Senior Developer - Trading Strategy (Hong Kong)

Location: Hong Kong (Relocation Support Provided)

About us

At Auros, we’re dedicated to advancing the cryptocurrency ecosystem through unparalleled liquidity and market-making services. We’re one of the largest participants in the market, trading across 10+ global locations, facilitating 3-4% of global daily volumes, and have connectivity to over 50 venues.

What sets us apart, though, is our culture. We believe in hiring smart people and empowering them to do their best work. From day one you’ll have the autonomy and support to really excel. Our relentless focus on delivery drives us to continuously push boundaries and achieve exceptional results, all while offering abundant opportunities for personal and professional growth in the dynamic realm of digital assets.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to develop trading strategies within the cryptocurrency markets. We are looking for someone to work with our traders, in person at our Asia HQ in Hong Kong. 

You will be embedded into the trading team, working closely with quants and traders to develop, implement, and optimize trading strategies using C++ that will trade cryptocurrency on various exchanges across the globe.

• Transform trading opportunities into profits. That is, improve and invent trading and market making strategies while minding risk and any market-making obligations. You will oversee the entire process, including problem identification, analysing data, writing software, and providing ongoing support.
• Improve and develop systems for automated monitoring of 24/7/365 trading.
• Develop C++ and Python applications that leverage internally-developed, normalised interfaces for market data and order execution.
• Work with both existing codebases and new ones.
• Collaborate closely with others. The business, development, and trading teams regularly work in concert with each other.
• Monitor trading, especially of new algorithms, and ensure that our systems are performing as desired from a technical, risk, and profit perspective.
• Use your experience working directly with trading teams to identify and surface opportunities to improve Auros’s technical systems and architecture.
• Engage with the team during system design discussions, code reviews, trading idea brainstorms, and general banter.

Who you are

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, a passion for financial markets, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience developing high-performance trading strategies for trading and especially market making in traditional or cryptocurrency markets.
• Experience with low latency trading algorithms, market making and/or high frequency arbitrage, including an understanding of risks associated with managing a portfolio.
• At least five years of experience in developing clean, maintainable, and performant code in C++ on Linux.
• Experience with latency-optimised, distributed systems that are built to robustly handle many transactions.
• Ability to find a balance between delivering clean, testable, reliable code and rapidly deploying new system features to take advantage of market opportunities.
• You are reliable, take pride in delivering robust software, and willing to be on call to support the systems you develop.

Highly Desirable:

• A thorough understanding of network programming, namely UDP, TCP, TLS, and Websockets.
• Experience profiling C++ code with any of Cachegrind, Valgrind or other profiling tools.
• Experience configuring and monitoring Linux machines.
• Experience with inter-process messaging via shared memory.
• Experience with cloud computing infrastructure such as AWS.

Why Join Us in Hong Kong?

Vibrant Culture: Experience the unique blend of East and West in this bustling metropolis, known for its rich history, diverse culinary scene, and vibrant nightlife. Our office is located in Central Hong Kong, at the heart of the Finance capital of Asia.

Career Growth: Work in a fast-paced, innovative environment with opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Networking Opportunities: Connect with industry leaders for both Trad-fi and Crypto markets,  and like-minded professionals in one of the world's top financial centers.

Dynamic Environment: Be part of a team that thrives on creativity and challenges the status quo in the trading landscape.

What We Offer in Return

• Opportunity to work at the forefront of the digital asset industry
• Flexible working arrangements
• Autonomy and a flat structure means you can contribute your ideas from day one and help shape the foundation that will power our future business.
• Weekly massages

At Auros, we value nimbleness, drive for success, owner mentality, and collaboration. Join us in shaping the future of financial services across Asia and beyond!