Trading Operations Intern

HKDAG (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

HKDAG (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. seeks a motivated student to support a live quantitative trading desk in Singapore.

From week one you will own defined daily checks and, by month three, run them independently and automate at least one process. You will gain hands-on exposure to inventory, reconciliation, and operational tooling, while collaborating with traders and engineers in an AI-enabled, data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Penultimate or final-year student in finance, economics, engineering, CS, mathematics, or related field.
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail; you notice when a number ties out.
• Genuine interest in crypto market structure and quantitative trading.

Responsibilities

• Daily desk operations: run balance and inventory checks; flag breaks and upscale early.
• Reconciliation: compare exchange and on-chain balances with internal ledger; document differences.
• Venue and account admin: maintain exchange records, API keys, fee tiers, onboarding checklists.
• Reporting: prepare inputs for daily and weekly desk reports to management.
• Automation: turn at least one recurring manual check into a script or dashboard (Python/SQL).
• Adhoc: support traders and engineers on operational questions.

Skills

Quantitative finance

Python/SQL

Attention to detail

English fluency

Crypto market knowledge

Education

Undergraduate student

Master's student

Recent graduate

Tools

Python

SQL

Git

Job description

The role

You will support the day-to-day operations of a live quantitative trading desk. This is not a shadowing internship. From week one you will own a defined set of daily checks, and by month three you should be running them independently and have automated at least one of them.

What you will do

• Daily desk operations: run morning balance and inventory checks across exchanges and chains; flag breaks and upscale early
• Reconciliation: compare exchange and on-chain balances against our internal ledger; investigate and document differences
• Venue and account admin: help maintain our exchange account records, API key inventory, fee-tier status and counterparty onboarding checklists
• Reporting: prepare inputs for daily and weekly desk reports to management
• Automation: turn at least one recurring manual check into a script or dashboard using Python/SQL and our internal data tools
• Adhoc: support traders and engineers on operational questions as they come up

What you will learn

• Howa quantitative trading desk actually runs: inventory, funding, fees, venue relationships
• Operational controls at a firm where an unexplained break is treated as a real problem, nota rounding error
• How to build operational tooling with an AI-native team

Who we are looking for

• Penultimate or final-year undergraduate, master's student, or recent graduate in finance, economics, engineering, computer science, mathematics or a related field
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail: you notice when a number doesn't tie out
• Genuine interest in crypto market structure and quantitative trading; you should be able to explain what a market maker does
• Exposure to AI-enabled tools, workflow automation, data dashboards, SQL/Python, or on-chain data platforms is an asset
• Exposure to traditional financial market structure, market participants and the evolving regulatory landscape across major jurisdictions is a plus
• Able to commit at least 3 days per week, including fixed days for daily checks
• Fluent English; Mandarin a plus

Nice to have

• Internship at a trading firm, exchange, fintech or fund
• Personal trading or on-chain experience; side projects with real data
• Familiarity with LLM / agent tooling