About UpholdUphold is a financial technology company that believes on-chain services are the future of finance.
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We provide modern infrastructure for on-chain payments, banking and investments.
Offering Consumer Services, Business Services and Institutional Trading, Uphold makes pioneering financial services easy and trusted for millions of customers in more than 140 countries.Uphold integrates with over 30 trading venues, including centralized and decentralized exchanges, to deliver superior liquidity and optimal execution.
Uphold never loans out customer assets and is always 100% reserved.
The company pioneered radical transparency and uniquely publishes its assets and liabilities every 30 seconds on a public website (Transparency Page).Uphold strips away the complexity to open up Web3 finance for everyone.To learn more about Uphold, please visit .Job SummaryWe are looking for a finance-oriented Senior Software Engineer to join our Trading Strategies team.
This role is at the intersection of quantitative finance and software engineering, where you will be responsible for building the core of our trading operation.
You will design, implement and maintain the pricing models and automated trading strategies that drive our profitability.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your software and quantitative skills to solve complex financial problems in the dynamic world of cryptocurrency markets.If you are excited by algorithmic strategy development, market microstructure and building sophisticated models that perform at scale, we would love to talk to you.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesDesigning, developing and implementing quantitative trading strategies, including market-making, arbitrage and algorithmic execution using Golang and Python.Building and maintaining sophisticated pricing models for a wide range of digital assets.Developing and enhancing our backtesting and market simulation frameworks to rigorously validate strategy performance and risk characteristics.Working closely with traders and quantitative researchers to translate trading ideas into robust, production-ready code.Contributing to the systems that manage strategy configuration, deployment and real-time parameter tuning.Analysing strategy performance metrics and market data to identify opportunities for improvement and new alpha generation.Required Qualifications and SkillsBSc or advanced degree in a quantitative field like Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or Engineering.5+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in a financial trading environment (e.g.
hedge fund, prop trading firm, or investment
Senior Software Engineer, Strategy Development in Kennington employer: Uphold
Optimus is an excellent employer for those seeking a rewarding career in the fintech sector, offering a vibrant work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide ample opportunities for professional development and advancement, all while being part of a forward-thinking team in the heart of the UK. Our commitment to security and excellence, combined with our expansion into Europe, makes this an exciting time to join us.
