Kappa Lab Ltd
Quant Trader
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About Kappa Lab: Kappa Lab is a digital-assets market maker. We provide continuous, round-the-clock liquidity across 50+ centralised and decentralised exchanges, quoting a wide range of assets. Our proprietary technology and quantitative models let us price consistently and respond quickly across every venue we trade.
About the role: As a Quantitative Trader you will join a hands-on trading team, taking ownership of live market-making strategies while researching and prototyping new ones. This is a role for someone who enjoys the challenge of achieving high performance and PnL plus the analytical side of markets and the engineering that makes trading work in practice.
What you will do:
- Own live market-making strategies: tune quoting parameters, spreads, sizing and hedging, and diagnose and improve performance
- Research, prototype and launch new quantitative strategies across venues and asset classes
- Analyse execution quality in depth - fill quality, adverse selection, realised spreads, and trading costs
- Work in our configuration-as-code platform, where strategy parameters are version-controlled, reviewed and deployed like software
- Monitor live trading and manage risk through volatile market conditions
- Work closely with engineering on the systems you trade through, and contribute code to them yourself
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What we are looking for:
- Strong quantitative reasoning and real comfort applying statistics to noisy, fast-moving data
- Production-grade Python: code others can maintain, sensible use of version control, and the ability to debug a live system under pressure
- Evidence you can turn large market datasets into a decision and clearly explain your reasoning
- Familiarity with cryptocurrency markets, blockchain technology, and trading concepts
- Sound judgement about risk: knowing when to size down, hedge or stop
- A proactive mindset and ability to spot opportunities, move fast, and make things happen
Strongly valued:
- Experience in market making, high-frequency trading, or systematic execution
- Proficiency in Rust
- Familiarity with DeFi and on-chain execution
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Location and Working Style: We have offices in London (UK) and Dubai (UAE) and operate on a hybrid basis.
Application process: Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter telling us about the below:
- What is your personal interest in trading and/or betting? Please include any relevant experience, especially with crypto.
- What software have you written yourself? Tell us about projects you have built or would like to build (can be personal or professional).
Kappa Lab is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals and do not discriminate based on race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age.
Salary: Competitive Salary
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