<p>Our client, a rapidly growing crypto hedge fund and proprietary trading firm with consistent 200%+ annualized returns generated with a 4+ Sharpe ratio, are seeking researchers for their real-time information flows team. This role aims to capitalize on the opportunity to react to market-moving events.</p><ul><li><b>Experience</b>: Background in extracting alpha from market-moving events.</li><li><b>Insight</b>: Familiarity with valuable sources, individuals, and topics to track.</li></ul><p><b>Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li><b>Brainstorming and Creating Alerts</b>:</li></ul><ul><li><b>Source Identification</b>: Constantly brainstorm additional sources for our real-time information (RTI) system.</li><li><b>Alert Optimization</b>: Optimize alerts based on precision/recall scores.</li><li><b>Event Calendar Maintenance</b>: Maintain a detailed calendar of material events.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Monitoring and Quality Assurance</b>:</li></ul><ul><li><b>Alert Management</b>: Enable, disable, and update alerts as market conditions change.</li><li><b>Review Process</b>: Review alerts to ensure they remain relevant and resilient.</li><li><b>Event Analysis</b>: Analyze and alert the firm to market-moving events.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Working with Technical Team</b>:</li></ul><ul><li><b>Product Development</b>: Direct product development of our real-time event detection and alerting system.</li><li><b>QA/UAT Testing</b>: Conduct QA/UAT and test all alerts and products to meet trading and research needs.</li></ul><p><b>Requirements</b></p><p><b>Experience & Knowledge</b>:</p><ul><li><b>Industry Background</b>: Prior experience in trading firms, hedge funds, market intelligence, or financial news organizations.</li><li><b>Market Understanding</b>: Deep understanding of real-time information flows and market dynamics.</li><li><b>Source Tracking</b>: Familiarity with tracking high-impact sources and topics.</li><li><b>Scoring Knowledge</b>: Knowledge of precision/recall scoring methods for alert optimization.</li></ul><p><b>Technical & Analytical Skills</b>:</p><ul><li><b>Source Integration</b>: Ability to identify and integrate new news sources into our RTI system.</li><li><b>Analytical Refinement</b>: Strong analytical skills to refine alerts based on market conditions.</li><li><b>Tool Experience</b>: Experience with alerting and monitoring tools, including setup and troubleshooting.</li><li><b>Collaboration Skills</b>: Collaboration with technical teams on product development.</li></ul><p><b>Operational & Communication Skills</b>:</p><ul><li><b>Detail Orientation</b>: High attention to detail for maintaining an accurate tabulation of market events.</li><li><b>Decision Making</b>: Ability to make quick decisions in high-pressure situations.</li><li><b>Communication Excellence</b>: Excellent communication skills to convey insights to traders and researchers.</li></ul><p><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li><b>Scripting Proficiency</b>: Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, SQL) for data analysis and automation.</li><li><b>Network Familiarity</b>: Strong network within the ecosystem and familiarity with key influencers and information channels.</li></ul><p>Get in touch with Sarah – [email protected] / +852 2315 9512</p> Salary: USD 72000 - 108000 per year Experience: 3 years required