Systematic Trader
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67 salaries · our own dataThis role pays $120k-$200k, below the $209k median for security roles in crypto on this board.
As a Systematic Trader at Crypto.com, you develop, operate, and continuously improve systematic trading strategies across prediction markets, equity markets, and crypto markets including spot and derivatives. You join the Trading team and work in fast-moving electronic markets to identify opportunities, optimize execution, and drive profitability.
What you'll do
- Operate and manage systematic trading strategies and frameworks across prediction markets, equities, and crypto, including spot, perpetuals, futures, options, and other derivatives.
- Monitor live trading, P&L, positions, risk, and execution performance.
- Research, backtest, deploy, and improve systematic trading strategies.
- Identify new trading opportunities across markets, products, exchanges, and venues.
- Analyze strategy and execution performance, including fills, slippage, adverse selection, transaction costs, and latency.
- Optimize strategy parameters, position sizing, execution, and risk controls.
- Work closely with quantitative developers and researchers to implement new strategies and improve trading systems.
- Participate in local trading coverage and rotating weekend coverage.
What you bring
- 4+ years of experience in systematic, quantitative, electronic, proprietary, or market-making trading.
- Demonstrated experience developing, operating, or improving profitable trading strategies.
- A strong understanding of market microstructure, execution, and risk management.
- Strong Python programming and quantitative data-analysis skills.
- Experience working with large market and trading datasets; SQL experience is preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to take ownership in fast-moving markets.
- A Master's or PhD degree in a quantitative discipline, or equivalent relevant quantitative experience.
Nice to have
- Experience trading in one or more of prediction markets, equities, or crypto markets.
- Experience with market making, statistical arbitrage, relative value, arbitrage, or other systematic strategies.
- Experience with exchange APIs, order-book or tick-level data, automated execution, or real-time trading systems.
- C++ experience.
What we offer
- Competitive salary.
- Attractive annual leave entitlement including birthday and work anniversary leave.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Eligible for company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance.
- Flexible work hours and hybrid setup.
- Internal mobility program offering career alternatives and diverse scope.
About Crypto.com
Founded in 2016, Crypto.com serves more than 150 million customers and is the world's fastest growing global cryptocurrency platform. The company builds on a foundation of security, privacy, and compliance, committed to accelerating cryptocurrency adoption and empowering the next generation of builders, creators, and entrepreneurs.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
Crypto.com has 146 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 38 in Product, 21 in Legal & Compliance and 20 in Operations. 1% are fully remote, most of the rest in the US and Hong Kong. 7 were posted in the last 7 days. The median advertised base salary is $150k, from 78 listings that publish pay.
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