Chief Compliance Officer

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.