Quantitative Researcher - Digital Assets Liquidity (EMEA Remote)

Keyrock; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 367,000 - 551,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading firm in Dubai is looking for a Quantitative Trading researcher with over 5 years of experience in quantitative research. The role involves market-making, researching trading algorithms, and a strong focus on financial markets. Ideal candidates will have programming skills in Python, a master's degree or PhD in a hard science, and a passion for algorithmic trading, with opportunities for flexible working hours and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to work remotely

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative research at a bank, asset manager, or trading firm.
• Strong analytical capabilities with financial markets and trading algorithms.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Market-making and optimal quoting of HL assets (CeFi and DeFi).
• Researching and building proprietary trading algorithms.

Skills

Analytical capabilities

Programming skills in Python

Attention to detail

Good communication

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in relevant hard science

Job description

An ideal candidate lives and breathes math and statistics, enjoys digging into data, loves solving hard, ambiguous challenges, and ideally has a track record of adding significant, tangible value to trading businesses.

Your mission will be to help shape Keyrock’s trading strategies.

Tasks

• Market-making and optimal quoting of HL assets (CeFi and DeFi);
• Researching and building proprietary trading algorithms for high- and mid-frequency strategies on spot, perpetual, and futures / forwards markets;

Trading and hedging both cryptocurrencies and FX.

Background and Experience

As a Quantitative Trading researcher, you have strong analytical capabilities and are fully comfortable with financial markets and trading algorithms in order books.

You are / have

5+ years of experience in quantitative research at a bank, asset manager, or trading firm;

Strong attention to detail;

Good communicator;

Programming skills in Python;

Prior experience in building or researching trading algorithms;

Desirable: a master’s degree or PhD in a relevant hard science, e.g., maths, statistics, astronomy, physics, quant finance, etc.

A passion for algorithmic trading

The ability to take ownership of a project while collaborating with colleagues;

Fluency in English.

Our recruitment philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process.

We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals.

We're after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field.

The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our offer

A competitive salary package

Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely.

The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence.

As an employer, we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment.

We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward, and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.

https://keyrock.com/careers/

Candidates should have 5+ years of experience in quantitative research and strong analytical capabilities.

A master's degree or PhD in a relevant hard science is desirable, along with programming skills in Python and a passion for algorithmic trading.