Quantitative Developer Full Time

Blockchain.com is the world’s leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.

The Markets team at Blockchain.com comprises trading operations, quants and engineers working together to develop and run algorithmic trading strategies. The team is growing rapidly and we are looking for quant developers who can design algorithms and perform data analysis to support their ideas. They will collaborate closely with the trading operations team and engineers to validate and develop quantitative strategies.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Identify new trading opportunities in CeFi and DeFi crypto markets
• Design and implement new crypto trading strategies in spot and derivatives markets
• Perform post-trade analysis on how the strategy performs versus expectations
• Propose improvements to existing strategies including ways to optimize balances, flows, and increase the overall performance of each strategy.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Passion for crypto markets
• Advanced training in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics or other high quantitative fields
• Experience with analysis, manipulation, and maintenance of large datasets (i.e. R, Matlab, Pandas)
• Experience with algorithms and data structures
• Strong knowledge of probability and statistics
• Basic knowledge of tradable financial instruments including derivatives and capital markets
• Ability to communicate complex ideas in both written and verbal formats
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced trading environment that functions 24/7
• Strong attention to detail, and ability to communicate clearly with engineers, finance, and counterparties
• Positive attitude and mature interpersonal skills.

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it.
• Unlimited books policy; order the technical resources you need or simply pick something up from our company library.
• Apple equipment.
• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company.

APPLICATION

• Favorite GIF.
• LinkedIn profile.
• Link to Github, StackOverflow, personal website and/or blog (if applicable).

When you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by one or more of the following subsidiaries of Blockchain Luxembourg S.A (each, a “Controller”):

• Blockchain Access UK Ltd.
• Blockchain (GB) Limited
• Blockchain (US), Inc.
• Blockchain (LT), UAB

You may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at dpo@blockchain.com. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Controller’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controller’s behalf.  Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards under the standard contractual clauses.

Your personal data will be retained by Controller as long as Controller determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment.  Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have to right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.