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Senior Researcher (HFT, Market Making, Crypto)

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We trade the world's most volatile markets and make them more efficient.

Koton is a boutique, proprietary trading firm and a top-tier market maker on the world's largest crypto exchange, quoting across roughly 90% of trading pairs on both spot and futures. Our core is high-frequency market making, where the speed and cost-efficiency of execution decide the outcome. Around that core we run further strategies built on the same low-latency infrastructure. Binance is where our depth sits today, and we are actively expanding to other venues.

We build our own technology and run these strategies at scale, all with a small, tight-knit team where individual work is directly visible in the results. Most of our team sits in Brno in Czech Republic.

We're looking for a senior researcher to own trading strategies end-to-end, from first hypothesis to live PnL. The work comes with genuine autonomy, real capital behind it, and a feedback loop tight enough to tell you quickly whether your edge is real.

What you'll do

  • Design and iterate crypto trading strategies
  • Identify signals in order book dynamics, analyse trade flow, fill behavior and short-term price evolution
  • State hypotheses, validate them on real historical data
  • Design solutions, collaborate with dev team to deploy into production, analyze feedback from trading team
  • Refine performance and PnL metrics, perform post-trade analysis and continuously review trading logic

Who you are

  • You have a detailed understanding of a number of trading strategies that were successful in a live HFT environment, either your own design or a long-term contribution to strategies design in a team
  • You own the full loop: idea → analysis, validation → live PoC → iteration
  • You communicate clearly and can explain your reasoning to various stakeholders
  • You can work happily and efficiently in a remote setup long-term or you are happy to relocate

Bonus points

  • Direct HFT experience in crypto and on exchanges (a real plus, though not required)
  • Hands-on cross-exchange arbitrage
  • Experience with DEX strategies and on-chain venues
  • You think in terms of edge decay, latency sensitivity, and the trade-off between inventory risk and spread capture
  • Expert Python, SQL, advanced .net

Requirements

We expect strong evidence across several of these:

  • A career across several trading firms including a research-focused role
  • HFT or market making in crypto or traditional markets
  • Proprietary trading firms or quantitative trading teams
  • Order book mechanics
  • Execution, slippage, and adverse selection
  • Short-term alpha generation
  • Cross exchange arbitrage
  • Strong data skills in Python or similar
  • Comfortable preparing and analyzing large datasets
  • Disciplined about backtesting, evaluation, and risk management

Note: This is a senior, remote, individual-contributor role. We expect you to be comfortable and effective working in a remote environment.

Benefits

  • Paid time off to actually switch off
  • Fully catered office: all-day snacks, daily lunch, coffee and drinks on us
  • Work-from-home flexibility for non-remote roles
  • Training and development to keep sharpening your edge
  • Performance bonuses tied to results
  • Relocation support for candidates moving to Czechia
  • Pick your own hardware, top-spec kit, no IT-catalogue limits

Annual salary: This depends on your experience, the level of ownership you take on, and other factors. We believe in paying fairly, with a base salary typically ranging from 90,000 to 160,000 EUR per year, and we're always open to a conversation. We like smart people and want them to feel appreciated and to enjoy the work they do here.

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