Quantative Analyst/Trader

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Trader — Crypto HFT / Market Making — Dubai - Visas and relocation paid for 

Your decisions move the P&L. No committee, no sign-off, no hiding.

A 50+ person crypto prop trading firm — stacked with alumni from Optiver, Flow Traders, SIG and other tier-1 shops — is looking for an experienced Trader to take ownership of live crypto strategies on their desk. Flat structure, no politics, just people who'd rather solve a hard problem than sit in a meeting about one.

What you'll own

• Live algo strategies across crypto spot and derivatives — market making and HFT, not backtests gathering dust
• Real-time P&L, position risk, execution quality — you watch it, you fix it, you wear it
• Edge improvements and parameter tuning based on actual performance data, not vibes
• Tight loop with quant research and C++ engineering to turn ideas into production
• Risk dashboards, alerting, exposure limits — building the guardrails, not just driving inside them
• New pairs, new asset classes, post-trade reviews, incident postmortems — the full loop

What you need

• 5+ years running algo/systematic strategies at a tier-1 prop firm, hedge fund, or market maker
• Real HFT or ultra-low-latency trading experience — not adjacent, actual
• Sharp grip on market microstructure, order book dynamics, execution algos
• Direct P&L responsibility on live strategies — you've had skin in the game, not just dashboards to look at
• Strong quant chops — comfortable pulling apart large datasets and reasoning about risk properly
• Python fluency for analysis, scripting, prototyping
• Crypto markets experience strongly preferred
• Solid grasp of derivatives — futures, perps, options — and how their risk actually behaves
• Can operate alone, under pressure, and make the call when it matters

Bonus points

• C++ trading systems / co-located infra familiarity
• Funding rate dynamics, basis trading, cross-exchange arb
• Built or improved risk frameworks before

What's on the table

• Comp directly tied to trading performance
• Genuine high-impact role — your calls drive the P&L, not someone else's
• Flexible hours, actual work-life balance
• Remote-first, with the option to relocate to Dubai
• Latest AI tooling, freedom to build your own workflow
• Multicultural team in one of the fastest-growing corners of finance
• Corporate workations — yes, they go places and actually do them properly

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