Trading Team Lead - Altcoin Liquidity (EMEA Remote)

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. 

Today, we rock with over 180 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels and Singapore, also soon to be Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.

We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.

But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives. 

At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it.

Mission statement

What we are looking for… an experienced algo centric market maker to lead our team of traders in delta-1 altcoin crypto markets. 

Job description

• Manage a team of traders across 3 time zones with 24/7 coverage

• Develop and deploy new algorithms, clients and markets

• Keeping a global updated view of all algorithmic trading operations

• Trade execution across crypto spot, futures and perpetuals; and hedging both crypto and FX related exposure.

• Educate and nurture traders in development of trading algorithms

• Preventative actions by spread adaptations and configuring conditions, pricing and exposure thresholds on algorithmic trading bots.

• Monitoring closely client service level agreements are met and evaluating trading performance using internal, exchange and on-chain data.

• Keeping track of the treasury, and liaising with the finance team to ensure capital efficiency

• Act as point of contact for the product team and drive decisions on new feature requests.

• Acting as a point of call internally on trading and market related insights.

• Liaising with the Commercial team to provide insights to market making clients on trading performance and service level agreement requirements.

• Engage with the quant research group to drive communication between trading desks and quant researcher constructing models. 

Background and experience

• 2-3+ years of institutional cryptocurrency trading experience across CEXes and DEXes

• 5+ years of experience in algorithmic trading

• Exposure to and an understanding of key tradfi asset classes e.g., options, futures, FX either from a previous role or educational background.

Competences and personality

• Able to manage a team of traders

• Strong analytical ability

• Fully comfortable with trading and order books

• Able to act and to take decisions under pressure

• Understanding of digital assets and blockchain technologies (particularly CEXes and DEXes)

• Understanding of financial market structure

• Strong attention to details

• Adaptable and a strong team player

• Applicable coding skills and ability to write and test basic algorithms in Python. 

• Good communicator

• Fluent in English

Our recruitment philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. We're after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our offer

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on method of engagement (Employee vs Contractor)

• Competitive Bonus structure

• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence 

As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.