Quantitative Researcher & Trading Strategist
Location: Remote
Type: Full-time

Our client is building the blockchain’s first perpetually appreciating token - powered by a patented, research-driven crypto-economic engine designed for stable and sustainable growth. The project aims to establish a new benchmark for value creation, capital efficiency, and long-term stability in decentralized finance (DeFi).

The core team includes former executives from Aave, Binance, Oxford, and Morgan Stanley, who together have raised over $600M in previous ventures. The project has also secured $30M in investment commitments from Alvern and Alpha Blue Digital, strengthening its foundation for rapid expansion and institutional adoption.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Quantitative Researcher & Trading Strategist to join the core team.
This position sits at the intersection of capital deployment, fund strategy, and protocol optimization - ideal for candidates with experience in hedge funds, asset management, or quantitative trading desks, and a strong grasp of both crypto-native and traditional market mechanics.

Key Responsibilities

• Alpha & Strategy Design: Develop and backtest algorithmic trading strategies across centralized and decentralized markets, including arbitrage, market-making, momentum, and carry-based approaches.
  

• Asset Manager Screening & Due Diligence: Evaluate third-party fund managers and trading teams for potential capital allocation partnerships, conducting deep assessments of their strategies, track records, and risk profiles.
  

• Institutional Integration: Collaborate with custodians, prime brokers, and execution partners to establish infrastructure for secure capital deployment and operational scalability.
  

• Protocol Capital Allocation: Design and refine strategies to optimize how protocol capital is deployed, ensuring capital efficiency and strong risk-adjusted returns.
  

• Risk Management: Implement comprehensive risk frameworks, including exposure limits, drawdown controls, and counterparty evaluations.
  

• Data & Research Infrastructure: Leverage and expand internal research tools to monitor live PnL, strategy health, and market conditions across various asset classes.
  

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with protocol researchers, engineers, and community stakeholders to align financial strategies with protocol mechanics.
  

• Ecosystem Intelligence: Track trends across crypto and traditional markets to inform strategy and protocol design.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.
  

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative trading, hedge fund management, or systematic strategy development, ideally with exposure to digital assets.
  

• Proven success in managing and optimizing trading capital, either internally or through external asset managers.
  

• Strong understanding of CEX/DEX trading infrastructure, execution, and liquidity dynamics.
  

• Experience with institutional custodians (e.g., Fireblocks, Anchorage, Copper) and workflow integration.
  

• Deep knowledge of DeFi protocols, token mechanics, liquidity provisioning, and on-chain analytics.
  

• Proficiency in Python or similar languages for backtesting, modeling, and data analysis.
  

• Self-driven mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment.
  
  

What’s Offered

• Front-row position in building a pioneering on-chain financial system with real impact on the future of DeFi and capital markets.
  

• Direct influence on trading architecture and protocol-level decisions, your work shapes how capital moves, scales, and compounds.
  

• Collaboration with top performers from global hedge funds, crypto ventures, and quantitative research labs.
  

• Remote-first culture focused on autonomy, trust, and outcome-driven ownership.

• Performance-based rewards: competitive compensation, profit-sharing, and token/equity incentives with meaningful long-term upside.