Quantitative Researcher

Firefly is a decentralized, orderbook-based exchange for financial products. You will be joining an experienced team at an early stage to develop infrastructure that will help bring millions to DeFi.

About Firefly

• We’re building cutting-edge, decentralized exchange infrastructure in our vision to advance derivatives trading, the largest market by trading volume
• Firefly is backed by Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, Cumberland DRW, Brevan Howard, Alliance and other leading investors

Our Culture

We are a team of doers that trust each other and value kindness. Our shared passion for learning and relentless drive to make everything better bring us together. We love what we do and are constantly trying new things with a bias to action and healthy debate.

What you will do

• Use your deep understanding of trading platforms and derivatives to make technology and design choices that drive business outcomes
• Work with the engineering and product team to design and test core exchange systems
• Identify and help develop new trading products, such as options, margin, and execution
• Own the performance and reliability of the exchange

What you will bring

• High initiaitive, founder mentality
• Experience designing systems that manage financial data, such as a trade order lifecycle from request to execution
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field
• Intermediate skills in at least one programming language (like C, C++, Java, or Python)

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity
• Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
• Annual ski trips, events, and travel
• Company paid co-working space/desk at an office
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance in US (stipend if remote)
• Take as much time off as you need to be productive
• Parental leave
• Stipend to set up your home office (4k display, desk, chair etc.)
• Latest productivity software like Notion and Linear

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