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Quantitative Engineer

Abra
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Overview

We are seeking a Quantitative Engineer to implement and track systematic trading and hedging strategies across crypto DeFi and perpetual futures markets. This role will focus on portfolio analytics, trading infrastructure, and risk management, with exposure to live strategies.

You will work on portfolio monitoring systems, execution infrastructure, and strategy implementation across DeFi protocols and perpetual futures markets.

Looking for post school candidates ONLY ready to start a full time position.

Responsibilities

Strategy Implementation & Optimization

  • Take strategy concepts and implement them efficiently in production
  • Optimize existing strategies for execution quality and cost reduction
  • Refactor and improve code quality of live trading systems
  • Debug and resolve issues in production environments

Infrastructure & Tooling

  • Build portfolio analytics dashboards and monitoring systems
  • Develop data pipelines for position tracking, PnL attribution, and exposure analysis
  • Create internal tools for strategy testing, simulation, and deployment
  • Maintain and improve existing trading system reliability and performance
  • Implement logging, alerting, and diagnostics for live strategies

DeFi & Protocol Interaction

  • Interact with smart contracts via SDKs and RPCs
  • Understand DeFi mechanics: AMMs, oracles, liquidations, margin systems
  • Collaborate with protocol teams on parameter tuning and risk frameworks

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

  • Strong Python experience
  • Experience building quantitative trading systems end-to-end
  • Solid understanding of derivatives, especially perpetual futures
  • Experience with backtesting frameworks, simulation, and performance metrics
  • Familiarity with REST/WebSocket APIs and real-time data pipelines

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

  • Experience with centralized exchanges (Binance, Derebit …)
  • Experience with on-chain perps (e.g., GMX, Hyperliquid)
  • Knowledge of Solana or Ethereum ecosystems

Prior experience at a crypto fund, prop trading firm, or DeFi protocol