Company Description

Portofino is a digital asset start-up located in the Crypto Valley.

Our headquarters are in Zug, Switzerland with offices in London, Singapore, New York and Amsterdam.

Backed by the biggest VCs in the world, we aim to build the best digital asset “platform”. Being an early stage, scaling start-up we are able to provide our employees with a large scope of projects in a competitive environment.

We are always on the lookout for people who are passionate about technology and like to work in an environment where they can take full ownership of their projects. We are looking for people who are keen to build something from the ground up and want to grow into a leadership position while remaining hands-on.

Job Description

Summary

We are looking for experienced traders to manage algorithmic crypto trading strategies.

The ideal candidate has:

• Direct experience in all aspects of running a systematic trading system and understand the workflow from idea generation to production implementation
• Exposure to short term quantitative strategies and has experience monitoring risk and managing operational issues within highly automated trading systems
• Keen interest in financial trading theory & financial markets
• Good understanding of global macro-trends and micro-trends relevant for markets covered (i.e. crypto, blockchain)
• Good quantitative and analytical skills
• Average to good programming skills in Python

Responsibilities

• Monitoring the daily trading process, evaluating and approving trades generated from the desks systematic engines
• Handling daily operational duties such as bookings, assets transfers and daily marking and sign-off
• Reconciling daily risk positions and p&l vs reports from controllers department researching and resolving any discrepancies
• Identifying risks (both financial and technology), addressing and/or escalating accordingly
• Monitoring the production trading infrastructure during market hours
• Operational risk Management – Managing the risk of multiple functions that span the life cycle of a trade
• Managing trading operations, defining and tracking key metrics as well as monitoring and processing settlements
• Debugging real time operational issues within a highly complex and automated trading systems
• Development of automation tools to improve trading processes
• Acting as process super-user for current functionality and providing critical support and advice regarding needed enhancements to technology, workflows, and process automation
• Liaising with technical team to secure proper support / coverage for ongoing operations and procuring enhancements for insufficient or new workflows

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in middle or back office roles working with subset of our active product scope - futures, equities, FX spot / forwards
• Proven experience in trading, managing risk, and dealing with the operational issues associated with short-term quantitative strategies
• Prior interaction with the front office in an active trading environment
• Highly skilled in navigating technical issues and in coordinating with the different tech teams like developers, DevOps engineers and quants
• Ability to do rotational shift work to be able to cover all time zones

Technical requirements

• Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance
• Python/R/MatLab, intermediate in one of these (must have)
• C++, intermediate (highly preferred)
• Database applications, intermediate (SQL, KDB)
• Demonstrated experience of working with tick data
• Some experience developing software systems an in object-oriented language is a big plus

Additional Information

Your personality

You are a team player with good interpersonal and communication skills. Effective communication, both verbal and written, is essential for all roles at Portofino because we work together with all teams from development to finance to operations and recruiting.

You are a proactive person who takes initiative, likes to challenge yourself and is willing to go the extra mile to achieve individual as well as team goals.

You enjoy working with people who challenge you and make you better at what you do. This means you have an open mindset, ask for feedback often and feel positive about constructive criticism.

You can work in a team as well as by yourself and can work under pressure to meet deadlines.

You speak fluent English and enjoy working in an international environment.

Our offer and culture

• We can offer you excellent career opportunities with complete project responsibility right from the beginning
• You will be part of an international team and will have the opportunity to learn from as well as work together with industry experts
• We have a flat hierarchy and celebrate great ideas regardless of seniority, whether you are a veteran or a new joiner
• We work hard and celebrate every success together - as friends and colleagues
• We are proud of our diverse and international team and like to enrich ourselves with knowledge about different cultures, communities and perspectives
• At Portofino everybody can be a leader and contribute equally to our success because we believe in winning together

Interested? Then apply directly or contact us at [email protected]

We look forward to your application!