Staff Quantitative Engineer - Markets & Index Design

Staff Quantitative Engineer (Onchain Market Primitives)

Location: Remote - US remote preferred, open to Europe for strong candidates

Compensation: Competitive

About the Company We are building a foundational layer for perpetual markets centered on onchain economic activity. Instead of pricing speculative assets or narratives, our platform allows traders and autonomous agents to take directional exposure to the growth or decay of the onchain economy—including protocols, infrastructure, and capital flows. Our markets are deployed directly into the Hyperliquid ecosystem, with discovery and execution optimized through a dedicated application suite. This is early, foundational work at the intersection of quantitative finance, crypto market structure, and onchain data systems.

Role Overview We are seeking a Staff Quantitative Engineer to own the design and evolution of our core market primitives. This is not a research-only or support role; you will own markets end-to-end, from first-principles design and specification to post-launch iteration based on real trading behavior. As a technical lead and thought partner to the founders, you will set the standard for how we design indexes, oracles, and market integrity systems.

What You’ll Own

• End-to-End Market Design: Design new perpetual markets that price onchain activity. You will define the economic signals, how they are measured onchain, and how they translate into tradable indexes.
• Index & Oracle Architecture: Specify methodologies that are manipulation-resistant, cost-to-attack positive, and hedgeable for market makers.
• Market Integrity & Risk: Identify manipulation vectors and design mechanical protections (caps, smoothing, decay) to ensure markets behave sensibly under adversarial conditions.
• Technical Leadership: Set the direction across quant research and data engineering, working closely with founders and infrastructure partners to define our technical roadmap.

Requirements

• Quantitative Excellence: A strong foundation in Math, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Product Ownership: Proven experience designing or owning indexes, signals, trading metrics, or complex financial data products.
• Technical Proficiency: High proficiency in Python and comfort writing performant, production-grade code.
• Crypto-Native Knowledge: Deep understanding of DeFi, perpetuals, and onchain data systems (EVM or non-EVM).
• Systems Thinking: Strong intuition for incentives, game theory, and adversarial systems. You must be able to explain why a design works through clear, written thinking.
• Execution: Ability to lead ambiguous, "greenfield" projects from concept to launch without an established framework.
• Note: You do not need to write smart contracts, but you must understand onchain execution and fee mechanics.

Benefits

• Define a New Category: Your decisions will directly shape liquidity formation and how the onchain economy itself is priced.
• Architectural Authority: This role carries real decision-making power over the core infrastructure, not just implementation tasks.
• High-Impact Environment: Work at the foundational level of the Hyperliquid ecosystem during a high-growth phase.
• Remote-First Culture: Collaborate with a lean, elite team of founders and engineers in a flexible, results-oriented environment.
• Competitive Compensation: Robust salary and equity packages befitting a foundational, staff-level hire.

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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