Equity Derivatives Trader
About the Role
You will manage operations, trading, and positioning of backing assets for a synthetic dollar product. You will move collateral between custodians, operate and improve an in-house automated execution platform, execute trades using proprietary algorithms, and monitor real-time market risks. You will communicate trade outcomes and portfolio performance to the Head Trader and collaborate with engineering to prioritise tooling enhancements. This role requires flexibility to respond to events across an extended trading window and maintain strict adherence to risk parameters.
Requirements
- Current career at senior trader level or higher in electronic or quantitative trading
- Established professional experience in cryptocurrency markets with spot and perpetual contracts
- Experience using exchange APIs and order execution workflows on at least two of: Binance, Bybit, Okx, Deribit, Bitget
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis, trade evaluation, or backtesting (Pandas, NumPy, or similar)
- Ability to prioritise and communicate effectively in a high pace, high integrity environment
- Willingness to respond flexibly to events in a 24/7 market
Responsibilities
- Manage portfolio of backing assets
- Execute trades using proprietary algorithms
- Operate automated execution platform
- Move collateral between custodians
- Monitor market risks and adjust positions
- Provide regular performance and trade updates to the Head Trader
- Collaborate to ensure trading coverage across required time windows
- Prioritise and request engineering features to improve tooling
Benefits
- Remote friendly work environment
- Flexible work arrangements