Quantitative Trader

Fasanara Digital is a quantitative investment team applying a scientific, high frequency investment style in digital assets, seeking to achieve exceptional risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We were founded in 2018 and have grown to a 30-person strong team, managing over $500m USD in a basket of fully delta-neutral trading strategies. Our team members come from diverse backgrounds. We are fully dedicated to building out our globally deployed, 24/7 availability trading platform, which allows us to capture trading opportunities on >15 crypto liquidity venues, and maintain our position as one of the top trading firms in the crypto industry.

Our Culture

We are strong believers in meritocracy, and we seek to reward people based on impact and excellence. The environment is collaborative, entrepreneurial, and trust based. We set ambitious goals, work extremely hard, stress the importance of teamwork, and adhere to the highest level of excellence in everything we do. We are only as good as our team. Thus, we are building the firm around exceptional talent.

The Role

We are looking for a Quantitative Trader to iterate and improve our delta neutral strategies across centralised crypto exchanges. You will leverage quantitative skills and knowledge of exchange mechanics to expand and optimize our cross-exchange arbitrage and basis trading strategies. Over time, you will develop deep expertise in our trading setup to play a critical role in driving the growth of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Improve current strategies while identifying and acting upon new opportunities
• Work closely with researchers and technologists to identify ways of structurally improving trading PnL
• Optimize trading volumes with respect to exchange fee schedules
• Maintain and improve codebases related to production strategies as well as generating metrics for analysis
• Monitor our trading and troubleshoot problems that arise in day-to-day trading

Requirements

• Full time experience in the trading industry and familiarity with central limit order books. Exceptional graduates with internships at top firms may be considered.
• Strong skills in Python, working knowledge of SQL
• Excellent problem solving and quantitative skills
• Strong communication skills
• Willingness to work across a broad range of tasks as required

Nice to have

• Experience working within crypto (particularly delta-1), and ideally at a top firm

Benefits

• Bupa health & dental, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced pension, and generous annual leave (25 days+). 
• Enhanced parental leave, special leave allowances, and charity giving options. 
• Competitive bonus scheme. 
• Regular team events, legendary summer & Christmas parties, knowledge sharing sessions, and quarterly town halls. 
• Team lunches, dinners, Friday drinks, team sport activities.

If you feel you don’t necessarily have all of the experiences that we’re looking for, but still believe you could be excellent at this role, we’d still be keen to hear from you.

Fasanara is an equal opportunities employer. We believe building a fair and transparent workforce begins with the recruitment process that does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.