Algorithmic Quant Trader (Zurich)
About this job
Important: Please only apply if you are able to work on-site at our Zurich office every working day. This is a fully office-based role with no option for remote work. About G-20 G-20 Group is a cross-asset trading firm headquartered in Switzerland, trading delta-one and derivatives markets globally. We combine startup agility with institutional-grade experience in proprietary trading, technology, and quantitative finance. Role Overview We are seeking an Algorithmic Quant Trader to develop and optimize systematic market-making strategies across digital assets and, where applicable, traditional markets. The role is focused on building high-performance algorithms that continuously price liquidity, manage inventory and risk, and capture spread and microstructure opportunities across fragmented electronic markets. The successful candidate will have hands-on experience developing production market-making algorithms and a strong understanding of order books, execution, adverse selection, inventory management, and high-frequency market dynamics. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, and optimize systematic market-making and liquidity-provision algorithms across spot, futures, perpetuals, and other derivatives. • Develop dynamic quoting models incorporating spread optimization, inventory skew, volatility, liquidity, order-book dynamics, and adverse-selection risk. • Research market microstructure and identify opportunities to improve fill quality, capture spreads, and reduce execution costs and information leakage. • Build quantitative models for fair-value estimation, short-term price prediction, order placement, and inventory/risk management. • Backtest and simulate strategies using high-frequency tick and order-book data. • Analyze live strategy performance, including P&L attribution, fill rates, queue position, mark-outs, inventory, and execution quality. • Work closely with traders and engineers to deploy research into low-latency production trading systems. • Optimize strategies across multiple exchanges and liquidity venues, accounting for differences in fees, rebates, latency, market structure, and liquidity. • Develop automated risk controls and monitoring for market-making strategies. Requirements • Strong quantitative degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline. High-ranking universities preferred. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Demonstrable professional experience developing algorithmic market-making strategies in crypto, equities, futures, FX, or other highly electronic markets. • Deep understanding of market microstructure, limit-order books, execution algorithms, inventory management, and adverse selection. • Strong programming skills, preferably Python plus C++ and/or Rust. • Experience working with tick-level and order-book data and building quantitative research/backtesting frameworks. • Understanding of statistical modelling, optimization, time-series analysis, and quantitative risk management. • Experience taking strategies from research through backtesting and into live production. • Strong commercial mindset with the ability to connect quantitative research directly to trading performance. Preferred / Desirable Experience • Direct experience in crypto market making or liquidity provision across major centralized and/or decentralized venues. • Experience with high-frequency or low-latency trading systems. • Knowledge of cross-venue pricing, arbitrage, hedging, and inventory optimization. • Experience market making derivatives, particularly perpetual futures and options. • Proven track record of improving market-making strategy profitability, scalability, or execution quality. Right to work: This role is based in our Zurich office. Only candidates who reside in and who possess the pre-existing right to work in Switzerland without requiring company sponsorship need apply. Join G-20 Group and be a part of a team that is at the forefront of financial markets, driving innovation and excellence in the sector.