Crypto Quant Researcher: Alpha Signals & Market-Making

Midpoint Markets; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401k match

Wellness benefits

Meals at work

Job summary

Midpoint Markets is seeking a quantitative researcher to scale our crypto trading strategies across markets and to pioneer alpha-generating frameworks from the ground up. You will work with a team of engineers and traders to build end-to-end systems for data, research pipelines, and low-latency execution.

The ideal candidate has strong quantitative skills and experience with crypto assets, market microstructure, and machine learning to solve practical trading challenges in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Significant experience in financial markets, cryptocurrencies, crypto assets, and DeFi.
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with ability to analyze complex data.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large datasets to research crypto signals.
• Build, back test, and refine trading and hedging strategies across exchanges.
• Monitor and analyze model performance in live trading and propose improvements.
• Adapt strategies to new exchanges and crypto products.
• Conduct research on niche market forces to improve trading performance.

Skills

Quantitative research

Crypto markets

Machine learning

Statistics

Data analysis

Team player

Tools

Python

SQL

Pandas

Backtesting

Job description

Midpoint Markets is seeking a quantitative researcher to scale our crypto trading strategies across markets and to pioneer alpha-generating frameworks from the ground up. You will work with a team of engineers and traders to build end-to-end systems for data, research pipelines, and low-latency execution.

The ideal candidate has strong quantitative skills and experience with crypto assets, market microstructure, and machine learning to solve practical trading challenges in a fast-paced