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Location: Remote, working US timezone, but based outside of the US, Canada or The Netherlands
About us
At Auros, we’re dedicated to advancing the cryptocurrency ecosystem through unparalleled liquidity and market-making services. We’re one of the largest participants in the market, trading across 10+ global locations, facilitating 3-4% of global daily volumes, and have connectivity to over 50 venues.
What sets us apart, though, is our culture. We believe in hiring smart people and empowering them to do their best work. From day one you’ll have the autonomy and support to really excel. Our relentless focus on delivery drives us to continuously push boundaries and achieve exceptional results, all while offering abundant opportunities for personal and professional growth in the dynamic realm of digital assets.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Execution Trader to join our Arbitrage or Market Making team, covering the US timezone to ensure 24/7 trading across the organization.
This is an exciting role as a key contributor to the trading desk, reporting directly to one of the company’s senior traders. The role will provide exposure to many areas of the business, spanning everything within front, middle and back-office functions. This Trader will focus on many aspects of the desk, from analysis, to optimization, day to day management and beyond. The right candidate will aspire to develop into a Senior Trader and manage his/her own book.
This Execution Trader must be willing and able to cover the US timezone, but will work remotely from either the Americas (excluding US), the UK or Europe.
What you’ll do
- Liaise with our key exchange counterparts on margin requirements, coin borrows, trade breaks, market making requirements.
- Support other internal and external clients’ execution needs to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Work closely with our trading, middle office and finance teams to ensure trades are booked timely and correctly, reconciled between our front and back office systems.
- Assist in the research and development of new trading strategies.
- Assist the trading desk with quantitative analytical work to support the improvement of our existing trading strategies.
- Participate in idea generation, trading strategy formulation, back-testing and implementation.
- Monitor and analyse the operation of live trading programs.
- Investigate crypto-currency market related products, collect, organise and analyse the best solutions to match the requirements of our various trading strategies.
What you’ll bring
- Ability and willingness to work North American hours, but be based in the Americas (excluding the US), UK or Europe.
- A high degree of enthusiasm and interest in working within the cryptocurrency industry.
- Cryptocurrency, high frequency trading and/or derivatives market experience is preferred.
- Extensive experience using Python is sought, in combination with a variety of other data technologies including SQL/NoSQL and Excel.
- Knowledge and experience in mathematical modelling of big data, data mining and machine learning is a plus.
What We Offer in Return
- Opportunity to work at the forefront of the digital asset industry
- Remote and flexible work
- Autonomy and a flat structure means you can contribute your ideas from day one and help shape the foundation that will power our future business.
At Auros, we value nimbleness, drive for success, owner mentality, and collaboration. Join us in shaping the future of financial services across Asia and beyond!
