Echo Base is hiring a Partner, Special Situations Lending (Crypto) to lead the specialty lending team within Echo Base Finance. You will drive the full investment lifecycle, originating, underwriting, and managing credit investments while developing crypto-denominated yield strategies across the digital asset ecosystem.
What You'll Do
- Source and execute private credit and special situation lending opportunities across digital asset and technology sectors.
- Lead underwriting and structuring of bespoke financing transactions, including secured lending, convertibles, revenue share, and hybrid instruments.
- Perform deep due diligence and financial modeling on counterparties, collateral, and underlying technology assets.
- Manage ongoing portfolio monitoring, covenant compliance, and performance reporting.
- Collaborate closely with internal corporate finance and portfolio operations teams to optimize recovery and value creation.
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of Echo Base Finance's investment playbook and credit risk framework.
What We're Looking For
- 7–10+ years of experience in private debt, special situations, or distressed credit investing.
- Direct experience executing middle-market credit transactions, including workouts and restructurings.
- Demonstrated ability to operate as an individual contributor and manage all stages of the deal lifecycle.
- Strong credit underwriting and financial modeling capabilities, with a deep understanding of technology and digital asset businesses.
- High degree of intellectual curiosity, commercial judgment, and ability to navigate emerging markets and counterparties.
- Bachelor’s degree.
Nice to Have
- Buy-side experience.
- Advanced degree or CFA.
Team & Environment
You will collaborate closely with internal corporate finance and portfolio operations teams in an entrepreneurial, high-performance environment with institutional standards.
Benefits & Compensation
- Entrepreneurial, high-performance environment with institutional standards.
- Exposure to complex, frontier credit investments across global markets.
- Opportunity to help shape the playbook for crypto-native special situations investing.
