Quantitative Developer - Crypto / Market Making / DeFi
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As a Quantitative Developer at PancakeSwap, the world's #1 decentralized exchange, you'll design and implement trading and risk strategies for our PropAMM system. This role sits at the intersection of quantitative research, DeFi protocol design, and trading infrastructure, helping connect on-chain liquidity with other exchange markets.
What you'll do
- Design and implement pricing and liquidity strategies for PropAMM pools
- Develop spread models, liquidity depth allocation, and volatility-based adjustments
- Build inventory management frameworks to control token exposure
- Design delta-neutral hedging strategies
- Integrate real-time order book data into pricing models
- Backtest liquidity strategies and simulate trading performance
- Optimize pricing and liquidity to maximize volume while minimizing risk
What you bring
- 4+ years of experience in quant trading, crypto market making, or DeFi liquidity provision
- A strong understanding of AMM mechanics, arbitrage dynamics, and liquidity pools
- Experience with CEX hedging strategies and DEX liquidity provision
- Strong programming skills in Python, Rust, or C++
- Experience building real-time trading or market data systems
Nice to have
- Background in DeFi market making or crypto trading firms
- Familiarity with aggregator routing and on-chain trading mechanics
About PancakeSwap
PancakeSwap is the world's #1 decentralized exchange, having processed more than $2 trillion in trading volume with over 35 million unique users across 10 blockchains. It enables users to swap crypto tokens, provide liquidity to earn fees, stake, and participate in yield farming without a centralized intermediary.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
PancakeSwap has 7 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 3 in Design, 3 in Research and 1 in Marketing. All are on-site or hybrid, mostly in Hong Kong and Singapore.
All 7 PancakeSwap roles →- Quantitative Researcher at X4 Alpha · On-site
- Data Scientist at OP Labs (Optimism) · Hybrid
- Senior Analyst, Corporate Development & Investment at Crypto.com · Hybrid
- Innovation Quant Developer Intern (DeFi/Corporate Development) - Brussels at Keyrock · Remote
