Quant jobs / GSR

Quant Trader – Asia

A quant trading role at a crypto market maker, building models and automated trading algorithms for digital assets. You work from research through back-testing to live strategies.

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.

Analyse crypto market data to improve existing algorithms
Look for patterns, turn them into signals and back-test them
Improve risk-management techniques with research
Contribute to the design of the trading architecture

What they ask for

Required

Degree in a technical or quantitative field
Logical and analytical reasoning
Code to process large datasets
Software engineering principles

Preferred

Electronic trading in FX or futures
Lower-level languages and Python
Crypto market and blockchain knowledge

Education: Degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, quantitative finance or a related field
Experience: Not stated; electronic trading experience preferred
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: crypto

How to prepare

Back-test a signal on crypto tick or order book data and test for overfitting
Study crypto exchange microstructure, fees and funding rates
Practise writing efficient code for large datasets
Learn how automated strategies are risk-limited in live trading

What to study

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