Trading Operations Lead

Summary

Join Gauntlet, a leading quantitative research and DeFi economics optimization firm, as a Trading Operations Lead. You will oversee critical operational infrastructure and strategy across centralized and decentralized trading markets, leading the monitoring and optimization of decentralized trading operations. You will collaborate with quant researchers, engineers, and DeFi strategists to ensure effective risk management across portfolios. This role involves overseeing live algorithmic strategies, conducting performance analysis, partnering with researchers to iterate on strategy parameters, designing and scaling operational workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving research into emerging protocols, maintaining monitoring tools, and ensuring auditability and regulatory alignment.

Requirements

• 3–7+ years in trading operations, risk, or portfolio management roles within hedge funds, crypto-native firms, or institutional trading environments
• Proven leadership and team management experience in a fast-paced, high-stakes setting
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or related field
• Deep expertise in financial markets with strong knowledge of derivatives (futures, options, swaps), crypto markets, and DeFi protocols
• Proficiency with trading infrastructure, including OMS/EMS platforms, blockchain explorers, and reconciliation tools
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to distill complex concepts into clear insights
• Strong operational acumen with a track record of building scalable systems and processes in high-growth or startup environments
• Comfort working in a decentralized, remote-first environment with a proactive and adaptable mindset

Responsibilities

• Oversee live algorithmic strategies, monitor performance versus expected risk/return, and respond to real-time market disruptions with transparent decision-making
• Conduct in-depth post-trade and quantitative performance analysis to surface trends, inefficiencies, and actionable insights
• Partner with quantitative researchers to iterate on strategy parameters and align execution with evolving market dynamics
• Design, implement, and scale operational workflows, controls, and automation frameworks to improve execution quality and efficiency
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, finance, and compliance teams to ensure auditability, operational integrity, and regulatory alignment
• Drive research into emerging protocols, derivatives, and venues to expand trading capabilities and identify high-impact opportunities
• Maintain and enhance real-time monitoring tools, dashboards, and alert systems leveraging APIs and on-chain data

Benefits

• Remote first
• Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive-based compensation
• Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
• Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse setup provided
• 1,500 WFH stipend upon joining
• 100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
• Unlimited vacation policy
• 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks