Trading | DeFi Trading Analyst | Dubai

Flowdesk; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Team events

Company pension

Learning budget

Job summary

Flowdesk in Dubai is building a trading desk focused on early-stage protocols and on-chain markets. You will own venue onboarding, risk tooling, and opportunity sourcing, sitting between Tech and Trading.

You will be the main technical contact for Trading, Sales, Ops and DeFi, working with Exchange Connectivity to bring integrations to production. Fluency in English and a strong crypto/DeFi background are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Mathematics or similar.
• Strong Python skills for opportunity sourcing, risk tooling and testing.
• Read-level Solidity to judge protocol and vault risk.

Responsibilities

• Own venue and protocol onboarding and risk tooling behind Morpho vault curation.
• Build and test first integrations and move them to production with the Exchange Connectivity team.
• Monitor venue performance and flag issues; automate routine checks for market conditions.

Skills

Python

Solidity

Exchange APIs

DeFi protocols

English

Education

CS/Engineering/Math degree

Tools

TypeScript

Rust

Job description

About Flowdesk

At Flowdesk, we are building the infrastructure powering the next era of global finance. As a full-service digital asset trading and technology firm, we provide liquidity solutions, OTC trading, and market infrastructure that connect digital assets to global markets with institutional-grade precision, transparency, and scale. Flowdesk combines expertise from traditional finance, algorithmic trading, and blockchain technology to deliver always-on trading capabilities across the digital asset ecosystem.

About Flowdesk

At Flowdesk, we are building the infrastructure powering the next era of global finance. As a full-service digital asset trading and technology firm, we provide liquidity solutions, OTC trading, and market infrastructure that connect digital assets to global markets with institutional-grade precision, transparency, and scale. Flowdesk combines expertise from traditional finance, algorithmic trading, and blockchain technology to deliver always-on trading capabilities across the digital asset ecosystem. Founded in 2020, we are a global team supporting institutions, exchanges, and token issuers to enable a tokenized financial markets ecosystem. Why join Flowdesk? You’ll be joining a company operating at the intersection of finance, technology, and crypto; solving complex market problems, building critical infrastructure, and helping shape how digital assets connect to global liquidity. We move fast, think long term, and work with a strong ownership mindset across engineering, trading, product, operations, and business teams.

Role Description

Flowdesk is building a trading desk in Dubai focused on early-stage protocols and new trading venues. The desk assesses and onboards new venues and protocols, curates Morpho vaults, and sources trading opportunities across centralised and on-chain markets. Sitting on the desk between Tech and Trading, you will own venue and protocol onboarding, the risk tooling behind our Morpho vault curation, opportunity sourcing and the desk’s technical backlog. You will be the main technical point of contact for Trading, Sales, Ops and the DeFi team, and will work closely with the Exchange Connectivity team to take integrations to production.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess new trading venues and early protocols by evaluating venue APIs and protocol contracts.
• Build and test first integrations, and work with the Exchange Connectivity team to take them to production; monitor venue performance after launch and flag issues.
• Build and improve risk monitoring and alerting for our Morpho vault curation, covering utilisation, collateral health, oracle behaviour and liquidation exposure.
• Automate routine checks so the desk can react quickly to market conditions.
• Track new listings, venues, yield sources and pricing gaps across centralised and on-chain markets.
• Size the best ideas, outline risks and requirements, and present clear go/no-go proposals to the desk.
• Own the desk’s technical backlog: keep it clear, agree priorities with Trading, Sales, Ops and the DeFi team, and make sure requests are delivered.

Requirements

Must Have

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Mathematics or similar.
• Strong, demonstrable Python skills, applied to opportunity sourcing, risk tooling, venue integrations and testing.
• Read-level Solidity, sufficient to judge protocol and vault risk before the desk commits capital.
• Hands-on experience with exchange APIs and/or DeFi protocols.
• Solid understanding of crypto markets: spot, perpetuals and DeFi (AMMs, lending).
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Preferred

• TypeScript, for working with early protocols that only ship TypeScript SDKs.
• Read-level Rust, for reading Exchange Connectivity code and writing precise requests.

Location

• Dubai (required)
• On-site, sitting with the desk

Person Profile

• A real appetite for finance and trading.
• Autonomous and pragmatic.
• At ease in a small, fast-moving team.
• Comfortable bridging technical and trading teams, translating desk needs into clear, prioritised work.

Company Culture & Values

• Take Action & Own the Mission
• Be of Service & Contribute
• Innovate, Create Value, & Be Courageous
• Act with Integrity & Respect

Benefits

• International environment (English is the main language)
• 100% health coverage
• Team events and offsites
• Company Pension scheme
• Learning and Development budget

Recruitment Process

Our process is designed to assess genuine technical depth. Candidates should expect the following stages:

• Stage 1: e.g. Initial screening with TA
• Stage 2: e.g. Take-home technical test
• Stage 3: e.g. Hiring Manager interview
• Stage 4: e.g. Team and Director of Trading Interviews
• Stage 5: e.g. Final interview with Head of Talent Strategy