Senior Real-Time Crypto Researcher

Hermeneutic Research LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Hermeneutic Research LLC in the United States is seeking a senior RTI Researcher to cover the Americas timezone. You will join the real-time information flows team to identify breaking news that can drive trading alpha in crypto markets.

You will collaborate with traders and developers to build precise alerts, monitor sources, and prototype ideas before scaling with engineering. Strong scripting in Python or Rust and familiarity with financial news platforms are required.

Qualifications

• Experience generating alpha from real-time events in trading environments.
• Intuition for breaking news origins and first dissemination sources.
• Crypto-native with exposure to TradFi acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Ideation with traders to identify news-driven opportunities.
• Sourcing and monitoring key breaking-news sources in real-time.
• Build high-precision, high-recall alerts; update as market conditions change.
• Collaborate with tech team for product development of real-time monitoring and alerts; perform QA/UAT on releases.

Skills

Alpha generation

Real-time analysis

Market intuition

Communication with traders

Tools

Python

Rust

SQL

X Pro / TweetDeck

Job description

Company Overview

hermeneutic research is a best-in-class proprietary trading firm. It deploys research-driven discretionary and systematic strategies as well as makes strategic long-term investments. The partners' decade-long history of success in trading and business building and a firm-wide cultural emphasis on alpha generation, open debate, relentless iteration, and teamwork are key to the firm's continued expansion in a challenging market environment that has hamstrung competitors. A hard-wired emphasis on risk management and opportunistic market participation ensure that hermeneutic research will continue its growth trajectory in the coming decades.

Job Overview

We are seeking senior researchers for our real-time information flows team. We believe there is an unexploited opportunity in crypto markets reacting to real-time market moving news.

• You have experience generating alpha from real-time events, either at an established proprietary trading firm or your own personal account.
• You have an intuitive sense where news is likely to originate and which sources/platforms will be the first to disseminate it.
• You enjoy being the first to read and react to breaking news and can accurately filter signal from noise.
• You are a crypto-native and preferably have also been exposed to TradFi.
• You have a sufficient technical background to prototype ideas prior to involving development resources.

This opening is for an RTI Researcher to cover the Americas timezone.

Responsibilities

1. Ideation

• Work with traders and researchers to identify potential news-driven trading opportunities.
• Maintain core themes updated by communicating material information.
• Maintain a detailed calendar of material events.

Sourcing, monitoring

• Identify key sources of breaking news for all tracked themes.
• Work with developers to streamline the ingestion of key sources.
• Monitor content flows in real-time and alert traders, researchers to potential trading opportunities.

Build and maintain high-quality alerts

• Build high precision, recall automated alerts for themes of interest. Prioritize, enable, disable, and update alerts as market conditions change.
• Constantly review alerts to ensure they are relevant, robust, and resilient

Working with our technical team

• Direct product development of our real-time event monitoring and alerting system
• QA/UAT and test all releases of alerts and product to ensure they meet the firm’s high standards of quality.

Experience & Knowledge:

• Prior experience working in trading firms, hedge funds, market intelligence, or financial news organizations: experience in identifying and generating alpha from news.
• Deep understanding of real-time information flows and their impact in the price formation process.
• Familiarity with news dissemination, tracking high-impact sources, individuals, and topics in real-time.
• Familiarity with precision/recall scoring methods for optimizing alert systems.

Technical & Analytical Skills:

• Experience using social media aggregation platforms such as X Pro (TweetDeck).
• Experience working with unstructured data, text analytics.
• Experience with market data, financial data charting, analytics.
• Proficiency in scripting, query languages, e.g., Python, Rust, SQL.

Operational & Communication Skills:

• High attention to detail with the ability to keep track of various market themes simultaneously.
• Ability to make quick, informed decisions in high-pressure situations, including analyzing and reacting to critical market-moving events accurately.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate key insights and findings to traders and researchers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with TradMedia platforms such as Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, Dow Jones.
• Strong network within the ecosystem and familiarity with key influencers, news sources, and information channels.

Interview Process

After you apply, you can expect the following interview process:

1. CV Screening - Against the criteria above.
2. (Optional) Recruiter Call - If your CV needs additional screening.
3. Interview with our Senior RTI Researcher
4. Interviews with additional RTI Research & Engineering colleagues
5. Additional rounds may be conducted as necessary with other team members or our partners.

Company Values

Throughout the process, you'll be assessed for cultural fit through our company values:

• Drive – We believe the best team members are deeply passionate about what they do. That passion fuels their growth, drives them to seek out the best teams, and leads them to hold high expectations of themselves in pursuit of excellence.
• Ownership – We aim to extend ownership as broadly as possible across the firm. In return, we value people who take initiative, step up when needed, and treat the company’s goals as their own.
• Judgment – We value those who see the big picture and focus on what truly drives impact and results. They use time wisely, adapt across domains, and always prioritize outcomes over comfort zones.
• Openness – We foster a culture of open communication, mutual challenge, and shared growth. We believe constructive debate and proactive knowledge sharing lead us closer to the truth—and better decisions.
• Competence – We work with people who bring exceptional intellectual strength. What sets them apart isn’t just what they know—it’s how they use what they know to navigate change, adapt quickly, and contribute meaningfully in fast-changing environments.
• Resilience – We perform under pressure. Markets move fast, and so do we—but we stay grounded, focused, and calm. We embrace uncertainty, learn from setbacks, and adapt quickly without losing sight of long-term goals.