Digital Assets Trader

Digital Assets Trader at Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, Keyrock has grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world from 42 nationalities. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore, and Paris.

We are trading on more than 80 exchanges and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.

Keyrock is more than a service provider; we're an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program, upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols, and push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives. At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets; we're actively building it.

Mission Statement

We are looking for a Digital Assets Trader for the APAC time zone, supporting our core Algorithmic Trading Business, primarily across our Stablecoin FX business.

Job Description

• Supporting the deployment of new algorithms, clients, and markets.
• Keeping a global updated view of all algorithmic trading operations.
• Trade execution across crypto spot, perpetuals, and options; and hedging both crypto and FX related exposure.
• Trading operations including asset rebalancing across multiple CEXs and DEXs; and facilitating settlement of assets against several trading counterparties.
• Preventative actions by spread adaptations and configuring conditions, pricing, and exposure thresholds on algorithmic trading bots.
• Monitoring closely client service level agreements are met and evaluating trading performance using internal, exchange, and on-chain data.
• Keeping track of the treasury, and liaising with the finance team on accounting for asset balances across operations.
• Keeping track of and reporting technical and financial problems and providing support to the dev team for improvement.
• Develop trading indicators for use in live trading strategies with a focus on SLA adherence and alpha generation.
• Performing post-trade analysis to improve trading strategies.
• Acting as a point of call internally on trading and market related insights.
• Liaising with the Commercial team to provide insights to market making clients on trading performance and service level agreement requirements.

Background and Experience

• 2-3+ years of cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes either on a professional basis or with clear demonstrable evidence of trading a personal portfolio to a high level.
• Exposure to and an understanding of key TradFi asset classes e.g., options, futures, FX either from a previous role or educational background.
• Degree in a quantitative field (2.1 equivalent or above).
• Strong analytical ability.
• Fully comfortable with trading and order books.
• Able to act and to take decisions under pressure.
• Understanding of digital assets and blockchain technologies (particularly CEXes and DEXes).
• Understanding of financial market structure.
• Strong attention to details.
• Adaptable and a strong team player.
• Coding experience with Python as a first language.
• Good communicator.
• Fluent in English.

Our Recruitment Philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our Offer

• A competitive salary package.
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence.

As an employer, we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds and hire, reward, and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.

Key skills/competency

• Digital Assets Trading
• Market Making
• Algorithmic Trading
• Cryptocurrency Trading
• Quantitative Analysis
• Python Programming
• Stablecoin FX
• CEX/DEX Operations
• Risk Management
• Financial Market Structure