Trader, eFX Spot & Digital Assets Trading

You will join the dynamic eFX Spot & Digital Assets Trading team, which serves the bank’s electronic trading business as principal counterparty in OTC venues and CLOBs and as operator of SQX: Swissquote’s own cryptocurrency exchange.

As a team we:

• contribute to the bank’s commercial goals by managing the electronic risk book (proprietary internalization system)
• provision SPOT liquidity such that clients’ execution needs and the bank’s policies are sustainably met
• ensure a gainful network of trading counterparties
• ensure that SQX serves as an attractive and compliant marketplace for clients and market-makers
• drive the bank’s ongoing investments in its proprietary trading and risk systems in collaboration with software engineers
• promote quantitative research initiatives in collaboration with quantitative researchers
• promote excellent product quality and participate in its continuous improvement
• facilitate new business initiatives in collaboration with various internal teams

We are committed to supporting your growth, helping you become a reliable and autonomous team member:

• Monitor orders, trades, overall market conditions, news flow, real-time risk and P&L
• Fine-tune price construction, execution and risk management production algorithms
• Assess client flow quality, fine-tune tiering and liaise with Sales teams
• Analyze results, identify and execute (or drive) improvements
• Contribute to quantitative research, systems testing and infrastructure optimization
• Work closely with technology teams

• Previous trading experience in a sell-side electronic trading firm/bank is a strong plus
• Deep understanding of market (micro)structure, client needs and the competition landscape
• Proficient in transforming large sets of financial tick-data into actionable insights
• Solid programming and mathematical rigor
• Fast decision-making under pressure
• Succeed to liaise effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Self-driven, intellectually curious, structured, attention to detail, team-oriented
• Degree in quantitative discipline from top ranked university
• Fluent in English