DeFi Quant Trader Intern — On-Chain Yield & Risk

Keyrock; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Global team environment

Office in Brussels

On-site London option

Merit-based growth

Job summary

Keyrock is a global, remote-first digital assets company with hubs in Brussels and London. We offer a 6-month paid internship in our Credit Desk DeFi unit, where you will build quantitative risk models, automate yield harvesting, and analyze on-chain liquidity and protocol mechanics.

You will work with quant traders to evaluate risk, backtest strategies, and develop tooling using Python and SQL. Local Brussels onboarding is expected, with possible London placement for selected candidates.

Qualifications

• Strong code-first foundation in Python and SQL with Git proficiency.
• Quantitative field background and a systematic mindset.
• Experience with DeFi protocols and lending primitives is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop quantitative risk models for on-chain protocols.
• Build Python tools to analyze yield curves and leverage on-chain data.
• Query on-chain telemetry and protocol data to inform credit positioning.
• Conduct due diligence and stress tests on lending primitives.

Skills

Python

SQL

Git

DeFi knowledge

Quantitative analysis

Education

Math/Physics/CS/Finance/Engineering background

Tools

Foundry

Rust

Solidity

Job description

Keyrock is a global, remote-first digital assets company with hubs in Brussels and London. We offer a 6-month paid internship in our Credit Desk DeFi unit, where you will build quantitative risk models, automate yield harvesting, and analyze on-chain liquidity and protocol mechanics.

You will work with quant traders to evaluate risk, backtest strategies, and develop tooling using Python and SQL. Local Brussels onboarding is expected, with possible London placement for selected candidates.