Responsibilities
- Complete Backtesting Tool Development: Design, implement, and optimize robust Python-based backtesting tools to validate optimization strategies under different market conditions
- Blockchain Data Analysis & Processing: Develop efficient pipelines to collect and analyze historical and real-time data from liquidity pools
- Quantitative Algorithm Implementation: Translate complex mathematical models into performant Python code for different optimization objectives
- Production Deployment & Monitoring: Ensure the deployment and monitoring of strategies in production environments
- Research & Innovation: Contribute to the continuous improvement of algorithmic infrastructure and exploration of new approaches
Requirements
- Strong Mathematics & Statistics Skills: Deep understanding of quantitative models, applied statistics, and financial mathematics
- In-depth Knowledge of DeFi Mechanisms: Advanced understanding of liquidity pools, impermanent loss, and protocols like Uniswap v3
- Object-Oriented Programming Expertise: Advanced proficiency in Python and OOP paradigms, with demonstrated ability to write optimized, modular, and high-performance code
- End-to-End Backtesting & Deployment Experience: Having led at least one backtesting project from initial design to production deployment
- Advanced mastery of Python, with particular expertise in object-oriented programming and performance optimization
- Deep experience with data science libraries (pandas, numpy, matplotlib, scipy) and ability to optimize their use for large datasets
- Skills in parallelization and distributed computing to accelerate intensive processing
- Experience with databases for efficient storage and retrieval of time-series data
- Ability to write clean, documented, and testable code
- 2+ years of experience in DeFi, quantitative finance, or data engineering
- Demonstrated ability to deliver concrete results quickly and iterate efficiently
- Strong autonomy and ability to take initiative in a rapidly evolving environment
- Analytical rigor and attention to detail
- Excellent communicator capable of explaining complex technical concepts
- Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and market changes
- Fluency in technical English (written and spoken)
Benefits
- Join a founding team at the forefront of DeFi innovation with an infrastructure that solves fundamental market problems
- Work in a stimulating environment at Station F, Paris's tech innovation hub
- Access to a true playground for financial innovation where you can experiment with various optimization approaches
- Competitive compensation with potential for performance-based incentives
- Flexibility between full-time employment and project-based work according to your preferences
- Opportunity to have a direct impact on the development of transformative technology for DeFi
- Access to cutting-edge data and tools for crypto market analysis
- Company culture valuing innovation, efficiency, and concrete results
- Possibility for rapid growth within a fast-growing structure