Digital Assets Quantitative Trader

Job Description:

The Group

Fidelity Digital Asset Management [FDAM] is building an investment platform offering digital asset products and services designed to meet the growing needs of Fidelity's retail customers and intermediary and institutional clients. The Investment Implementation team is a collaborative group proficient in off-chain and on-chain market structure, trading, liquidity venues, reconciliation and risk management. The team will work closely with Research, Investment Operations, Data Science and Risk across topics such as portfolio construction, rebalancing, collateral management, technology infrastructure and automating processes.

The Role

The Digital Assets Quantitative Trader will be an integral member of the FDAM team as a crypto derivatives specialist to expand the team's capabilities. The trading team is responsible for executing and maintaining the exposures necessary to express investment views, markets research, and development of quantitative trading strategies involving derivatives. This role will require an individual to assist in the day-to-day for current products while building the operating platform and research to facilitate new capabilities and structured products.

The Value You Deliver

• Manage the daily execution of digital asset funds and separate accounts.
• Collaborate with research and technology on development and implementation of risk-managed and market neutral strategies, including operational and risk systems to support the activity.
• Understand the downstream process of the trading desk (i.e. accounting, settlement, reconciliation) and communicate with the operations teams supporting those processes clearly and effectively to resolve daily issues.
• Understand the legal and compliance issues that surround our trading process and the products that we trade. Have a clear grasp on how compliance matters affect trading and understand the escalation process.
• Collaborate with Research, Operations and Risk teams to build tools to be used in the trading process.

The Education & Experience You Bring

• 4+ years of experience in researching and trading futures/perps, volatility or options-based strategies.
• Ability to code and create scripts using Python/Pandas/SQL to build data-based tools and workflows to further systematize our approach to trading and risk management.
• Experience with implementation of model-based investing strategies.
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, or a closely related field is encouraged.
• Obsessive attention to detail.
• High level of intellectual curiosity.
• Deep understanding of the digital asset ecosystem is a plus.

The base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $165,000 per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate's relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.

Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to [email protected].