Description

Our client, a rapidly growing crypto hedge fund and proprietary trading firm with consistent 200%+ annualized returns generated with a 4+ Sharpe ratio, are seeking researchers for their real-time information flows team. This role aims to capitalize on the opportunity to react to market-moving events.

• Experience: Background in extracting alpha from macro market-moving events .

• Insight: Familiarity with valuable sources, individuals, and topics to track.

• Visa Requirement: Eligible to be based in USA / Canada without visa sponsorship needed.

Responsibilities

1. Brainstorming and Creating Alerts:

o Source Identification : Constantly brainstorm additional sources for their real-time information (RTI) system.

o Alert Optimization: Optimize alerts based on precision/recall scores.

o Event Calendar Maintenance: Maintain a detailed calendar of material events.

2. Monitoring and Quality Assurance:

o Alert Management : Enable, disable, and update alerts as market conditions change.

o Review Process : Review alerts to ensure they remain relevant and resilient.

o Event Analysis: Analyze and alert the firm to market-moving events.

3. Working with Technical Team:

o Product Development: Direct product development of our real-time event detection and alerting system.

o QA/UAT Testing: Conduct QA/UAT and test all alerts and products to meet trading and research needs.

Requirements

Experience & Knowledge:

• Industry Background: Prior experience in trading firms, hedge funds, market intelligence, or financial news organizations.

• Market Understanding: Deep understanding of real-time information flows and market dynamics.

• Source Tracking: Familiarity with tracking high-impact sources and topics.

• Scoring Knowledge: Knowledge of precision/recall scoring methods for alert optimization.

Technical & Analytical Skills:

• Source Integration: Ability to identify and integrate new news sources into their real time information system.

• Analytical Refinement: Strong analytical skills to refine alerts based on market conditions.

• Tool Experience: Experience with alerting and monitoring tools, including setup and troubleshooting.

• Collaboration Skills: Collaboration with technical teams on product development.

Operational & Communication Skills:

• Detail Orientation: High attention to detail for maintaining an accurate tabulation of market events.

• Decision Making: Ability to make quick decisions in high-pressure situations.

• Communication Excellence: Excellent communication skills to convey insights to traders and researchers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scripting Proficiency: Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, SQL) for data analysis and automation.

• Network Familiarity: Strong network within the ecosystem and familiarity with key influencers and information channels.