Digital-Asset Quantitative Trader — Los Angeles

Based in the Los Angeles, CA area, this fully remote Digital-Asset Quantitative Trader will build a controlled institutional process for liquid digital-asset markets. The operating schedule centers on Pacific Time coverage of the U.S. close and the after-hours research handoff.

Base salary: $185,000–$280,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Los Angeles, CA area
Experience: 5+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

This opening gives the Los Angeles, CA hire responsibility for continuous-market coverage, venue and counter party exposure, funding, custody constraints, and weekend controls, with operating coverage focused on Pacific Time coverage of the U.S. close and the after-hours research handoff. You will connect research, engineering, trading, and risk without hiding uncertainty or operational tradeoffs.

The Los Angeles opening emphasizes clean transfers from East Coast decisions into late-session and post-close analysis. The schedule gives this opening direct ownership of the closing auction, late-session liquidity changes, and earnings or corporate events released after the U.S. close. Morning overlap with Eastern Time is reserved for decisions that need live discussion. Later work must leave a complete record for the next pre-market review.

For this role, that means direct ownership of continuous-market exposure, fragmented liquidity, venue risk, and shift handoffs during Pacific Time coverage of the U.S. close and the after-hours research handoff.

Your first documented cycle for the Los Angeles, CA opening will test the operating process for continuous-market exposure, fragmented liquidity, venue risk, and shift handoffs during Pacific Time coverage of the U.S. close and the after-hours research handoff. The objective is a reproducible baseline, not a quick narrative. The first evidence set will cover this task:
Design weekend and overnight operating controls. The second will cover this task:
Research market structure while respecting legal and counter party limits. The Los Angeles opening emphasizes clean transfers from East Coast decisions into late-session and post-close analysis. Each material deviation receives a named follow-up owner. The review is complete when a peer can reproduce the evidence, inspect the decision limit, and trace the outcome through continuous-market coverage, venue and counter party exposure, funding, custody constraints, and weekend controls.

• Monitor positions, liquidity, venue exposure, and funding
• Evaluate execution across centralized venues
• Design weekend and overnight operating controls
• Research market structure while respecting legal and counter party limits
• Own continuous-market exposure, fragmented liquidity, venue risk, and shift handoffs during Pacific Time coverage of the U.S. close and the after-hours research handoff.

• Five or more years in quantitative trading, including digital assets
• Experience with continuous markets, exchange APIs, and venue risk
• Strong Python, statistics, and operational discipline

• Experience with custody workflows, funding markets, and fragmented liquidityA record of managing weekend, overnight, and venue-failure procedures
• Experience collaborating across time zones while maintaining the operating coverage assigned to the Los Angeles, CA opening.

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options with substantial company support
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Flexible paid time off and company holidays
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
  
  Annual learning, conference, and professional-development budget
• Remote-work equipment and home-office support
• Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

Benefits are subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements.

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