Junior Quantitative Researcher | Crypto Delta One
BlockTechAbout the Role
BlockTech is a fast-paced algorithmic trading firm at the frontier of global cryptocurrency derivatives and spot markets, trading 24/7 across some of the most data-rich, fast-moving venues in finance.
As a Quantitative Researcher on the trading floor, you will own ideas end-to-end from hypothesis and dataset construction through feature engineering, model training and backtesting, all the way to live deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.
You will sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Quantitative Traders and Quantitative Analysts, and your work will directly drive how the firm prices and trades.
- Collaborating closely with traders to translate research insights into systematic trading strategies
- Designing, developing and deploying models for price prediction, signal generation, execution, and anomaly detection across crypto derivatives and spot markets using state-of-the-art AI and ML techniques
- Building robust trading, backtesting and research infrastructure alongside engineers, so promising ideas can move into production quickly and safely
- Owning models in production: monitoring live performance, diagnosing decay, and iterating on what you ship
Requirements
- A strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Econometrics, ML/AI, or similar)
- A deep, intuitive grasp of overfitting, generalisation, validation design, and feature engineering - you can explain why a model works, not just that it does
- Solid software engineering instincts: you write code that other people can read, test, and run in production
- Genuine curiosity about financial markets and market microstructure
- Clear written and verbal English, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to a mixed audience of researchers, engineers, and traders
- Hands-on experience building and deploying ML models, ideally on time-series, forecasting, or anomaly detection problems
- Familiarity with crypto markets, derivatives pricing, and/or high-frequency trading data
What You'll Get
- Permanent full-time position in a relaxed and trendy office located in the heart of Singapore's financial district (CBD)
- Extensive in-house training program and an annual learning & development budget
- Laptop, home office budget and transportation allowance
- Daily breakfast and warm lunch, with snacks and drinks provided throughout the day
- Reimbursement of gym membership, sports events and the opportunity to do sports during working hours
- Regular social events, including bi-annual trips abroad and frequent outings
- For internationals: All-in relocation package