About us:
Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We're committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.
Since 2013, we've helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.
Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We're available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.
The role in a nutshell:
The Quantitative Trader will be responsible for implementing and maintaining trading strategies, with a focus on market making. This role involves active monitoring of the market making portfolio and crypto inventory, implementing high-frequency algorithms and applying quantitative analysis to establish and optimise a market.
Your mission will be:
- Implement and deploy approved trading strategies.
- Manage crypto inventory and the market making portfolio, ensuring efficient assets allocation.
- Monitor and manage the profitability of the trading strategies and portfolio against risk limits.
- Design rigorous high frequency algorithms and apply asymmetries.
- Perform regression testing to establish and optimise the performance of trading strategies.
- Continuously optimise parameters to enhance trading performance.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of strategies and architecture
A little about you:
- An intuition for stochastic processes and its applications in finance.
- Proficient in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, Rust),
- Functional understanding of SQL, Looker, Databricks.
- Able to grasp concepts related to market mechanics, financial instruments, and trading strategies.
- A keen interest in market making and high-frequency trading.
Life at Luno:
- Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
- Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
- Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
- Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
- A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
- Free lunch and snacks
- 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
- Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.