Quant jobs / Citadel Securities

Systematic Crypto Trader

Citadel Securities is expanding systematic trading on centralised crypto exchanges. The trader runs live strategies and uses execution and performance analysis to improve them.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Monitor strategies and intraday exposures.
Analyse slippage, funding and capital usage.
Refine parameters with researchers and developers.

What they ask for

Required

Crypto trading experience
Systematic-strategy operation
Statistical reasoning
Centralised-exchange knowledge
Python
Basic Linux

Preferred

DeFi or on-chain analysis
Quantitative bachelor’s study or equivalent experience
Strategy development

Education: A quantitative bachelor’s qualification or equivalent experience is preferred.
Experience: Professional or highly active cryptocurrency trading experience; no year minimum stated.
Languages and tools: Python
Linux
Markets: crypto, options, futures

How to prepare

Measure execution slippage across venues.
Analyse perpetual-futures funding exposure.
Build a live-strategy risk dashboard.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Citadel Securities and doesn’t handle applications.