Quant Trader (DeFi)

As a Quant Trader at GSR, you will help drive trading activity across decentralized markets, with a focus on performance, risk management, and opportunity identification. Working alongside DeFi engineers and researchers, you will leverage GSR's infrastructure and market connectivity across liquidity provisioning, principal trading, and yield-generation strategies. Prior crypto or DeFi experience is beneficial but not required.

What you'll do

• Manage and improve trading strategies across decentralized venues and protocols
• Monitor trading performance, market conditions, and risk exposures
• Identify trading opportunities and areas for strategy improvement
• Support liquidity provisioning, principal trading, and yield-generation activity
• Assess new venues, protocols, and trading opportunities
• Share insights that inform trading decisions and strategic direction

What you bring

• Minimum 1 year of professional trading experience, ideally in complex or less liquid markets
• Strong commercial judgment, risk awareness, and decision-making under pressure
• Ability to use data to test ideas and improve trading performance
• Coding ability, with experience using programming to analyse data or support trading decisions
• Interest in DeFi, crypto market structure, and on-chain trading
• A degree in a technical or quantitative subject, or equivalent practical experience

What we offer

• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement planning
• 30 days of holiday
• Free lunches when in the office
• Hybrid working across global offices in London, the US, Singapore, Zug, and Malaga
• Regular team lunches, offsites, and social events
• Corporate and Social Responsibility program, including charity matching and volunteer days
• Immigration and relocation support where required

About GSR

GSR is crypto's capital markets partner, delivering institutional-grade market making, OTC trading, and strategic venture capital. With over a decade of specialized expertise, GSR bridges traditional finance and digital assets, connecting teams with capital, market access, and insights.