Trading Operations Lead

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GauntletCrypto trading
Listing location: Singapore / Hong Kong; based in APAC, Asian market hours; APAC hoursFull-TimeLead
Salary$120,000 - $140,000 a year; $120,000 – $145,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company.
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Job Details

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

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Strong understanding of market dynamics and trading strategies, including the ability to recognize unusual market behavior and understand potential implications.
  • Actively follow crypto and traditional financial markets and be comfortable making decisions as new information comes in.
  • Use good judgment under pressure; investigate issues independently, resolve what you can, and escalate when necessary.
  • Have strong technical aptitude and the ability to understand how trading strategies work without necessarily being a software engineer or quantitative researcher.
  • Have 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, working 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, following established playbooks and escalating to relevant teams 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, explaining products, understanding requirements, and exploring potential strategies.
  • Improve the tools, monitoring processes, and documentation used in day-to-day operations.
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$120,000 - $140,000 a year; $120,000 – $145,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company.
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