Trading Operations Lead

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GauntletCrypto finance
Based in APAC, APAC hours; Asian market hoursFull-TimeLead
Salary$1,000 WFH stipend
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Job Details

Languages
Business fluency in both Mandarin and English.
Required Skills
Python

Requirements

  • Have experience working directly with live financial markets, ideally in trading operations, execution, or a similar role at a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, trading desk, or crypto trading business.
  • Understand market dynamics and trading strategies, and recognize unusual market behavior and its potential implications.
  • Actively follow crypto and traditional financial markets and be comfortable making decisions as new information comes in.
  • Exercise good judgment under pressure and investigate issues independently, resolve what you can, and escalate when necessary.
  • Have strong technical aptitude and be able to understand how trading strategies work; software engineering or quantitative research experience is not required.
  • Have excellent communication skills and experience working across teams and explaining technical concepts to different audiences.
  • Have business fluency in both Mandarin and English.
  • Nice to have: experience with DeFi protocols, onchain trading, or digital asset strategies.
  • Nice to have: experience supporting institutional clients or partners in a technical capacity, such as solutions engineering, solutions architecture, technical consulting, or trading strategy implementation.
  • Nice to have: familiarity with Python, SQL, or other tools used for data analysis and monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of trading operations and on-call coverage during APAC hours across vault strategy and curation teams.
  • Monitor live vaults and strategies, investigate alerts, and identify unexpected behavior or potential risks using internal dashboards and onchain data.
  • Respond to operational incidents, follow established playbooks where appropriate, and escalate issues when needed.
  • Work across timezones to improve operational processes, incident response procedures, and handovers.
  • Follow crypto and broader financial markets, identify developments that could affect strategies, and share relevant insights with the team.
  • Support Business Development in technical discussions with APAC partners, explain products, understand requirements, and explore potential new strategies.
  • Improve the tools, monitoring processes, and documentation that support day-to-day operations.
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