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Trader (Technical/Quant)

The Institute of Free Technology (IFT) is a mission-driven tech startup studio that supports the development of open-source projects focused on safeguarding civil liberties in the digital age. They provide financial, technical, legal, and operational support to a portfolio of projects including Status, Logos, and Waku.

Institute of Free Technology

Employee count: 201-500

Salary: 80k-100k USD

Applications without a cover letter as stated above will not be considered.

The Institute of Free Technology is a startup studio with several internal startups laying the foundations for a freer internet upon which communities can evolve into network states.

We're seeking a Trader (or Quant with trading aspirations) to join our Investment team at IFT, focusing on liquid (listed) crypto markets. Traders begin by contributing to team strategies and dedicating time to developing their approach. Successful candidates can manage an allocated slice of our liquid token fund for 3-6 months (depending on demonstrated ability) while benefiting from the small but collaborative team of investment professionals.

The IFT Investment team

Manaes a portion of IFT’s Treasury capital, split into

  • passive strategies
  • active strategies, including a liquid token trading fund (where this role sits)

Investment Team Structure

  • Report to: Investment Manager
  • Team: Investment Manager + 2 other Associates (each focused on different areas; fundamental research, global macro)
  • Environment: Collaborative support, while maintaining strategy independence

Requirements (Please verify before applying!)

  1. Combined 3 years total trading experience across any of Personal trading, Traditional finance or Crypto markets.
  2. Experience in one or more:
    1. Directional trading (momentum, mean reversion, event-driven)
    2. Market-neutral strategies (basis trades, options, simple arbitrage)
    3. Other consistently profitable approaches across market cycles
  3. Minimum 3 years of Involvement interest in crypto, ideally trading/investing in your capacity
  4. Strategy backtesting experience (e.g. TradingView, Python, RealTest) trading approach aligned with our higher timeframe focus (0-7 trades monthly, executed on normal CEX accounts DEX’s)
  5. Bachelor's degree in Finance, Investments, or related field

Responsibilities

50% Team and Business support (we’re a small team and need to be hands-on with our own strategies)

  • Team project work e.g. Backtest indicators, and their impact on crypto majors. Create maintain a dashboard of live indicators, used by the investment team as data input for investment decisions across the treasury
  • Internal investment queries and analysis
  • Reporting on performance risk management for your own strategies
  • Internal operations setting up venues, accounts, wallets
  • Contribute to team investment debates around opportunities risks
  • Collaborate with the broader investment team to enhance fund performance

50% of your time on your own trading strategy implementation

  • Design, test and refine your trading strategies across crypto markets
  • Build out any systems, processes and skillsets required to improve your results
  • Generate consistent alpha while maintaining responsible risk management
  • Document your investment learnings and progress

Other responsibilities:

  • Maintain detailed trading records and performance metrics
  • Monitor and manage position risk and portfolio exposure
  • Provide regular performance and risk analytics
  • Contribute to team strategy discussions and market analysis

Hiring process

  1. Introduction call with the Talent team
  2. Interview with the Investment Analyst
  3. Interview with the CFO
  4. Paid project (2-3 hours of work)

Compensation Benefits

  • Competitive base pay $80-100k
  • A discretionary team bonus, tied to the Teams outperformance of ETH benchmarks.
  • Flexible autonomous role with the space support for you to build out your own strategy over 1 year
  • If your strategy can demonstrably earn alpha:
    • Discretionary capital allocation from 3-6months (based on demonstrated ability to outperform)
    • A high level of freedom to implement your own trading strategies (within risk operational limits)
    • An opportunity to build your own track record, as an asset for your future career.

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Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

Salary

Salary: 80k-100k USD

Location requirements

Open to candidates from all countries.

Hiring timezones

Worldwide

About Institute of Free Technology

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We are the Institute of Free Technology (IFT), a mission-driven tech startup studio that emerged from Status, which we, Jarrad Hope and Carl Bennetts, founded in 2017. Our initial goal with Status was to enable the free flow of information and protect the right to private, secure conversations. However, as we delved deeper, we recognized gaps in the existing infrastructure needed to fully realize these values. This realization led to an expansion of our project's scope and ultimately, the formation of IFT and the startups it now incubates. Our core mission is to support the development, adoption, and accessibility of solutions to digital age problems. We are guided by a strong set of principles: liberty, censorship resistance, security, privacy, and inclusivity. We actively seek to connect with and support innovators who are dedicated to defending our digital rights.

At IFT, we provide comprehensive support to take ideas from the drawing board to market. This includes financial backing, technical expertise, legal guidance, people operations, and brand-building assistance at every stage. We empower our startups to concentrate on their core strength: building public goods designed to safeguard civil liberties in the digital age. Our portfolio of open source projects is continually growing and currently includes prominent names like Status, Logos, Codex, Waku, Nimbus, Nomos, and Keycard. As a team, IFT has been completely distributed since its inception. We boast a strong core of over 220 contributors from diverse backgrounds, spread across the globe. We are deeply passionate about open source, and our organizational structure reflects this with minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours. We champion a high degree of autonomy, encouraging our team members to work independently while aligning with the organization's overarching priorities.

Employee benefits

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Co-working space

Access to co-working spaces is provided.

Unlimited vacation

We offer unlimited vacation to our contributors.

Entirely remote

Our team is completely distributed since inception.

Flexible working hours

Our organizational structure has minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours.

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Company size

201-500 employees

Founded in

2017

Chief executive officer

Jarrad Hope, Carl Bennetts

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