Crypto Trader Job Description Template

The crypto trader takes positions in digital assets across centralised and decentralised venues. The market operates continuously, fragments liquidity across many venues and carries operational risks that traditional markets do not, including custody, bridge failures and exchange insolvency. The role therefore combines market judgment with an unusual amount of operational discipline.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Trade digital assets across spot, perpetual and derivatives markets
• Manage positions, leverage and liquidation risk continuously
• Monitor liquidity and pricing across centralised and decentralised venues
• Execute across multiple exchanges and manage the resulting inventory
• Manage custody, transfers and bridge risk operationally
• Track funding rates, basis and cross venue arbitrage opportunities
• Monitor on chain activity, flows and protocol events affecting positions
• Maintain risk limits and stop discipline in a market that never closes
• Analyze performance and attribute profit and loss accurately
• Follow protocol governance and events that materially affect holdings

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

• 2+ years trading digital assets with capital at risk
• Understanding of perpetual futures, funding and liquidation mechanics
• Familiarity with both centralised exchanges and decentralised venues
• Operational discipline around custody, keys and transfers
• Ability to manage risk in a continuously trading market
• Proficiency with Python or a comparable tool for analysis
• Understanding of on chain data and how to read it
• Composure during extreme volatility

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with market making or systematic execution
• Prior experience in traditional markets