Trader, Trading Desk (Crypto)

TL;DR

Trader, Trading Desk (Crypto): Managing and optimising trading flows across crypto, stocks, ETFs, metals, FX, and leveraged and derivative products with an accent on real-time monitoring, pricing, hedging, routing, and execution quality. Focus on analysing market microstructure, improving trading-system performance, mitigating exposure risks, and capturing sustainable alpha within defined risk limits.

Location: Hybrid work in Vienna, Austria, combining onsite collaboration and remote work. The role requires rotating 8-hour shifts between 07:30 and 23:00.

Company

hirify.global is a Vienna-founded investment platform offering access to cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals, commodities, and other financial products.

What you will do

• Take shared ownership of trading performance across all supported asset classes and maintain strong execution quality.
• Monitor markets, order books, order flow, exposures, and real-time trading risks.
• Optimise pricing, hedging, routing, execution, and internalisation using market insight and performance analytics.
• Adjust trading parameters within defined risk limits and analyse spreads, slippage, hedge performance, and execution outcomes.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, engineers, product teams, operations, and external partners to improve algorithms, tooling, controls, and trading systems.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in trading, market making, liquidity provision, electronic markets, or a comparable role.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure, order-book dynamics, pricing, hedging, execution quality, and risk management.
• Analytical and quantitative mindset with the ability to make fast, data-driven decisions under pressure.
• Passion for financial markets, digital assets, and trading technology.
• Flexibility to work rotating 8-hour shifts between 07:30 and 23:00.
• Availability for hybrid work in Vienna, Austria.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with 25 additional days per year to work from a city or country of choice.
• Competitive total compensation package with participation in a stock option plan.
• Confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• Annual leave plus 3 additional paid wellbeing days after 6 months of employment.
• Unlimited access to Udemy courses and partner discounts and rewards.
• Additional 8 weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave, company events, and location-specific benefits.