Quantitative Crypto Market Maker & Trading Architect

Tokalent; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Tokalent is seeking a Quantitative Products Trader to lead auto-trading, hedging and risk strategies in cryptocurrency markets. You will develop data environments, simulation tools and trade signal evaluation capabilities to support research and trading activities.

The role requires 3+ years in FX/crypto market making front office with 5+ years technical experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Python; Java is highly preferred. An advanced quantitative degree is desirable.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of FX and/or crypto client facing market making front office experience, 5+ years technical experience
• Degree in a technical or quantitative discipline, advanced degree preferred
• Strong analytical skills and experience with analyzing large data sets and machine learning
• Experience with FX and/or crypto market making and market micro-structure
• Proficiency with coding in Python is required
• Experience with Java is strongly preferred
• Understanding of code design and production best practices is a big plus

Responsibilities

• Improve existing and develop new automatic trading, hedging and risk holding strategies, and trade signals in cryptocurrency markets
• Develop, maintain, and improve the data environment to help research and trading, including simulation framework, trade signal evaluation tools etc.
• Analyze proprietary trade data and client flow data, build processes to optimize flow and PnL capture for client market making business
• Build and improve trading system components to monetize research findings and optimize PnL
• Interact with production systems and manage trading and risk

Skills

Python

Java

Market making

Data analysis

Machine learning

FX/crypto understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical/quantitative discipline

Tools

Python

Java

Job description

Tokalent is seeking a Quantitative Products Trader to lead auto-trading, hedging and risk strategies in cryptocurrency markets. You will develop data environments, simulation tools and trade signal evaluation capabilities to support research and trading activities.

The role requires 3+ years in FX/crypto market making front office with 5+ years technical experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Python; Java is highly preferred. An advanced quantitative degree is desirable.