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Braintrust

Omaha, NE, USA
Posted 6+ months ago
About Us

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About The Hiring Process

The hiring process for this role involves completing your Braintrust profile, applying directly to the role on Braintrust, and undergoing a one-time screening to ensure you meet our vetted talent specifications. After this, the hiring team will contact you directly if they believe you are a suitable match.

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JOB TYPE: Direct Hire/ FTE Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)

LOCATION: Work from anywhere - KRAT/ICT/THAAWST/CSTCCT/MMTACWSTBST/BTT/OMSTNPTJST/KST/YAKT | partial day overlap

SALARY RANGE $150,000 – $200,000 /yr

ESTIMATED DURATION: 40/week - long term

EXPERIENCE: 5-9 years

BRAINTRUST JOB ID: 11903

The Opportunity

Requirements

  • 5+ past professional quantitative research/trading experience in Global/ Regional MM Firms. Ideally has a minimum of 3 years in crypto and 2 years in trade-fi quant research/trading experience.
  • Good understanding of market structures in both crypto (CEX & DEX) and financial markets (e.g. FX).
  • Past academic background in either in Comp-Sci, Statistics, Financial Engineering/Operation Research, or Mathematics.
  • Extensive experience in programming languages such as Python/R/etc, or similar applicable programming languages.
  • Excellent understanding of High Frequency Trading (”HFT”) strategies (a must) and/or Algo-Trading (plus).
  • Excellent communication, leadership, & interpersonal skills.
  • Had experience in managing a team.
  • CFA & FRM is a plus.
  • Timezone: Max 3 time zones away from JKT/SG (or willing to relocate to Singapore/Bali/Jakarta).

What You'll Be Working On

At PINTU, we are building the #1 crypto platform in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. We know that 99% of new investors are underserved because many existing solutions cater to the 1% who are pros and early adopters; hence we provide an offering that helps even new investors learn, invest and interact with digital assets through our seamless & user-friendly experience.

Pintu is looking for a Quant Trader/Researcher who will lead and execute proprietary market-making operations for our exchange. The position reports directly to CFO. The Quant Trader/Researcher will work closely with the engineering, risk management, and treasury ops team.

Job Description

  • Develop proprietary market-making (”MM”) operations for Pintu Exchange:
    • Develop in-house quantitative trading & risk management strategies/models for MM at Pintu Exchange that supports MM Goal Priorities.
    • Collaborate with engineering, risk management, and treasury ops teams to orchestrate the implementation of semi/fully-automated quantitative trading strategies.
  • Build & manage a team of MM quantitative researcher/trader(s), including task allocation & mentorship.
  • Quant strategies monitoring & improvement :
    • Continuously monitor model parameters and back-test existing in-house MM strategies to meet the MM Goal Priorities
    • Research & identify new quantitative trading strategies that meets MM Goal Priorities
IMM Goal Priorities:

  • Supports the improvement of Pintu Exchange liquidity;
  • Satisfies internal risk parameters;
  • improves MM’s risk-adjusted returns

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Notes

Our employers all have varying legal and geographic requirements for their roles, they trust Braintrust to find them the talent that meet their unique specifications. For that reason, this role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. If you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around their consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.