Quantitative Crypto Trader (Digital Assets)
We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm. You'll find us headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building, where we first opened our doors in 1997. Over 20 years ago, we were among the first firms to develop sophisticated proprietary technology in our trading business. Today, we continue to leverage our technical ingenuity and operational excellence across several investment areas, spanning early-to-mid stage growth capital, operational control, trading and eSports. Throughout the years, we've built and operated several financial technology firms and we continue to evolve.
PEAK6 Digital Assets is scaling up! We are looking for talented, experienced quantitative traders to grow our trading strategies and expand our capabilities in all aspects of digital assets. You will be joining a tight-knit team building solutions across everything from DeFi, treasury management, market analytics, to execution and risk management systems.
PEAK6 Digital Assets is a cryptocurrency trading firm and subsidiary of PEAK6 Group. As a Quantitative Crypto Trader, you will:
- Identify opportunities and build profitable systematic trading strategies within the cryptocurrency markets (spot coins, derivatives, DeFi)
- Employ a data-driven framework to monitor post-trade analytics and improve strategy performance
- Demonstrate exceptional proficiency in managing portfolio risk and automated execution systems
- Develop and share a deep understanding of market-structure, fundamental trends and regulatory considerations in the cryptocurrency markets
- Execute on initiatives and key milestones. This is a startup, and there will be a need to continually grow the business. You will collaborate with the team to prioritize those initiatives and ensure delivery against agreed upon milestones.
Additionally, as a key member of the PEAK6 Digital Assets team, you will work closely with business leaders across both Digital Assets and other PEAK6 lines of business. Your experiences will give you unique opportunities to share and cross-pollinate with engineers and team members across PEAK6's portfolio of established businesses. Your work will give you first-hand experience with high-performance computing, distributed systems, and a deep understanding of digital assets trading.
Interested? Join us and make the future of cryptocurrency what it ought to be.
You'll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:
- At least 1 year of researching market microstructure and modeling trading strategies in the cryptocurrency markets (centralized or decentralized)
- At least 2+ years proficiency in Python. Familiarity with C++14 is a plus
- Experience building automated trading strategies for medium to short-term time-horizons
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in teams
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
* Due to the unprecedented situation of COVID-19, PEAK6 has decided to protect our current and future employees by managing our business remotely. This is inclusive of interviewing, onboarding and each role day-to-day. Please consider that our roles will not be remote long-term and will return to a hybrid office setting once we're safe to do so following the guidance of local health authorities and the CDC.
PEAK6 currently requires all employees as a condition of employment to either be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to regular testing. The CDC defines "fully vaccinated" as two weeks after the second dose for Pfizer and Moderna, and two weeks after the single dose of Johnson & Johnson. PEAK6 will also require proof of vaccination and/or testing. PEAK6 will also consider requests for exemption from these requirements as a reasonable accommodation for medical reasons or sincerely held religious beliefs.
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