Quantitative Researcher

**Location**: Remote**Type**: Full-timeOur client is building the blockchain’s first **perpetually appreciating token**, powered by a next-generation protocol and innovative cryptoeconomics. The mission is to define a new standard of **value creation, stability, and capital efficiency** in decentralized finance (DeFi).**Role Overview**:We are looking for an experienced **Quantitative Researcher & Trading Strategist** to join the core team.**Key Responsibilities**:- **Alpha & Strategy Design**: Develop and backtest algorithmic trading strategies across centralized and decentralized markets, including arbitrage, market-making, momentum, and carry-based approaches.- **Asset Manager Screening & Due Diligence**: Evaluate third-party fund managers and trading teams for potential capital allocation partnerships, conducting deep assessments of their strategies, track records, and risk profiles.- **Institutional Integration**: Collaborate with custodians, prime brokers, and execution partners to establish infrastructure for secure capital deployment and operational scalability.- **Protocol Capital Allocation**: Design and refine strategies to optimize how protocol capital is deployed, ensuring capital efficiency and strong risk-adjusted returns.- **Risk Management**: Implement comprehensive risk frameworks, including exposure limits, drawdown controls, and counterparty evaluations.- **Data & Research Infrastructure**: Leverage and expand internal research tools to monitor live PnL, strategy health, and market conditions across various asset classes.- **Cross-functional Collaboration**: Work closely with protocol researchers, engineers, and community stakeholders to align financial strategies with protocol mechanics.- **Ecosystem Intelligence**: Track trends across crypto and traditional markets to inform strategy and protocol design.**Requirements**:- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in **Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Computer Science, Physics**, or a related field.- **5+ years of experience** in quantitative trading, hedge fund management, or systematic strategy development, ideally with exposure to digital assets.- Proven success in managing and optimizing trading capital, either internally or through external asset managers.- Strong understanding of **CEX/DEX trading infrastructure**, execution, and liquidity dynamics.- Experience with **institutional custodians** (e.g., Fireblocks, Anchorage, Copper) and workflow integration.- Deep knowledge of **DeFi protocols, token mechanics, liquidity provisioning, and on-chain analytics**.- Proficiency in **Python** or similar languages for backtesting, modeling, and data analysis.- Self-driven mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment.**What’s Offered**:- Opportunity to help shape the architecture of the first self-appreciating token in blockchain.- Work alongside elite talent from the worlds of crypto, trading, and software engineering.- Flexible remote setup and full ownership of high-impact initiatives.- Includes revenue sharing, performance-based bonuses, and an optional consulting arrangement.