeholders such as regulated brokerages, market makers and global regulators

Requirements:

    • 10+ years of experience designing, building and operating a regulated marketplace, including settlement and clearing systems
    • Technical experience across engineering and product management disciplines
    • Experience creating written technical product specifications
    • Deep experience in institutional grade matching, clearing and

      settlement systems

    • Awareness of digital assets, specifically public blockchains like Bitcoin

      and Ethereum

    • Strong critical thinking, strategic analysis, interpersonal skills to work with customers, regulators and other stakeholders

Bakkt is devoted to having diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Bakkt does not make any employment decisions based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity of any other characteristic protected by law.