Job Description
Summary
What we are looking for… an experienced algo centric market maker to help lead our team of traders in delta-1 crypto markets.
Job description
- Develop and deploy new algorithms, clients and markets
- Keeping a global updated view of all algorithmic trading operations
- Trade execution across crypto spot, futures and perpetuals; and hedging both crypto and FX related exposure.
- Educate and nurture traders in development of trading algorithms
- Preventative actions by spread adaptations and configuring conditions, pricing and exposure thresholds on algorithmic trading bots.
- Monitoring closely client service level agreements are met and evaluating trading performance using internal, exchange and on-chain data.
- Keeping track of the treasury, and liaising with the finance team to ensure capital efficiency
- Act as point of contact for the product team and drive decisions on new feature requests.
- Acting as a point of call internally on trading and market related insights.
- Liaising with the Commercial team to provide insights to market making clients on trading performance and service level agreement requirements.
Background and experience
- Minimum 8+ years of institutional trading experience, including 3+ years of cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes
- Exposure to and an understanding of key tradfi asset classes e.g., options, futures, FX either from a previous role or educational background.
Competences and personality
- Strong analytical ability
- Fully comfortable with trading and order books
- Able to act and to take decisions under pressure
- Understanding of digital assets and blockchain technologies (particularly CEXes and DEXes)
- Understanding of financial market structure
- Strong attention to details
- Adaptable and a strong team player
- Applicable coding skills and ability to write and test basic algorithms in Python.
- Good communicator
- Fluent in English
Skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Communications Skills
- Development
- Python
- Team Collaboration