Algorithmic Trading Developer

FalconX is building the world’s smartest institutional brokerage for digital assets

FalconX is one of the fastest growing startups in FinTech. We are a digital asset brokerage delivering best-in-class pricing and execution capabilities for institutional traders and investors. Our vision is to grow the digital asset ecosystem 1000X with industry-leading prime brokerage solutions.

We are data-driven. Whether it's a growth or product decision, we believe data can always help us make more precise and informed choices.

We move fast.
Speed of execution is essential for any startup, but we believe this is even more pertinent in our nascent industry.

We value diversity and debate. We believe direction of our company is shaped by opposing viewpoints and experiences, and that this diversity helps learn and  maximize our opportunity for success.

FalconX is headquartered in Silicon Valley and has offices in Bangalore and Chicago.

Who is on the team?


We are entrepreneurs. More than half of us has experience founding a company.  We come from leading institutions including Google, LinkedIn, JUMP, Citadel, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Carnegie Mellon, IIT + more. We are backed by some of the best investors in the world including Accel Partners, Flybridge Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Impact

At FalconX, you’ll help make crypto assets a successful asset class. Some of the largest financial institutions from Wall Street to Silicon Valley and around the world will turn to you for the best market prices and insights on the crypto industry. You will become the expert on crypto industry trends and market movements. With your experience, you will shape our company’s trading strategies according to our core values - speed, transparency and trust. 

Responsibilities

  • Build algorithms for optimal order routing for best electronic execution in the cryptocurrency markets
  • Develop algorithmic market-making strategies and improve existing strategies
  • Develop risk and portfolio management tools to manage customer order flow
  • Build and develop end-to-end trade process automation logic and support trading and operations 
  • Predict price movements using statistics, signal processing and machine learning
  • Design automated trading agents that achieve efficient execution


Success 

As an Algorithmic Trader, you will have an opportunity to apply tools from a variety of disciplines including statistics, control theory, machine learning, optimization, and signal processing to develop algorithmic trading strategies. You will work closely with experienced traders, software engineers and quantitative researchers to ensure optimal system performance - it’s important that you enjoy working in a team.  

Required Qualifications

  • BS or MS in computer science with a focus on machine learning, signal processing, optimization, control or statistics
  • Experience in developing market-making models, from a quant development , technology or trading perspective
  • Strong quantitative and coding skills
  • Ability to understand and troubleshoot high frequency trading strategies and systems
  • High attention to detail

Interested? Email Anish Parvataneni at aparvataneni@falconx.io with your resume.


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