Senior Quantitative Analyst

Chainsage; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Best computers and equipment

Visa sponsorship opportunities

Job summary

A leading crypto trading firm is seeking a Senior Quant to spearhead research and model deployment in a fully remote environment. Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in HFT or market making, strong skills in C++ or Python, and a deep understanding of market microstructure. The role offers competitive compensation, equity options, and advanced working conditions in a dynamic team atmosphere.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a quant.
• 1 year of HFT/Market making experience.
• Experience in setting up ML pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high performance systems for backtesting.
• Develop and deploy pricing and risk models.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to manage risk.

Skills

Collaboration in English

Market microstructure knowledge

Expertise in C++

Expertise in Python

Experience in HFT/Market making

Job description

Overview

We\'re a small, fully remote team of motivated engineers and analysts taking on the challenge of providing liquidity to crypto markets. We have built a system trading billions of dollars of volume monthly through systematic market making and have plans to expand to boost our metrics by an order of magnitude this year. The immediate challenges are building a world class quant research infrastructure by setting up data collection, model training and parameter optimization pipelines, building risk/portfolio management frameworks from the ground up. The ideal candidate would also have intimate knowledge of market microstructure. We are well funded, move quickly, value autonomy and have no hierarchy.

We are looking for someone very senior ideally, who would head quant research efforts at our company, but willing to consider exceptional candidates of any level of experience.

Base pay range

$120,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

• Stock options

Must Have

• Hardworking and self starter attitude and the ability to collaborate effectively with a team in fluent English
• Be located within the range of US East Coast to Europe timezones (GMT-4 to GMT+3)
• Minimum 3+ years of experience as a quant with at least 1 year of HFT / Market making experience
• Experience with market microstructure and/or pricing engines, setting up ML pipelines
• Extensive professional experience with C++ or Python

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high performance systems to store, retrieve data at large scale for backtesting, parameter optimization
• Develop pricing and risk models and deploy them to production, monitor and iterate
• Collaborating closely with engineers, build systems and frameworks for managing risk, monitoring trading
• Identify new venues and markets to trade

What We Offer

• Fully remote, highly flexible and dynamic environment
• Equity (pre-funding of any kind)
• Base salary + annual cash bonus based on profits
• Best computers and equipment money can buy to succeed in your role
• Visa sponsorship in various jurisdictions, including the US (H1B) and the UK/EU

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Finance
• Industries
• Technology, Information and Internet

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