Crypto Quantitative Researcher/Trader

Join Starshine Future as a Crypto Quantitative Researcher or Trader. We are a premier quantitative trading firm and investment manager specializing in digital assets, backed by substantial proprietary capital and institutional-grade trading infrastructure. Whether your expertise lies in macro positioning, high-frequency market microstructure, cross-venue arbitrage, or running mature systematic strategies, you will leverage our extensive data architecture and low-latency execution systems to capture alpha in global digital asset markets.

What you'll do

• Conduct quantitative research on the transmission of macro variables (interest rates, Fed policy, Treasury yields, USD, liquidity, ETF/stablecoin flows) into digital assets.
• Analyze crypto derivatives positioning (Open Interest, Funding rates, Basis, Liquidations, Options IV/Skew) to build models for market regimes, crowding, squeeze risks, tail risk, and short-to-medium term directional signals and cross-sectional factor strategies.
• Research high-frequency market microstructure using L2/L3 order book, tick trade, quote, and cancellation data.
• Develop real-time signals based on Order Flow Imbalance (OFI), trade imbalance, depth depletion, market impact, and adverse selection.
• Build low-latency risk models for dynamic quoting, spread adjustment, inventory skew, hedge urgency, and kill-switch execution.
• Research and deploy systematic arbitrage strategies across key venues including Binance, OKX, Bybit, Deribit, and Hyperliquid.
• Focus on funding rate arbitrage, spot-perp carry, futures spreads, cross-venue relative value, and execution-driven arbitrage.
• Model funding dynamics, basis convergence, transaction fees, slippage, market impact, and capital efficiency.
• Lead the end-to-end validation, migration, deployment, and live management of mature, proven quantitative strategies.
• Take full ownership of live P&L, portfolio construction, capacity management, execution quality, and drawdown controls.

What you bring

• 2+ years of professional experience in crypto quantitative research, systematic crypto trading, crypto market making, or digital-asset derivatives trading.
• Native or fluent in Mandarin and proficiency in professional English.
• Strong proficiency in Python with solid foundations in statistics, probability, and time-series analysis.
• Deep understanding of crypto market mechanics including perpetuals, futures, options, funding rates, basis, limit order book dynamics, margin, and liquidation risks.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in C++, Rust, or Go.
• Hands-on experience with ML/statistical models such as LightGBM, XGBoost, HMM, or HSMM in quantitative setups.
• Experience handling high-frequency data from major crypto exchanges such as Binance, OKX, Bybit, Deribit, or Hyperliquid.
• Verifiable live trading track record (for senior/PM candidates).

About Starshine Future

Starshine Future is a premier quantitative trading firm and investment manager specializing in digital assets, backed by substantial proprietary capital and institutional-grade trading infrastructure.