Keyrock
Digital Assets Trader - Market Making (APAC Remote)
🇸🇬Singapore, SingaporeRemote available16 days ago
Full TimeEN
About Keyrock
Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.
Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore and Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.
We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.
But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives.
At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.
Mission statement
What we are looking for… a Digital Assets Trader for the APAC Time zone, supporting our core Algorithmic Trading Business, primarily across our Stable coin FX business.
Job description
Supporting the deployment of new algorithms, clients and markets
Keeping a global updated view of all algorithmic trading operations
Trade execution across crypto spot, perpetuals and options; and hedging both crypto and FX related exposure.
Trading operations including asset rebalancing across multiple CEXs and DEXs; and facilitating settlement of assets against several trading counterparties.
Preventative actions by spread adaptations and configuring conditions, pricing and exposure thresholds on algorithmic trading bots.
Monitoring closely client service level agreements are met and evaluating trading performance using internal, exchange and on-chain data.
Keeping track of the treasury, and liaising with the finance team on accounting for asset balances across operations.
Keeping track of and reporting technical and financial problems and providing support to the dev team for improvement.
Develop trading indicators for use in live trading strategies with a focus on SLA adherence and alpha generation.
Performing post trade analysis to improve trading strategies.
Acting as a point of call internally on trading and market related insights.
Liaising with the Commercial team to provide insights to market making clients on trading performance and service level agreement requirements.
Background and experience
2-3+ years of cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes either on a professional basis or with clear demonstrable evidence of trading a personal portfolio to a high level
Exposure to and an understanding of key tradfi asset classes e.g., options, futures, FX either from a previous role or educational background.
Degree in a quantitative field (2.1 equivalent or above)
Strong analytical ability
Fully comfortable with trading and order books
Able to act and to take decisions under pressure
Understanding of digital assets and blockchain technologies (particularly CEXes and DEXes)
Understanding of financial market structure
Strong attention to details
Adaptable and a strong team player
Coding experience with Python as a first language.
Good communicator
Fluent in English
Our recruitment philosophy
We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. We're after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.
Our offer
A competitive salary package
The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence
As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.
Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.
