RTI Researcher (Web3)

TL;DR

RTI Researcher (Web3): Identifying and leveraging news-driven trading opportunities in crypto markets by maintaining core themes, event calendars, and monitoring real-time content flows. With an accent on working with unstructured data, text analytics, and building high-precision automated alerts. Focus on streamlining the ingestion of key sources, optimizing alert systems for relevance and resilience, and making quick, informed decisions in high-pressure situations.

Location: Remote (US Timezone)

What you will do

• Collaborate with traders and researchers to identify news-driven trading opportunities in crypto markets.
• Maintain updated core themes and a detailed calendar of material events.
• Monitor real-time content flows, identify key breaking news sources, and alert stakeholders to potential trading opportunities.
• Design, build, and optimize high-precision automated alerts for themes of interest, ensuring their relevance and resilience.
• Direct product development and perform QA/UAT for real-time event monitoring and alerting systems.

Requirements

• Prior experience working in trading firms, hedge funds, market intelligence, or financial news organizations, with a focus on generating alpha from news.
• Deep understanding of real-time information flows and their impact on price formation, including familiarity with news dissemination.
• Proficiency in scripting/query languages such as Python, Rust, and SQL.
• Experience with unstructured data, text analytics, market data, and financial data charting/analytics.
• Ability to make quick, informed decisions in high-pressure situations and excellent communication skills.