Quant Trader: Live Market-Making & Strategy Prototyping

Kappa Lab Ltd; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kappa Lab Ltd. in London, UK, is seeking a driven Quantitative Trader to join our hands-on trading team and own live market-making strategies.

You will research, prototype and deploy new quantitative approaches, while monitoring risk and performance across crypto venues. You’ll work closely with engineers and data analysts to keep our quoting engine fast and reliable.

Hybrid work in London with opportunities to travel; we value rigorous analysis, collaboration and responsible risk management.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative background with statistics and data analysis.
• Production-grade Python code, maintainable and debuggable in live systems.
• Ability to translate large market datasets into actionable decisions.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency markets, blockchain tech, and trading concepts.
• Sound judgement about sizing, hedging and stopping in risk scenarios.
• Proactive mindset with ability to spot opportunities and move fast.

Responsibilities

• Own live market-making strategies: tune quoting parameters, spreads, sizing and hedging, and diagnose and improve performance.
• Research, prototype and launch new quantitative strategies across venues and asset classes.
• Analyse execution quality: fill quality, adverse selection, spreads, and costs.
• Work in our configuration-as-code platform with version-controlled strategy parameters.
• Monitor live trading and manage risk through volatile markets.
• Collaborate with engineering and contribute code to trading systems.

Skills

Quantitative reasoning

Python

Data analysis

Crypto markets

Risk management

Proactive mindset

Tools

Rust

Job description

Kappa Lab Ltd. in London, UK, is seeking a driven Quantitative Trader to join our hands-on trading team and own live market-making strategies.

You will research, prototype and deploy new quantitative approaches, while monitoring risk and performance across crypto venues. You’ll work closely with engineers and data analysts to keep our quoting engine fast and reliable.

Hybrid work in London with opportunities to travel; we value rigorous analysis, collaboration and responsible risk management.