Quantitative Researcher (DeFi)

TL;DR

Quantitative Researcher (DeFi): Building and deploying high-frequency strategies across CEX and DEX landscape with an accent on market microstructure, liquidity provision, and MEV-aware execution. Focus on advanced mathematical fluency in stochastic processes, optimization, and game theory to build and scale production-grade HFT systems in crypto.

Location: Remote CET +-2 hours

Salary: $100k-$150k + PnL

Company

hirify.global is a company which provides job search services.

What you will do

• Design and refine quantitative models for DeFi market-making and HFT liquidity.
• Extract alpha from on-chain and off-chain data sources.
• Map out microstructure dynamics across AMMs, DEX order books, and CEXs.
• Develop custom simulation frameworks and backtesting engines for execution.
• Partner with engineering to turn research into production-ready, low-latency systems.
• Track live strategy performance and pivot based on evolving market conditions.

Requirements

• A background in buy-side, prop trading, or HFT quantitative research.
• Advanced mathematical fluency in stochastic processes, optimization, and game theory.
• Hands-on experience with concentrated liquidity (Uniswap v3/v4), JIT, and the block-building process.
• Strong coding skills in Python, with a preference for Rust or C++.
• Proven ability to build and scale production-grade HFT systems in crypto.
• A natural intuition for how markets move and how execution systems react.

Nice to have

• Fluent in Russian

Culture & Benefits

• Full Time
• Remote