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title: 'Controller at Paradigm'
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# Controller at Paradigm

- **Company:** Paradigm
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $250k–$350k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2022-09-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/paradigm/5541426c-43f4-489e-84ee-617d5f1af57c

## Job description

The Firm [Paradigm](https://www.paradigm.xyz/) is a San Francisco-based investment firm focused on frontier technologies across the globe, with over $11 billion in assets under management. We make investments in companies and protocols at all stages, ranging from early-stage venture financing rounds to growth equity to liquid assets.

Paradigm was founded in 2018 and is co-led by managing partners [Matt Huang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmhuang/) and [Alana Palmedo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/askorniakoffpalmedo/). We’ve been hard at work investigating the world’s most beautiful technical problems since day one. Our research-driven approach helps us build relationships with founders and entrepreneurs, but it also reflects our broader goal of accelerating the progress of frontier technology.

## The Role

Paradigm is looking for a Controller to be the right hand to our CFO and VP of Finance. The heart of this job is to become the expert on our flagship fund, every nuance of its mechanics, economics and GP mechanics while keeping a finger on the pulse of our venture funds.

We’re looking for someone who learns fast, forms independent views and can be a thought partner for the team.

What matters most

- Deep fund expertise. Our flagship fund is an evergreen structure with side pockets, redemptions, and incentive allocation mechanics that reward genuine mastery. You’ll be expected to own its nuances end to end and become the person others check their understanding against.
- Situational awareness. Across the funds, management company and GP entities, you keep a running picture of capital activity, cash, valuations and open questions.
- Technology-forward mindset. Paradigm’s finance team operates at the leading edge of AI: we build our own tools, automate our own workflows and actively rethink processes rather than inherit them. You need to be genuinely open to working this way and excited that how we do things today likely isn’t how we’ll do them next year.
- Speed of learning. We care less about whether you’ve seen a specific fact pattern before and more about how quickly you can reason your way to a defensible answer.

What that looks like in practice

- Fully reviewing the monthly books our fund administrator produces: NAV packages, management fees, carry, performance and independently confirming accuracy.
- Owning quarterly reporting and regulatory filings
- Reviewing fair value marks under ASC 820
- Monitoring cash and capital activity across the funds - calls, distributions, redemptions
- Ruling on methodology questions and acting as an approver in finance workflows

## Qualifications

- 8+ years in fund accounting, with exposure to both closed-end and open-ended structures preferred
- Fluency with ASC 820 and ASC 946, and comfort reviewing complex valuation work
- Comfort adopting new technology fast - you’d rather learn a new tool than defend an old process and working with AI day-to-day sounds energizing, not threatening
- Quick study, low ego, high ownership; energized by ambiguity, not blocked by it

Attributes

- Exceptional team player; people-oriented
- Self-starter and highly proactive
- Extreme open-mindedness
- Great listening skills
- Clear and concise communication
- Attention to detail
- Empathy toward the concerns of others, both within and outside Paradigm
- Adaptability in rapidly changing circumstances
- Highly curious; fast learner
- An overall positive attitude

## About Paradigm

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Paradigm is a technology investment firm that invests in and builds across frontier technologies including crypto, AI, and robotics.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture capital firm)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA (with offices in New York City and Washington, DC)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Matt Huang (Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Venture Capital, Technology Investment, Blockchain/Crypto Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: Founders and companies building at the technological frontier (crypto, AI, robotics); B2B for its portfolio companies
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We live on the frontier and believe in progress through technology."

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **[Investment & Incubation]**: Paradigm invests in founders at every stage (from first check through to public markets) across crypto, AI, robotics, and other frontiers. They also incubate new companies, such as Tempo (a payments network created with Stripe).
- **[Open Source Software]**: Paradigm builds and contributes to a substantial portfolio of open source projects, including Foundry (Ethereum dev toolkit, 10.5k GitHub stars), Reth (Ethereum protocol implementation, 5.7k stars), Alloy, Viem, Wagmi, Cryo, and many others.
- **[Research & Fellowship]**: Runs an annual Paradigm Fellowship and produces research papers, security evaluations (e.g., with OpenAI on EVMbench), and industry analysis.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private investment firm). In 2021, Paradigm raised a $2.5 billion fund (its third), making it one of the largest crypto-focused venture funds at the time.
- **Key Metric**: Over 130+ investments made since founding in 2018; manages billions in assets under management.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Stripe (co-incubated Tempo), OpenAI (collaborated on EVMbench), and a vast portfolio of crypto and frontier tech companies.
- **Growth Signals**: Continued expansion into AI and robotics investments beyond crypto; incubation of Tempo with Stripe signals a push into payments infrastructure; active hiring across engineering, research, and operations roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Depth of technical expertise**: Paradigm's team includes world-class researchers, engineers, and operators who actively ship open-source code (Foundry, Reth, Alloy) and publish research. They are "as likely to collaborate on a research paper or ship code" as to partner on strategy.
- **Full-stack capability**: They invest, incubate, build open source software, provide policy/government affairs support, and offer operational assistance—giving them a uniquely hands-on approach for a venture firm.
- **Network effect**: Their portfolio of 130+ companies and deep relationships with Stripe, OpenAI, and other major tech players creates a powerful ecosystem for founders and employees.
- **Culture of building**: Many team members have built tools, protocols, and companies that are "some of the most used on the internet" (e.g., Ethereum, crypto infrastructure).

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding investment beyond crypto into AI and robotics; incubating new companies (like Tempo); building open-source infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized and AI-powered applications; advancing policy and regulatory frameworks for frontier tech (active in Washington, DC).
- **Growth direction**: Moving toward multi-frontier investing (crypto, AI, robotics) while deepening its technical capabilities through open source contributions and research.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as builder-first and deeply technical. The team values "depth as a prerequisite for invention" and being "close to the metal." They emphasize collaboration on research, code, and strategy.
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Has offices in San Francisco, NYC, and Washington, DC. The website lists opportunities across the US, suggesting a hybrid or office-first approach, though specific remote policy details are not publicly clear.
- **Notable perks/engineering culture**: 
  - Contributes to and maintains widely-used open source projects (Foundry, Reth, Viem, etc.)
  - Provides a fellowship program for emerging talent
  - Offers opportunities to work alongside top-tier researchers, engineers, and operators in a venture context
  - All roles (engineering, research, operations, legal, marketing, etc.) contribute to advancing frontier technology

## Sources
1. [paradigm.xyz - About](https://www.paradigm.xyz/about)
2. [paradigm.xyz - Team](https://www.paradigm.xyz/team)
3. [paradigm.xyz - Build (Open Source)](https://www.paradigm.xyz/build)
4. [paradigm.xyz - Careers](https://www.paradigm.xyz/careers)
5. [jobs.paradigm.xyz - Portfolio Jobs](https://jobs.paradigm.xyz/companies)

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