Digital Assets Quantitative Researcher

About Us

Flow Traders is a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and quantitative culture at the heart of its business. As a firm, we are committed to leveraging advances in computer science, statistics, and machine learning to generate value in the financial markets.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join our Digital Assets business. This is a unique opportunity to expand our Digital Assets trading capabilities by leveraging Flow Traders' cutting-edge research and quantitative trading platform.

Responsibilities

• Identify our competitive advantages in Digital Assets markets and build quantitative strategies to convert them into actionable trading opportunities.
• Develop pricing and execution models and oversee their deployment in profitable, end-to-end quantitative trading strategies.
• Research and optimize systematic market-making strategies across Digital Assets products and venues.
• Collaborate with Trading and Technology to bring quantitative strategies from research into production.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in systematic trading.
• A proven track record of developing profitable trading or systematic market-making strategies.
• A nuanced understanding of financial markets, electronic trading, and market microstructure.
• Demonstrated success translating modern quantitative methods into profitable trading strategies.
• Experience working with large-scale market datasets, machine-learning operations frameworks, and high-performance computing.
• Excellent communication skills and experience managing stakeholders across Trading and Technology.
• A strategic vision for the role of machine learning and AI in the future of algorithmic trading.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Digital Assets markets.

Benefits

At Flow Traders, we create the conditions for hard-working, high-performing people to do their best work. From a thorough onboarding and ongoing access to Flow Academy, to latest technology and a collaborative, non-hierarchical culture, we give you the tools, ownership, and support to move fast and drive outcomes. We keep a close-knit, small-company feel while offering competitive salary, annual discretionary profit share, and comprehensive benefits.

• Flow Academy and opportunities to attend domain-related conferences
• Daily catered lunch, great coffee, and a fully stocked kitchen and snack bar
• In-house Bar and Lounge with arcade, table tennis, billiards, and game consoles
• Company boat
• In-house gym and sessions with our nutritionist or personal trainer
• Bi-weekly massages
• Annual company trip and a variety of events throughout the year, such as the New Years Event
• Global rotations across our offices worldwide