Senior Quant Engineer

ph3Overview /h3pArrakis aims to disrupt the current market-making industry by providing the infrastructure to enable every project in the world that wants to launch a token to benefit from non-custodial, trust-less, and automated on-chain market-making strategies. We believe in a world where every organisation, from a small startup to a large enterprise, will be tokenised and traded on-chain. For this world, Arrakis is building the tools to create the necessary liquidity to enable this token economy to rival and out-compete the traditional financial industry. /ppArrakis is expanding into a new area of bsystematic liquidity provision across advanced on-chain trading venues /b. This initiative focuses on markets where bderivatives, leverage, and high-frequency execution dynamics /b introduce a significantly more complex trading environment than traditional spot AMMs. We need a bSenior Quant Engineer /b (not a pure researcher, not a pure developer — someone who bridges both). /ph3Responsibilities /h3ullipDesign and build market-making engines, including pricing, quoting, inventory management, and hedging logic. /p /lilipDevelop and maintain real-time risk and exposure management systems, including limits, monitoring frameworks, and kill-switch mechanisms. /p /lilipOwn architectural decisions related to performance, scalability, and system resilience. /p /lilipCollaborate with on-chain and protocol teams to integrate trading logic into broader infrastructure. /p /lilipImprove tooling, workflows, and deployment safety to enable faster iteration without compromising control. /p /li /ulh3Requirements /h3ullipbOur ideal candidate has: /b /p /lilipDeep hands-on experience building order book market making strategies — specifically passive/maker-oriented, not aggressive taker strategies /p /lilipAbility to model, build, backtest, deploy, and iterate on such systems end to end /p /lilipCan articulate different market making model approaches (e.g. Avellaneda-Stoikov style math-based models vs. ML-based approaches) and their trade-offs in practice /p /lilipBased in or willing to relocate to Zürich area (3 days/week in office required) /p /li /ulh3Benefits /h3pJoin an amazing team of industry veterans focused on revolutionising web3 market making, collaborating with major projects like MakerDAO, Uniswap, Aave, Lido, operating fully remotely with members spanning Zug, Paris, New York, Berlin supported by world-class investors including Uniswap Labs, Robot Ventures, Accel, Longhash, and more. /ppbWhat we offer: /b /pullipCompetitive salary /p /lilipWork with the Founders in person, in Switzerland /p /lilipChance to travel the world to go to exciting events, connecting with key industry players /p /lilipJoin amazing in-person offsites all over the world /p /li /ul /p #J-18808-Ljbffr