Quantitative Developer - Crypto Hedge Fund - Huge Opportunity - Remote - syd

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Our client is a leading asset management company in the crypto and blockchain space. They have a flagship crypto quant fund which specialises in market neutral strategies. They have an excellent track record over the last few years where they have vastly outperformed the market and peers. They now require another quantitative developer to come onboard to bolster their team.

REQUIREMENTS

Must-Have

• Degree with significant quantitative elements, such as mathematics, computer science, engineering, or a related field;
• Ability to write clean and maintainable code;
• 3+ years of experience working as a quantitative developer in an environment focused around electronic market-making or algorithmic trading;
• Comfort deploying code to a Linux environment;
• 3+ years of relevant experience in writing either C++, C#, Python, or a combination of said programming languages;
• Experience with RDMS and NoSQL database solutions;
• Ability and willingness to take ownership over the design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of projects;
• Must be capable of communicating in English; and
• Must be comfortable working remotely.
• Passion for Crypto

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with one or more order entry protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, SBE)
• Rust, Solidity and Golang

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency;
• Experience with distributed asynchronous systems;
• Experience working with various database technologies like Cassandra and MySQL;
• Understanding of networking (TCP and UDP) and interprocess communication (for example, Google Protobuf/gRPC);
• Strong analytical skills;
• Ability to work independently on long-term technical problems; and
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  How to Apply: If you’re a passionate and driven professional with solid quantitative development experience in the crypto industry, we eagerly await your application! Please submit your resume along with a cover letter delineating your pertinent experience and elucidating why you’re the quintessential candidate for this role.

As a Quantitative Developer, your role will involve authoring technologies that power the trading operations of our client. The challenges you tackle will be multidisciplinary in nature, touching upon the realms of programming, networking, technology, and finance. From building robust client-server architecture to storing trade-related tick and market data, you will be responsible for owning, developing, and improving a growing queue of critical trading applications.
Being passionate about automation, technology, and design, while being able to solve difficult technical problems with scalable and maintainable solutions in a fast-paced and energetic environment is paramount. Our lack of legacy systems, corporate bureaucracy, and tedious decision-making channels create an exciting work atmosphere where you will be building out a well-established quantitative trading desk starting from a greenfield environment.