Options Trader - Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland - Keyrock

Beschreibung

Options Trader - Digital Assets

Keyrock is expanding
Keyrock was founded in 2017 and has quickly grown from 3 to over 100 people today.

As an industry recognized liquidity provider and market maker, Keyrock is a leading European creator of algorithmic trading technologies in the digital asset space.

With VC backing including Series B investment from Ripple, a constantly expanding global client base, and revenues growth 13x in 2021, Keyrock is one of Belgium's fastest-growing fintech companies.

We're currently active on over 80 exchanges and count numerous marketplaces and asset issuers among our clients, including some of the best-known companies in the digital assets space.

Keyrock's beating heart is its technical team filled with crypto and DeFi natives, software engineers, digital scientists and academics, who themselves are supported by university professors, industry-leading experts and a strong management team.

Over the years Keyrock has become a company that is both idealistic and practical.


We are looking for an experienced Options Trader to help build out the desk, and service Options clients, offering a best in class solution.


Job description

• Exciting opportunity in a fastpaced and everevolving environment you will play a key role in the development and expansion of Keyrock's crypto options trading team
• Responsible for managing the risk and trading of the desk's options books
• Analysis of historical data to improve our trading and to develop new strategies
• We ensure that you have all the resources and support required to be successful in designing, deploying, and trading profitable positional marketmaking and relative value option strategies.

Background and experience

• An experienced options trader with successful experience(s) in TradeFi, DeFi and/or crypto trading
• At least 4 years' experience working in the trading industry, preferably trading and managing their own profitable options book
• Demonstrated knowledge of option market making, positional systematic trading, and/or any other option/derivative trading strategies
• A deep knowledge of option theory and option trading concepts
• Experience in researching, designing, and implementing option trading models and strategies
• An understanding of crypto markets and their dynamics is a plus

Competences and personality

• The capacity to code in an objectoriented language: Python (preferably), C#, C++, Java.
• An entrepreneurial approach to problem solving, a quick decision maker, and a thrive for learning and trying new things.
• Open to new concepts and ways of doing things while working in a collaborative yet driven environment.
• Fluent in English

Our recruitment philosophy

We believe the most important aspect of our recruitment process is self-awareness: we are looking for people who have a clear understanding of themselves and what they are looking for in their professional career.

That means that we expect to work with people who not only have the right skills, but who have also made the conscious decision to look for a company in our industry and with our characteristics.

An ideal team members is assertive and collaborative at the same time and has strong drive to generate robust results in a sustainable way.

Our offer

• A competitive salary package, including benefits that you choose and manage according to your needs and those of your family (car/bike, meal vouchers, health insurance, 25 days off, etc.)
• Complete autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence
• A ton of fun in a thriving and multicultural environment, with colleagues enjoying regular team building activities

As an employer we are committed to build an inclusive, diverse and non-discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creed and sexual orientation. We hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.