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About the Role

DRW is seeking a senior investment professional to lead the design and implementation of derivative investment strategies and portfolio construction across crypto markets. This role requires deep options expertise combined with a holistic understanding of crypto trading, portfolio construction, asset allocation, and fiduciary responsibility, operating across OTC, CEX, and DeFi implementations.

Responsibilities

• Strategy design, mandate management, liquidity management, and fiduciary oversight.
• Design and implement options strategies (yield enhancement, hedging, vol capture, delta-neutral, structured products).
• Multi-venue execution (OTC, CEX, DeFi).
• Exotic/vanilla pricing expertise.
• Real-time Greeks management.
• Bespoke OTC structuring.
• Proprietary model development (pricing, implied vol, risk).
• Volatility forecasting frameworks.
• Backtesting and validation.
• Performance attribution.
• Ongoing academic/practitioner research engagement.
• DeFi yield and hedging opportunities.
• Smart contract risk assessment.
• On-chain data integration.
• Vault-based and AMM strategies.
• DeFi-specific risk monitoring.
• VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis, drawdown and liquidity monitoring.
• Counterparty credit risk.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Institutional-standard documentation.
• Mentoring junior team members.
• Fostering intellectual rigour.
• Contributing to operational infrastructure and scaling.

Requirements

• 10+ years in trading.
• Ideally 4+ years managing crypto portfolios.
• Proven options/derivatives track record.
• OTC, CEX & DeFi experience.
• Proficient programmer.
• Experience with quantitative libraries.
• Familiar with PMS/RMS/OMS platforms.
• Blockchain analytics tools.
• On-chain data sources.
• Smart contract mechanics.
• DeFi protocol evaluation.

Skills

• Options pricing theory
• Quantitative analysis
• Portfolio construction
• Asset allocation
• Fiduciary responsibility
• Options strategies
• Derivatives
• Crypto trading
• OTC
• CEX
• DeFi
• Quantitative programming
• Quantitative libraries
• PMS/RMS/OMS platforms
• Blockchain analytics tools
• On-chain data sources
• Smart contract mechanics
• DeFi protocol evaluation

Location

• Chicago

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• 10+ years in trading
• 4+ years managing crypto portfolios

Education Level

• Quantitative degree required (Maths, Physics, CS, Financial Engineering, Stats, Economics)
• Master's/PhD
• CFA/FRM/CQF advantageous

About the Company

• DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.
• We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
• Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.
• We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
• We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds.
• The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it.
• DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.