(Junior-) Quantitative Analyst

Arrakis aims to disrupt the current market-making industry by providing the infrastructure to enable every project in the world that wants to launch a token to benefit from non-custodial, trust-less, and automated on-chain market-making strategies. We believe in a world where every organization, from a small startup to a large enterprise, will be tokenized and traded on-chain. For this world, Arrakis is building the tools to create the necessary liquidity to enable this token economy to rival and out-compete the traditional financial industry.

As a Quantitative Analyst at Arrakis, you will drive our liquidity provisioning strategies, develop quantitative analyses of on-chain trading activities and own client relationships to deliver tailored market-making services. You'll also work with our business development team on client onboarding, account management and enhance our quantitative algorithms with the core development team. Your contributions will be vital in establishing Arrakis as the leading decentralised market-making protocol.

What you’ll accomplish

• Working with some of the leading DeFi projects in web3 to strengthen their on-chain liquidity
• Keep ahead of the latest developments in quantitative finance, blockchain technology, and Web3 innovations to continuously refine and adapt our market making strategies (e.g. upcoming migration to UniswapV4) to maintain a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving web3 market-making industry
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with software engineers, data scientists and business development representatives to refine, enhance and develop the best market making service to our clients
• Own customer relationships and provide excellent client service by monitoring the ongoing market-making activities and respond to custom client requests
• Perform data analysis and design Analytics dashboards with on-chain data

Our ideal candidate has:

• 2+ years of experience in Quantitative Trading & Research, with a focus on derivatives arbitrage, market-making, and high-frequency trading strategies.
• Deep expertise in on-chain & off-chain market dynamics, including arbitrage across CEX & DEX platforms, funding rate inefficiencies, and PnL optimization.
• Proficient in Python & SQL, with experience in building quantitative tools, bots, and analytics dashboards for trading performance monitoring.
• Extensive experience working with REST & WebSocket APIs, actively integrating and analyzing exchange data for strategy execution.

• Extensive experience managing and optimizing trading portfolios, ensuring strong risk-adjusted performance through data-driven decision-making.
• Proven ability to develop and refine quantitative strategies, improving market-making efficiency and identifying profitable arbitrage opportunities.
• Analytical mindset with a strong focus on PnL optimization, investigating discrepancies and enhancing capital efficiency across trading operations.

Join an amazing team of industry veterans focused on revolutionising web3 market making, collaborating with major projects like MakerDAO, Uniswap, Aave, Lido, operating fully remotely with members spanning Zug, Paris, New York, Berlin supported by world-class investors including Uniswap Labs, Robot Ventures, Accel, Longhash, and more.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Work remotely or with the Founders in person, in Switzerland
• Chance to travel the world to go to exciting events, connecting with key industry players 
• Join amazing in-person offsites all over the world