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.
To apply for this job email your details to sarah.fan@ashford-benjamin.com