OnHires
- Location: Remote
- Type: Full-time
Our client is building the blockchain’s first perpetually appreciating token, powered by a next-generation protocol and innovative cryptoeconomics. The mission is to define a new standard of value creation, stability, and capital efficiency in decentralized finance (DeFi).
- This position sits at the intersection of capital deployment, fund strategy, and protocol optimization
- ideal for candidates with experience in hedge funds, asset management, or quantitative trading desks, and a strong grasp of both crypto-native and traditional market mechanics.
- Role Overview
- We are looking for an experienced Quantitative Researcher & Trading Strategist to join the core team.
- Key Responsibilities
- Alpha & Strategy Design: Develop and backtest algorithmic trading strategies across centralized and decentralized markets, including arbitrage, market-making, momentum, and carry-based approaches.
Asset Manager Screening & Due Diligence: Evaluate third-party fund managers and trading teams for potential capital allocation partnerships, conducting deep assessments of their strategies, track records, and risk profiles.
- Institutional Integration: Collaborate with custodians, prime brokers, and execution partners to establish infrastructure for secure capital deployment and operational scalability.
- Protocol Capital Allocation: Design and refine strategies to optimize how protocol capital is deployed, ensuring capital efficiency and strong risk-adjusted returns.
- Risk Management: Implement comprehensive risk frameworks, including exposure limits, drawdown controls, and counterparty evaluations.
- Data & Research Infrastructure: Leverage and expand internal research tools to monitor live PnL, strategy health, and market conditions across various asset classes.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with protocol researchers, engineers, and community stakeholders to align financial strategies with protocol mechanics.
- Ecosystem Intelligence: Track trends across crypto and traditional markets to inform strategy and protocol design.
- Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in quantitative trading, hedge fund management, or systematic strategy development, ideally with exposure to digital assets.
- Proven success in managing and optimizing trading capital, either internally or through external asset managers.
- Strong understanding of CEX/DEX trading infrastructure, execution, and liquidity dynamics.
- Experience with institutional custodians (e.
- g.
- , Fireblocks, Anchorage, Copper) and workflow integration.
- Deep knowledge of DeFi protocols, token mechanics, liquidity provisioning, and on-chain analytics.
- Proficiency in Python or similar languages for backtesting, modeling, and data analysis.
- Self-driven mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment.
- What’s Offered
- Opportunity to help shape the architecture of the first self-appreciating token in blockchain.
- Work alongside elite talent from the worlds of crypto, trading, and software engineering.
- Flexible remote setup and full ownership of high-impact initiatives.
- Includes revenue sharing, performance-based bonuses, and an optional consulting arrangement.
