Graduate Digital Assets Trader - FX Market Making

Keyrock; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital asset firm is seeking a Graduate Digital Assets Trader to support their Algorithmic Trading Business primarily across the Digital FX Desk. This hybrid role based in London requires analytical skills, an understanding of digital assets, and cryptocurrency trading experience. Ideal candidates hold a quantitative degree and are strong communicators eager to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience

Qualifications

• Some cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes expected.
• Understanding of key tradfi asset classes from an educational perspective.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment of new algorithms, clients, and markets.
• Monitor algorithmic trading operations.
• Execute trades across crypto markets.
• Facilitate asset settlement against counterparties.
• Adapt spreads and configure algorithmic bots.
• Evaluate trading performance using data analytics.
• Liaise with finance on asset balances.
• Report technical and financial problems to the dev team.
• Develop trading indicators for live strategies.
• Perform post-trade analysis.
• Provide internal trading insights.
• Collaborate with the Commercial team on client performance.

Skills

Analytical ability

Understanding of digital assets and blockchain technologies

Adaptable and strong team player

Strong attention to details

Good communicator

Fluent in English

Exposure to Python or programming language

Education

Degree in a quantitative field (2.1 equivalent or above)

Job description

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.

Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore and Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.

We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.

But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives.

At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.

Mission statement

What we are looking for… a Graduate Digital Assets Trader for the EMEA Time zone, supporting our core Algorithmic Trading Business, primarily across our Digital FX Desk. This is a Hybrid role to be based out of our London office.

Job description

• Supporting the deployment of new algorithms, clients and markets

• Keeping a global updated view of all algorithmic trading operations

• Trade execution across crypto spot, perpetuals and options; and hedging both crypto and FX related exposure.

• Trading operations including asset rebalancing across multiple CEXs and DEXs; and facilitating settlement of assets against several trading counterparties.

• Preventative actions by spread adaptations and configuring conditions, pricing and exposure thresholds on algorithmic trading bots.

• Monitoring closely client service level agreements are met and evaluating trading performance using internal, exchange and on-chain data.

• Keeping track of the treasury, and liaising with the finance team on accounting for asset balances across operations.

• Keeping track of and reporting technical and financial problems and providing support to the dev team for improvement.

• Develop trading indicators for use in live trading strategies with a focus on SLA adherence and alpha generation.

• Performing post trade analysis to improve trading strategies.

• Acting as a point of call internally on trading and market related insights.

• Liaising with the Commercial team to provide insights to market making clients on trading performance and service level agreement requirements.

Background and experience

• No professional experience required however some cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes will be expected.

• An understanding of key tradfi asset classes e.g., options, futures, FX from an educational perspective.

Competences and personality

• Degree in a quantitative field (2.1 equivalent or above)

• Strong analytical ability

• Able to act and to take decisions under pressure

• Understanding of digital assets and blockchain technologies (particularly CEXes and DEXes)

• Strong attention to details

• Adaptable and a strong team player

• Exposure to Python or some other programming language.

• Good communicator

• Fluent in English

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

• 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.