Trader - Digital Assets

IMC Trading; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is seeking a Crypto Trader to join the Sydney office, providing APAC-hours coverage for our crypto team in Zug. You will monitor live trading activities, manage configurations, and handle risk management for automated strategies during Sydney hours.

The role emphasizes quantitative skill, Python proficiency, and the ability to stay composed during volatile events, working closely with traders, researchers, and developers across teams.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Python

Analytical thinking

Decision making under pressure

Collaborative mindset

Tools

SQL

Linux

Monitoring 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 research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.