Acheron is a market maker holding a CASP license issued by the AFM in the Netherlands under MiCAr and with passporting in all EU countries.
Acheron provides liquidity services to digital asset issuers from their most embryonic stages and throughout their adoption cycle. It is our belief that market inefficiency is one of the factors preventing digital assets from achieving mass adoption.
We are looking for an inquisitive Quantitative Trading Research Intern to analyze on-chain data for latency and flow, research DeFi market-making primitives, deliver technical research and produce technical documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Primitive Research: Conduct deep-dive research into emerging on-chain market-making primitives, evaluating how decentralized protocols handle pricing, execution mechanics, and liquidity provision.
- On-Chain Data Analytics: Analyze massive on-chain datasets to evaluate, measure, and characterize metrics such as execution quality, latency constraints, and flow toxicity.
- Actionable Reporting: Synthesize complex data findings into crisp, written technical research papers and documentation that traders and core engineers can actively execute upon.
- Strategy Optimization: Collaborate with quantitative developers to refine algorithmic strategies based on your empirical cryptographic and market structure findings.
Bonus Points:
- Direct experience interacting with decentralized applications, or hands-on experience providing liquidity (LP'ing) on a Decentralized Exchange (DEX).
- Familiarity with the structural differences between EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) and Solana runtime architectures.
- Prior public-facing publications, research papers, GitHub repositories, or high-quality blog posts breaking down DeFi mechanisms or market structures.
Requirements:
- Academic Track: Currently pursuing an advanced or final-year degree (BSc, MSc, or PhD) in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Quantitative Finance, or a highly analytical equivalent.
- Technical Stack: Highly comfortable utilizing Python for complex data manipulation, statistical analysis, and quantitative research frameworks.
- Market Microstructure Foundations: Possess a solid foundational grasp of market microstructure principles, including bid-ask spreads, order book dynamics, inventory management, and adverse selection.
- Blockchain Literacy: A genuine, deep interest in how distributed ledgers, smart contracts, and consensus mechanisms work under the hood.
Our Recruitment Philosophy:
- Leadership, trustworthiness, and reputation are at the core of Acheron Trading's DNA. We seek individuals who are:
- Analytical thinkers capable of assessing and optimizing execution strategies
- Self-starters with the confidence to make informed trading decisions
- Trustworthy and accountable, ensuring reliability for colleagues and clients
- Committed to excellence, going above and beyond to uphold Acheron Trading's reputation
Our Offer:
- Competitive salary
- A clear pipeline toward a permanent, full-time role upon graduation
- The opportunity to work with one of the most innovative and fastest-growing trading firms in the industry
How to apply:
- Send your resume together with a brief introduction on yourself to [Confidential Information]
- Note: we do not work with middle-men recruiters, any hire should be direct.
