DeFi Quant Analyst

Design, implement, and manage algorithmic market‑making strategies for on‑chain markets. Combine quantitative modelling, strategy design, and on‑chain risk management.

Curaga AG builds advanced blockchain and Web3 infrastructure for decentralized exchanges, liquidity protocols, and institutional‑grade trading systems. Our platform enables companies to deploy and manage algorithmic market‑making strategies on‑chain with automated risk controls and deep analytics.

Our team includes the inventors of the Liquidity Book protocol (DLMM) and operators of top DEX with over $50B annual volumes served.

You will drive the creation of our in‑house market‑making strategy, develop liquidity strategies, run simulations, and monitor real‑time inventory, exposure, and system performance.

• Build algorithmic market‑making strategies for on‑chain DEXs (Uniswap v3 / v4, Liquidity‑Book AMMs, CLMMs)
• Develop models for spread optimization, quoting logic, volatility forecasts, and inventory balancing
• Create simulations, backtests, scenario‑ and stress‑testing frameworks

• Design and monitor risk‑control systems (inventory limits, delta exposure, slippage, volatility shocks)
• Build detection systems for MEV risk, sandwiching, oracle issues, chain congestion, and smart‑contract anomalies
• Maintain production alerting for off‑chain bots and on‑chain positions

• Perform on‑chain data analysis (historical volumes, depth, LVR, LP profitability, liquidity‑book parameters)
• Develop dashboards with real‑time metrics: spreads, fills, inventory, fees, P&L attribution
• Work with engineers to integrate algorithms into off‑chain automation & smart‑contract layers

• Partner with engineering teams for bot execution, monitoring, and deployment
• Work with product to tune strategies for B2B clients deploying on our platform
• Share insights on on‑chain trading structure, liquidity efficiency, and DeFi trends

• 2–7 years in quantitative trading, systematic strategies, or market‑making (crypto or Trad Fi)
• Must have experience building on‑chain dashboards, e.g. Dune
• Strong coding skills:
  Python required; familiarity with Type Script, SQL, Rust / Go a plus
• Solid understanding of DeFi protocols (e.g., Uniswap v3 / v4, Curve, Liquidity Book, CLMMs)
• Experience with back‑testing frameworks and simulation environments
• Strong grasp of risk management for trading systems (inventory, exposure, tail events)
• Experience with on‑chain data analytics (Dune, The Graph, or custom pipelines)
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced technical environment

• Experience building execution bots or smart‑contract interactions
• Rust experience for performance‑critical components
• Familiarity with MEV, block structure, order‑flow auctions
• Experience working in a DeFi protocol or market‑maker

• Competitive Zürich Salary Market‑rate compensation in one of the world's top financial hubs
• Hybrid Work Hybrid or on‑site work in Zürich (preferred)
• Equity Upside Equity / token upside aligned with project performance