Trading Assistant
FalconX
Who are we?
FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever- evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Monitor market risk of FalconX’s automated trading strategies
- Periodically manually hedge risk when necessary
- Monitor state and health of FalconX’s automated trading strategies
- Interact with engineering, DevOps, Trade Operations and quantitative trades to report issues, and coordinate system maintenance actions
- Help monitor and manage strategy system, risk, and performance metrics.
- Provide daily reports to the team on recon, volume, widths, participation and the team’s other focus areas
Requirements
- Familiarity with markets, listed exchanges, and basic risk-management concepts
- Basic understanding of statistics
- Ability to independently organize and analyze data
- Familiarity with Google Sheets/Excel
- Proficiency with Python, SQL-syntax is a plus
- Trading experience is a plus
- Familiarity with crypto exchanges is a plus
- Interest in crypto markets/algorithmic trading is a plus, along with some basic exposure to statistical analysis and machine learning tools
- Team oriented, have excellent written, verbal communication and strong organizational skills.
- Attention to detail
Notice at Collection and Privacy Policy
Applicants located in California and/or applying to a role based in California, please refer to our Notice at Collection and Privacy Policy here.
Inclusivity Statement
FalconX is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and safe workspace for all people. Our roles are intended for people from all walks of life. We encourage all those interested in applying to our organization to submit an application regardless if you are missing some of the listed background requirements, skills, or experiences!
As part of our commitment to inclusivity, FalconX would like to acknowledge that the EEOC survey has limited potential responses that you can select. For legal reasons, FalconX must use this language to align with federal requirements, however, we want to ensure that you are able to provide a response to our own voluntary survey questions about your identity that best aligns with your most true self.
FalconX is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on FalconX. Please inform FalconX’s People team at recruiting@falconx.io, if you need assistance with participating in the application process.