Our team

The people behind Exbit

1,200+ builders, traders, engineers, designers and compliance experts across 8 offices worldwide, united by the mission to democratize on-chain finance.

Leadership

Executive team

Marcus Chen

Chief Executive Officer

Former VP Goldman Sachs Digital Assets. MIT Computer Science and MBA. Led crypto strategy at two Fortune 500 firms before founding Exbit.

Priya Sharma

Chief Technology Officer

Ex-Google Staff Engineer. Built low-latency matching engines at Citadel Securities. Stanford CS PhD. Holds 12 patents in distributed systems.

Elena Novak

Chief Financial Officer

15 years at JP Morgan in structured finance. Led financial ops for two crypto unicorns. CFA charterholder. Wharton MBA.

David Okafor

Chief Operating Officer

Former Stripe Head of Operations EMEA. Scaled operations from 50 to 1,200 people across 8 offices in 3 years.

Sarah Lindqvist

Chief Legal Officer

Former SEC enforcement attorney. 12 years in fintech regulation. Led MiCA authorization across 27 EU member states.

James Mwangi

Head of Product

Former Coinbase Sr. Director of Product. Built the Coinbase Pro trading interface used by 11M traders. Y Combinator alum.

Akira Tanaka

Head of Security

CISSP, CISM certified. Former NSA cybersecurity analyst. Built security operations centers for two major exchanges.

Lena Petrova

Head of Research

PhD Economics from ETH Zurich. Former Messari Head of Research. Published 40+ papers on tokenomics and DeFi market microstructure.

Culture

What we live by

Five principles that guide every decision — from how we hire, to how we ship code, to how we handle a crisis.

Users first

Every roadmap debate ends with "what's best for the trader?" — not what's best for P&L this quarter.

Radical transparency

Daily proof-of-reserves, open post-mortems, public roadmap. Secrets compound into distrust.

Ship weekly

Small increments, fast feedback. 40+ production deploys every week across all teams.

Ownership

Small teams with full authority and accountability. No committees, no middle-management chains.

Globally remote

1,200 people across 52 nationalities. Best talent wherever it lives, async by default.

Departments

How Exbit is structured

Eight core departments, 120+ squads. Every product line owns its stack from DB to UI.

Engineering

520+ engineers across matching engine, wallet, web, mobile, infra and data platforms.

520+

Security & Compliance

24/7 SOC, threat intelligence, KYC operations, financial crime, sanctions screening.

180+

Customer support

24/7 live chat & phone in 14 languages. Average response time 1m 42s.

240+

Product & Design

Product managers, designers, researchers and content writers shaping every surface.

95+

Trading & Liquidity

Market makers, listings, OTC desk, institutional sales and derivatives research.

70+

Legal & Policy

In-house lawyers, regulatory affairs, licensing and public policy across 42 jurisdictions.

45+

Finance & Treasury

FP&A, treasury, tax, accounting, internal audit and investor relations.

40+

People & Ops

Talent, HR business partners, L&D, workplace, IT and internal tooling.

50+
Global footprint

Eight offices, one mission

Remote-first, but with hubs in the financial capitals of the world.

Valletta, Malta

HQ & Legal entity
Expand Media Group LLC
320 people

London, UK

Institutional sales
European ops
180 people

Singapore

APAC headquarters
Engineering & product
220 people

Dubai, UAE

MENA hub
OTC trading desk
95 people

Tokyo, Japan

APAC expansion
Listings & partnerships
60 people

Berlin, Germany

European engineering
MiCA compliance
145 people

São Paulo, Brazil

LATAM hub
Support & BD
110 people

Lagos, Nigeria

Africa expansion
P2P & mobile
70 people

Advisory board

Guided by industry veterans

Operators and researchers from the frontlines of crypto, fintech and traditional finance.

Vinay Gupta

Advisor · Ethereum launch team

Mattereum founder. Launched the Ethereum release process. Advises on governance and standards.

Meredith Kerr

Advisor · Former CFTC commissioner

Former US CFTC commissioner. Senior fellow at Georgetown. Policy and commodities derivatives expert.

Hiroshi Ueda

Advisor · SoftBank Vision Fund

Partner at SoftBank. Board director at 4 fintech unicorns. Expertise in APAC scaling and fundraising.

Dr. Nadia Salame

Advisor · Chief Economist, BIS

Monetary economist. Author of "Digital Money". Advises on CBDC integration and stablecoin regulation.

1,200+Team members
52Nationalities
8Global offices
42%Women in leadership
4.6Glassdoor rating

Want to build the future of finance?

We are hiring across engineering, product, design, legal and operations. Remote-first, competitive comp and equity in one of the fastest-growing exchanges.