Digital Assets Trader - Market Making

Summary

Join Keyrock, a leading digital asset change-maker, as a Digital Assets Trader for the APAC time zone, supporting our core Algorithmic Trading Business. You will support the deployment of new algorithms, clients, and markets; execute trades across crypto spot, perpetuals, and options; and manage trading operations, including asset rebalancing and settlement. Preventative actions, performance monitoring, and treasury management are key responsibilities. You will also liaise with internal teams and clients, providing market insights and support. This role requires 2-3+ years of cryptocurrency trading experience, understanding of TradFi asset classes, strong analytical skills, and basic coding skills (SQL and Python). Keyrock offers a competitive salary, remote work opportunities, and a collaborative environment.

Requirements

• 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
• Strong analytical ability
• Fully comfortable with trading and order books
• Able to act and to take decisions under pressure
• Digital native
• 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
• Basic coding skills or ability to review queries and code in SQL and at least basic working knowledge of Python
• Good communicator
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on the method of engagement (employee or freelancer)
• The opportunity to work remotely
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence