Crypto Researcher (US Timezone) - Remote

Ashford Benjamin; Anaheim (CA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading crypto hedge fund seeks a Researcher for their real-time information flows team in Anaheim, CA. This role involves maintaining event calendars, optimizing alerts, and collaborating with technical teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in trading environments and strong analytical skills, with proficiency in scripting languages preferred.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in trading firms, hedge funds, or financial news.
• Deep understanding of real-time information flows.
• Familiarity with precision/recall scoring methods.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a detailed calendar of market events.
• Optimize alerts based on precision/recall scores.
• Analyze market-moving events to inform trading.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Decision making

Communication

Education

Background in trading firms or hedge funds

Tools

Scripting languages (Python, SQL)

Alerting and monitoring tools

Job description

Our client, a rapidly growing crypto hedge fund and proprietary trading firm with consistent 200%+ annualized returns generated with a 4+ Sharpe ratio, are seeking researchers for their real-time information flows team. This role aims to capitalize on the opportunity to react to market-moving events.

• Experience : Background in extracting alpha from market-moving events.
• Insight : Familiarity with valuable sources, individuals, and topics to track.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorming and Creating Alerts :
• Source Identification : Constantly brainstorm additional sources for our real-time information (RTI) system.
• Alert Optimization : Optimize alerts based on precision / recall scores.
• Event Calendar Maintenance : Maintain a detailed calendar of material events.
• Monitoring and Quality Assurance :
• Alert Management : Enable, disable, and update alerts as market conditions change.
• Review Process : Review alerts to ensure they remain relevant and resilient.
• Event Analysis : Analyze and alert the firm to market-moving events.
• Working with Technical Team :
• Product Development : Direct product development of our real-time event detection and alerting system.
• QA / UAT Testing : Conduct QA / UAT and test all alerts and products to meet trading and research needs.

Requirements

Experience & Knowledge :

• Industry Background : Prior experience in trading firms, hedge funds, market intelligence, or financial news organizations.
• Market Understanding : Deep understanding of real-time information flows and market dynamics.
• Source Tracking : Familiarity with tracking high-impact sources and topics.
• Scoring Knowledge : Knowledge of precision / recall scoring methods for alert optimization.

Technical & Analytical Skills :

• Source Integration : Ability to identify and integrate new news sources into our RTI system.
• Analytical Refinement : Strong analytical skills to refine alerts based on market conditions.
• Tool Experience : Experience with alerting and monitoring tools, including setup and troubleshooting.
• Collaboration Skills : Collaboration with technical teams on product development.

Operational & Communication Skills :

• Detail Orientation : High attention to detail for maintaining an accurate tabulation of market events.
• Decision Making : Ability to make quick decisions in high-pressure situations.
• Communication Excellence : Excellent communication skills to convey insights to traders and researchers.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Scripting Proficiency : Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, SQL) for data analysis and automation.
• Network Familiarity : Strong network within the ecosystem and familiarity with key influencers and information channels.

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