Quant Trader

Kappa Lab; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kappa Lab, a digital-assets market maker, seeks a Quantitative Trader to own live market‑making strategies and prototype new ones. Join a hands‑on trading team, work with crypto assets across venues, and improve performance while managing risk in real time.

You will collaborate with engineering, utilize Python for analytics, and bring a proactive mindset to spot opportunities and move fast in a fast-paced market.

Qualifications

• , Strong quantitative reasoning with statistics on fast-moving data.
• - Production-grade Python with maintainable code and version control.
• - Ability to turn large market datasets into decisions and explain reasoning.
• - Familiarity with cryptocurrency markets and trading concepts.
• - Sound risk judgment: know when to size down, hedge or stop.
• - Proactive mindset to spot opportunities and move fast.

Responsibilities

• Own live market‑making strategies: tune quoting parameters, spreads, sizing and hedging, and diagnose and improve performance
• Research, prototype and launch new quantitative strategies across venues and asset classes
• Analyse execution quality in depth - fill quality, adverse selection, realised spreads, and trading costs
• Work in our configuration-as-code platform, where strategy parameters are version-controlled, reviewed and deployed like software
• Monitor live trading and manage risk through volatile market conditions
• Work closely with engineering on the systems you trade through, and contribute code to them yourself

Skills

Quantitative reasoning

Python

Data analysis

Risk management

Trading concepts

Crypto familiarity

Tools

Rust

Job description

Job Description:

About Kappa Lab:

Kappa Lab is a digital-assets market maker. We provide continuous, round-the-clock liquidity across 50+ centralised and decentralised exchanges, quoting a wide range of assets. Our proprietary technology and quantitative models let us price consistently and respond quickly across every venue we trade.

About the role:

As a Quantitative Trader you will join a hands‑on trading team, taking ownership of live market‑making strategies while researching and prototyping new ones. This is a role for someone who enjoys the challenge of achieving high performance and PnL plus the analytical side of markets and the engineering that makes trading work in practice.

What you will do:

• Own live market‑making strategies: tune quoting parameters, spreads, sizing andhedging, and diagnose and improve performance
• Research, prototype and launch new quantitative strategies across venues and assetclasses
• Analyse execution quality in depth - fill quality, adverse selection, realised spreads, and trading costs
• Work in our configuration-as-code platform, where strategy parameters areversion-controlled, reviewed and deployed like software
• Monitor live trading and manage risk through volatile market conditions
• Work closely with engineering on the systems you trade through, and contribute code to them yourself

What we are looking for:

• Strong quantitative reasoning and real comfort applying statistics to noisy, fast-moving data
• Production-grade Python: code others can maintain, sensible use of version control, and the ability to debug a live system under pressure
• Evidence you can turn large market datasets into a decision and clearly explain your reasoning
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency markets, blockchain technology, and trading concepts
• Sound judgement about risk: knowing when to size down, hedge or stop
• A proactive mindset and ability to spot opportunities, move fast, and make things happen

Strongly valued:

• Experience in market making, high-frequency trading, or systematic execution
• Proficiency in Rust
• Familiarity with DeFi and on-chain execution

Location and Working Style:

We have offices in London (UK) and Dubai (UAE) and operate on a hybrid basis.

Kappa Lab is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals and do not discriminate based on race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age.

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