Junior Trader – Quant Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Asia.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain market making, hedging, and inventory management systems for both centralized venues and on-chain markets.

• Develop and deploy production-quality code for execution, connectivity, monitoring, and PnL attribution.

• Evaluate trading performance and facilitate experimentation with parameter tuning, signal generation, and order placement logic, supported by thorough backtesting.

• Oversee real-time risk management across spot, perpetuals, and on-chain inventory.

• Enhance the feedback loop between observed PnL and the underlying code.

• Collaborate with protocol and product teams on new initiatives, token listings, and evolving market structures.

• Work in close partnership with traders, quants, and developers to design, build, and manage trading infrastructure.

• Monitor live performance closely and address issues in real time.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2 to 4 years of experience at a TradFi prop, HFT, or leading systematic fund in a quant developer, core developer, or trader-engineer role.

• Proficient engineering skills in several of the following languages: Rust, C++, Java, Python.

• Strong Python skills alongside real-world systems experience in at least one of Rust, C++, or Java.

• Practical experience with order management systems, smart order routers, or execution engines in low-latency environments.

• Comfort in reading exchange protocol documentation, troubleshooting connectivity at the network layer, and understanding latency budgets comprehensively.

• Experience with multi-venue portfolios and trading systems.

• Ability to think critically about inventory, hedging, and risk across multiple books.

• Genuine intellectual curiosity about market microstructure, including order book dynamics, queue positions, adverse selection, fee structures, and maker/taker economics.

• A portfolio showcasing work such as GitHub projects, write-ups, side projects, or internal tools that can be discussed and defended in detail.

• Willingness to overlap with at least one of the SG, HK, or Tokyo trading hours.

• Experience in crypto is beneficial but not mandatory; expertise in HFT trading systems is essential.

• Familiarity with Aptos, Move, Solidity, or the mechanics of any on-chain perpetual venue is a significant advantage.

• Exposure to options market making is a considerable plus.

• Contributions to open source trading infrastructure, exchange SDKs, or DeFi protocols are highly valued.

🏝️ Benefits

• Coverage for insurance premiums.

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Competitive salary.

• Protocol token grants.

• Significant token allocation.

• Variable compensation linked to individual and team performance.