Quant / Algo Trading Specialist
Company: Confidential (via CompanionVille)
Location: Singapore (relocation support is provided)
About the Hiring Company
Our client is building a global market-making engine with a core focus on crypto exchange liquidity provision.
The business follows a hybrid market-making model and is scaling rapidly across multiple asset classes.
Current core trading focus:
- 24/7 gold perpetual trading on crypto exchanges
Planned expansion:
- oil
- US equities
- real-world assets (RWA)
Role Overview
We are looking for a Quant / Algo Trading Specialist to contribute to the development of market-making and systematic trading strategies, with an immediate focus on:
👉 gold trading in a 24/7 crypto market environment
This role sits directly in the trading loop, working on:
- strategy development
- backtesting
- execution improvement
- P&L optimization
You will help shape the quantitative intelligence behind market making, rather than supporting it.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and refine algorithmic trading and market-making strategies
- Conduct backtesting using high-frequency / order book data
- Improve P&L performance and predictability
- Optimize execution logic (latency, slippage, fills)
- Analyze market microstructure and liquidity dynamics
- Work closely with traders and engineers to deploy strategies into production
- Continuously iterate based on live trading performance
Requirements
Core Experience
- Experience in quant research / algorithmic trading / systematic trading
- Background in:
- crypto trading
- HFT / prop trading
- market making or electronic trading
- Hands-on experience with strategy development and backtesting
- Understanding of execution, liquidity, and market microstructure
- Ability to think in terms of P&L drivers, not just models
Technical
- Strong Python (C++/Java is a plus)
- Experience working with tick-level / high-frequency data
- Familiarity with backtesting frameworks
Nice to Have
- Experience with market making or liquidity provision
- Exposure to crypto exchanges
- Mandarin (optional)
What We Are Looking For (Important)
We are specifically interested in candidates who:
- have built or improved trading strategies
- understand how models behave in live markets
- have worked close to execution and liquidity
We are not targeting:
- generic data scientists
- purely academic profiles
- software engineers without trading exposure
Why This Role
- Direct impact on a new global market-making business
- Work on 24/7 trading dynamics (crypto + gold perpetuals) — a non-traditional, high-feedback environment
- Opportunity to expand into multi-asset trading (commodities, equities, RWA)
- High ownership over strategy performance and P&L