Trading Team Lead

Summary

Join Keyrock, a leading digital asset change-maker, as an experienced algo-centric market maker to lead our team of traders in delta-1 altcoin crypto markets. You will manage a team across 3 time zones, develop and deploy new algorithms, ensure 24/7 coverage of global algorithmic trading operations, and execute trades across various asset classes. Responsibilities include educating traders, implementing preventative actions, monitoring service level agreements, managing treasury, acting as a point of contact for product and commercial teams, and engaging with the quant research group. This role requires extensive experience in algorithmic trading and institutional cryptocurrency trading, along with strong analytical skills and understanding of financial markets. Keyrock offers a competitive salary, bonus structure, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• 2-3+ years of institutional cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes
• 5+ years of experience in algorithmic trading
• Exposure to and an understanding of key tradfi asset classes e.g., options, futures, FX either from a previous role or educational background
• Able to manage a team of traders
• 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
• Applicable coding skills and ability to write and test basic algorithms in Python
• Good communicator
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of traders across 3 time zones with 24/7 coverage
• Develop and deploy new algorithms, clients and markets
• Keeping a global updated view of all algorithmic trading operations
• Trade execution across crypto spot, futures and perpetuals; and hedging both crypto and FX related exposure
• Educate and nurture traders in development of trading algorithms
• 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 to ensure capital efficiency
• Act as point of contact for the product team and drive decisions on new feature requests
• 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
• Engage with the quant research group to drive communication between trading desks and quant researcher constructing models

Benefits

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on method of engagement (Employee vs Contractor)
• Competitive Bonus structure
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence