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Quant Developer – DeFi / Digital Assets

A developer role in a small DeFi team that builds the trading algorithms and connectivity IMC uses on crypto exchanges and DeFi protocols. It is an on-site role in the firm's Zug office.

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.

Improve existing DeFi trading algorithms and strategies
Build execution and connectivity to new protocols and exchanges
Analyse on-chain data to find and test trading ideas
Track protocol upgrades and adapt the trading platform to them

What they ask for

Required

Applied maths, statistics and numerical modelling
Knowledge of cryptocurrency markets
Programming in a blockchain language (Go, Rust, Solidity, Move)
Comfortable with Linux and git
Independent research ability

Preferred

Blockchain analytics and MEV
Deep EVM knowledge
Smart contract development
Cryptography libraries, signatures and hashing
Hands-on coding in a quant trading setting

Education: No degree level stated; applied maths and statistics expected
Experience: No fixed years stated; hands-on quant trading programming is a plus
Languages and tools: Go
Rust
Solidity
Move
Git
Linux
Markets: crypto

How to prepare

Read how an AMM such as Uniswap works and simulate its pricing curve in code
Pull on-chain swap data for one pool and study price impact and MEV
Write and test a small smart contract on a local EVM chain
Build a simple exchange connectivity client in Go or Rust

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 IMC Trading and doesn’t handle applications.