Quantitative Researcher

Monad Foundation; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Monad Foundation seeks a talented quant to tackle market-structure challenges across on-chain trading, liquidity, and user behavior. You will own initiatives from idea to execution, building data-driven views and end-to-end analytical workflows.

Requirements include 3+ years in a quantitative role, strong knowledge of market microstructure, and Python with NumPy/Pandas. Bonus: familiarity with on-chain crypto markets. This role offers autonomy and impact in a fast-moving ecosystem.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in a quantitative role, preferably in high-frequency trading.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure and overall market dynamics.
• Proficiency with NumPy and Pandas in Python.
• Has built something significant from scratch.
• Bonus: hands-on familiarity with on-chain crypto markets.

Responsibilities

• Work on greenfield problems related to trading activity, liquidity, and user behavior on-chain.
• Develop data-driven views on market structure and ecosystem dynamics.
• Own end-to-end analytical workflows from exploration to production outputs.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Market microstructure

Built from scratch project

On-chain crypto markets (bonus)

Tools

NumPy

Pandas

Job description

The Monad Foundation is a team of dedicated ecosystem and community builders who are on a mission to massively grow the impact of decentralized tech. We believe that the Monad blockchain--the performant and parallel EVM Layer 1--will help decentralized apps eat the world.

The Role

We are looking for an exceptional quant to work on market structure problems within the Monad ecosystem. You will be identifying and addressing issues across the trading landscape, as well as proactively uncovering new opportunities to grow and improve trading across Monad.

The work requires both strong quantitative thinking and sharp intuition about how markets behave. You will own initiatives from idea to execution.

What You Will Do

• Work on greenfield problems related to trading activity, liquidity, and user behavior onchain. This includes analyzing venues, assets, and market participants, and understanding how they interact across the ecosystem.

• Develop data-driven views on market structure and ecosystem dynamics, and use them to inform decisions.

• Implement and own analytical workflows end-to-end, from exploration to production-grade outputs.

Who You Are

• At least 3 years of experience in a quantitative role, preferably in HFT

• You have a strong understanding of market microstructure and broader market dynamics

• You know numpy and pandas like the back of your hand

• You've built something significant from scratch

• Bonus: Hands-on familiarity with onchain crypto markets

Why Work with Us

• Challenging problems. You’ll tackle deeply complex and technically demanding problems, with autonomy and impact.

• Endless Opportunity for Impact. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are slow and bandwidth-constrained. Monad's core innovations offer developers and founders the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer to power global on-chain finance.

• The right team. You'll be part of a world class team, who are exceptional and highly-motivated.

• Culture. We're a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output.

• Strong Ecosystem. The broader Monad ecosystem has attracted support from leading investors, builders and long‑term contributors.