Quantitative Strategist - OTC

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by over 230 million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.

We are hiring a Quantitative Strategist to join Binance OTC trading business. The business is responsible for spot and derivatives OTC trading desk, electronic flows, agency execution, and API liquidity solutions.

The Quantitative Strategist will work in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment to solve challenging problems, and be part of a fast growing team.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for agency execution strategies ideation, design, back-testing, and implementation.
• Participate in all the stages of the development of new algorithms. Including: Algo design, modeling, risk management, and parameter tuning.
• Research new trading strategies, and analyze existing ones to identify potential improvements.
• Develop risk management frameworks and tools to manage portfolio risks.
• Interact directly with the development team to ensure a smooth and agile implementation process into the trading platform.
• Work with the trading and operations teams to ensure effective trade risk management and calibration frameworks.
• Develop tools & metrics to measure the performance of a wide variety of algorithms, and provide dynamic feedback mechanisms and models calibrations.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in a quantitative researcher/analyst position.
• Master degree or higher in mathematics/statistics or similar relevant area of study required.
• Proven track record of good academic achievement and great learning skills, love to solve challenging problems and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiar with execution trading in financial markets, particularly with equities, FX, futures etc.
• Familiar with derivatives and options trading strategies and risk management.
• Familiar with at least one programming tool for analysis. Python is strongly preferred.