Crypto Trader

Summary

Join the Institute of Free Technology's Investment team as a Trader or Quant, focusing on liquid crypto markets. You'll contribute to team strategies, develop your approach, and potentially manage a portion of the liquid token fund. The role involves a balance of team support and independent trading. Successful candidates will demonstrate consistent alpha generation while maintaining responsible risk management. The position offers a competitive salary, discretionary bonuses, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for capital allocation and career advancement.

Requirements

• Combined 3 years total trading experience across any of Personal trading, Traditional finance or Crypto markets
• Experience in one or more: Directional trading (momentum, mean reversion, event-driven)
• Experience in one or more: Market-neutral strategies (basis trades, options, simple arbitrage)
• Experience in one or more: Other consistently profitable approaches across market cycles
• Minimum 3 years of Involvement & interest in crypto, ideally trading/investing in your capacity
• Strategy backtesting experience (e.g. TradingView, Python, RealTest) & trading approach aligned with our higher timeframe focus (0-7 trades monthly, executed on normal CEX accounts & DEX’s)
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Investments, or related field

Responsibilities

• Contribute to team strategies and dedicate time to developing your approach
• Manage an allocated slice of our liquid token fund for 3-6 months (depending on demonstrated ability)
• 50% Team and Business support (we’re a small team and need to be hands-on with our own strategies)
• Team project work e.g. Backtest indicators, and their impact on crypto majors. Create & maintain a dashboard of live indicators, used by the investment team as data input for investment decisions across the treasury
• Internal investment queries and analysis
• Reporting on performance & risk management for your own strategies
• Internal operations setting up venues, accounts, wallets
• Contribute to team investment debates around opportunities & risks
• Collaborate with the broader investment team to enhance fund performance
• 50% of your time on your own trading & strategy implementation
• Design, test and refine your trading strategies across crypto markets
• Build out any systems, processes and skillsets required to improve your results
• Generate consistent alpha while maintaining responsible risk management
• Document your investment learnings and progress
• Maintain detailed trading records and performance metrics
• Monitor and manage position risk and portfolio exposure
• Provide regular performance and risk analytics
• Contribute to team strategy discussions and market analysis

Benefits

• Competitive base pay $80-100k
• A discretionary team bonus, tied to the Teams outperformance of ETH benchmarks
• Flexible & autonomous role with the space & support for you to build out your own strategy over 1 year
• Discretionary capital allocation from 3-6months (based on demonstrated ability to outperform)
• A high level of freedom to implement your own trading strategies (within risk & operational limits)
• An opportunity to build your own track record, as an asset for your future career