Senior/Principal Product Manager — Perp DEX Trading & API

深圳; 香港. Posted a month ago

The role

You will manage the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for Perp DEX professional trading, APIs, and institutional products. You will design trading mechanisms, optimize API stability, and collaborate with liquidity and technical teams to build a professional trading ecosystem.

What you will do

Responsible for the overall planning, positioning, and medium-to-long-term roadmap of Perp DEX professional trading, APIs, and institutional products.
Research global Perp DEX markets, professional trader needs, and competitive landscapes.
Translate business goals, trading mechanisms, and customer needs into executable product solutions.
Lead product requirement definition, priority judgment, project advancement, and launch acceptance.
Establish core metric systems including trading volume, positions, active users, liquidity, and system stability.
Plan products for market makers, quantitative institutions, funds, and professional trading teams.
Build the trading API product system including REST API, WebSocket, and FIX protocol.
Optimize API stability, latency, throughput, and data consistency.
Collaborate with trading systems, market data, risk control, and quantitative teams.
Design fee, market maker tier, rebate, and liquidity incentive mechanisms.

Required qualifications

5+ years of product management experience in cryptocurrency (CEX, DEX, or DeFi derivatives) or traditional financial institutions (e.g., forex, stock index futures, options).
Deep understanding of Perp DEX such as Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Aster.
Familiarity with core perpetual contract mechanisms including margin, leverage, funding rates, oracle, liquidation, and settlement.
Familiarity with professional trading interfaces such as REST API, WebSocket, or FIX.
Understanding of requirements for latency, throughput, stability, and data consistency for professional traders and market makers.
Excellent logical abstraction, data analysis, and written expression skills.
Strong business judgment and ownership.
Ability to communicate professionally with traders, market makers, quantitative teams, and engineering teams.
Fluent communication skills in Chinese and English.

Nice to have

Core product role in Perp DEX, on-chain order books, derivative protocols, or high-performance trading infrastructure.
Led the construction of trading APIs, professional trading terminals, derivative trading systems, or on-chain trading protocols.
Experience working directly with market makers, quantitative institutions, or professional trading teams.
Real perpetual contract or DeFi trading experience.
Background in trading systems, quantitative, financial engineering, computer science, or blockchain technology.
Familiarity with on-chain matching, clearing/settlement, or high-performance blockchain.
Experience with global products or services for international professional trading institutions.

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package
Learning and development plans and education subsidies
Various team building and company activities
Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and their families

About the company

OKX is a leading cryptocurrency exchange and developer of the OKX Wallet, providing cryptocurrency trading and dApp access to millions of users. It is a member of the OKG Group.