Junior Quantitative Trader
Skills
About the Role
You will design, deploy, and run automated trading strategies on-chain, backtest and simulate strategies using historical and external datasets, monitor and optimize strategy performance based on PnL, volume, capital efficiency, and risk, run risk-managed delta-neutral or directional strategies with real capital, analyze trading activity to uncover opportunities or anomalies, and build dashboards and tracking tools for strategy metrics, trade logs, and capital usage.
Requirements
- Strong coding skills in Python, TypeScript, or Rust
- Hands-on experience with DeFi trading, market-making, or crypto strategy development
- Fluency in financial concepts like PnL attribution, slippage, Sharpe/Sortino, and liquidity metrics
- Familiarity with Solana development tools, on-chain data, and trading APIs
- Strong sense of ownership, reliability, and execution speed
- Experience using Drift or building on Solana (bonus)
Responsibilities
- Design and deploy automated trading strategies across Drift perps and spot markets and other exchanges
- Monitor and optimize strategy performance based on PnL, volume generated, capital efficiency, and risk
- Backtest and simulate strategies using Drift historical data and external datasets
- Run risk-managed strategies on-chain, including delta-neutral or directional plays, with real capital
- Identify inefficiencies, quoting opportunities, or gaps in market depth to contribute to liquidity growth
- Analyze trading activity and data to uncover new opportunities or flag anomalies
- Build internal dashboards and tracking tools for strategy metrics, trade logs, and capital usage