Head of Quant Strategy – Crypto Funding Arbitrage

Axiom Recruit; Dubai; On-site; AED 918,000 - 1,396,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Flexible working

Job summary

Axiom Recruit is hiring a Head of Quant Strategy to build and lead an institutional-grade crypto funding arbitrage programme from the ground up. This hands-on leadership role oversees design, capital deployment, risk controls and live PnL while shaping the quant team.

You’ll own the strategy end-to-end across funding, basis and delta-neutral approaches, collaborating with senior leadership to scale a world-class trading operation in crypto markets.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in quantitative or systematic trading.
• Proven success running funding arbitrage, basis and delta-neutral strategies with real capital.
• Strong track record of profitable live trading with ownership of PnL, drawdowns and strategy performance.
• Deep expertise in perpetual futures, market structure, execution costs and risk management.
• Strong Python and quantitative skills across statistics, time series, optimisation and research.
• Experience from a crypto hedge fund, market maker, prop trading or HFT environment, with leadership skills to build and scale a quant function.

Responsibilities

• Own and scale profitable arbitrage strategies across spot, perpetuals and funding markets.
• Decide where to deploy capital, which venues to prioritise and when to scale.
• Build robust risk controls covering leverage, drawdowns, liquidation and exposure limits.
• Optimise execution and capital efficiency across CEX and DEX venues.
• Own live PnL and strategy performance, identifying when to scale, adjust or retire strategies.
• Lead and grow the quant team, working closely with Engineering to build a world-class trading operation.

Skills

Quantitative trading

Systematic trading

Python

Time series

Statistics

Research

Leadership

Crypto markets

Job description

Axiom is hiring a Head of Quant Strategy to build and lead an institutional-grade crypto funding arbitrage programme from the ground up.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has successfully run funding arbitrage and delta-neutral strategies.

You’ll own the strategy end-to-end — from design and capital deployment to risk and live PnL — while working closely with senior leadership and building the quant team around you.

The Company

You’ll join an ambitious, high-growth financial technology business building an institutional-grade crypto arbitrage and cross-exchange trading platform across leading centralised and decentralised markets.

With strong engineering and data foundations already in place, the next phase is focused on scaling a sophisticated, profitable trading operation.

It’s a highly technical, commercially driven environment combining quant research, market microstructure, engineering and real capital deployment.

What You’ll Own

• Own and scale profitable arbitrage strategies across spot, perpetuals and funding markets.
• Decide where to deploy capital, which venues to prioritise and when to scale.
• Build robust risk controls covering leverage, drawdowns, liquidation and exposure limits.
• Optimise execution and capital efficiency across CEX and DEX venues.
• Own live PnL and strategy performance, identifying when to scale, adjust or retire strategies.
• Lead and grow the quant team, working closely with Engineering to build a world-class trading operation.

What We’re Hiring

• 7+ years in quantitative or systematic trading, including 3+ years in crypto markets.
• Proven success running funding arbitrage, basis and delta-neutral strategies with real capital.
• Strong track record of profitable live trading, with clear ownership of PnL, drawdowns and strategy performance.
• Deep expertise in perpetual futures, market structure, execution costs and risk management.
• Strong Python and quantitative skills across statistics, time series, optimisation and research.
• Experience from a crypto hedge fund, market maker, prop trading or HFT environment, with the leadership skills to build and scale a high-performing quant function.

The Reward

• Competitive senior-level salary with PnL-linked bonus and potential equity.
• Full ownership of strategy, capital deployment, risk and performance.
• Direct access to the CEO and CTO with real influence on key decisions.
• Build and lead your own quant team and shape the function from the ground up.
• Modern trading infrastructure already in place so you can focus on performance and scale.
• Relocation support and flexible working available for the right candidate.

For an experienced crypto quant leader looking for more ownership, capital and influence, this is a rare opportunity to build and lead an institutional-grade trading operation.

Interested? Apply directly through the advert or contact Andrew confidentially at [e-mail].