Trader - Digital Assets

IMC Trading; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC Trading in Sydney is seeking a Crypto Trader to provide APAC-hours coverage for our Zug-based Crypto team. You will own live trading activities, monitor strategies, and ensure risk controls during Sydney hours.

The role focuses on token market making, DeFi, and CeFi delta-one strategies, operating and optimizing automated trading systems with Python and internal tools, while collaborating tightly with global colleagues.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities required.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and trade investigations.
• Ability to stay calm and make timely decisions during incidents.
• Good communication and collaboration with traders and developers.

Responsibilities

• Monitor live trading strategies, positions, exposures, and PnL during APAC hours.
• Configure and manage trading parameters, limits, and controls.
• Investigate urgent issues and unusual PnL movements.
• Act during volatile markets or incidents.
• Use Python and internal tools to analyse trades and strategy performance.
• Support rollout and scaling across tokens, venues, and protocols.
• Provide clear handovers between Sydney and Zug teams.
• Communicate with external parties to resolve issues and requests.

Skills

Python

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Time-sensitive decision making

Communication skills

Quantitative background

Education

Quantitative/Technical degree

Tools

SQL

Linux

Monitoring tools

Internal tools

Job description

IMC has a strong presence in traditional finance and has been expanding its cryptocurrency trading activities over recent years. Through its global affiliates, IMC provides liquidity and trades across a broad range of cryptocurrency exchanges and DeFi protocols.

We are currently looking for a Crypto Trader to join us in Sydney office and provide APAC-hours coverage for our Crypto team in Zug. Working during normal Sydney business hours, you will take ownership of live trading activities while the Zug-based team is offline.

The role covers token market making, DeFi, and CeFi delta-one strategies. It is primarily focused on operating, monitoring, configuring, and managing the risk of automated trading strategies.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Monitor live trading strategies, positions, exposures, and PnL during APAC hours.
• Manage strategy configurations, trading parameters, limits, and operational controls.
• Investigate urgent trading issues, unexpected strategy behaviour, and unusual PnL movements.
• Take appropriate action during volatile markets, exchange incidents, or infrastructure disruptions.
• Use Python and internal tools to analyse trades, execution quality, and strategy performance.
• Support the rollout and scaling of strategies across new tokens, venues, and protocols.
• Provide clear handovers between the Sydney and Zug teams.
• Communicate with external parties to resolve issues and handle requests.

Your Skills And Experience

• A quantitative or technical background in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good judgement and attention to detail when working with live trading systems.
• Ability to remain calm and make decisions during time-sensitive incidents.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and trade investigations.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Good To Have

• Experience in electronic trading, market making, trading operations, or risk management.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency markets, including spot, perpetual futures, funding, and hedging.
• Exposure to DeFi protocols or automated trading systems.
• Familiarity with SQL, Linux, logs, and monitoring tools.

Prior experience developing low-latency trading strategies is not required. However, candidates should be comfortable understanding quantitative strategies, investigating their behaviour, and working closely with the traders, researchers, and developers responsible for them.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.