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# Middle Office Business Analyst / Business Development Manager at Presto

- **Company:** Presto
- **Location:** Singapore
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-01-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/prestolabs/8a733d99-3216-4793-8bd3-001b583b4e17

## Job description

## About Presto

Founded in 2014, Presto is an algorithmic trading and financial services firm with a global presence. Presto focuses on delivering exceptional value for clients through a rigorous research-driven approach to investment and trade execution.

What is the role?

We are seeking a proactive professional to join our Middle Office team to engage actively with brokers, identify new trading avenues, and provide strategic feedback to our trading teams.

This is a newly created role intended to strengthen the firm’s ability to proactively source, evaluate, and execute business opportunities that support quantitative trading strategies, particularly in Chinese and broader Asian markets.

This position is ideal for a candidate with a strong background in brokerage and market structure who wants to move to the buy-side. You will play an offensive role, moving beyond traditional support to actively shape our trading setup, specifically focusing on navigating the complexities of the Chinese onshore/offshore markets and broader Asian equities.

The role sits at the intersection of trading, operations, risk, compliance, and external counterparties. You will work closely with traders, engineers, and senior management to design efficient trading setups, engage brokers and service providers, navigate regulatory and market structure constraints, and provide data-driven recommendations that directly impact capital allocation and trading efficiency.

This position is well-suited for a commercially minded professional with strong market knowledge, practical experience with Chinese onshore and offshore setups, and sufficient quantitative understanding to engage credibly with systematic trading teams.

## Responsibilities

- Strategic Broker Management: Lead the selection, onboarding, and management of brokers and trade counterparties. Negotiate fee structures and service level agreements to optimize capital allocation and reduce transaction costs;
- Market Access & Expansion: Spearhead the setup for new markets, with a specific focus on Chinese Onshore and Offshore setups. Navigate complex regulatory environments to ensure efficient and compliant market entry;
- Trading Setup Optimization: Collaborate with traders and engineers to optimize the IT and operational setup, ensuring low-latency connectivity and robust execution workflows;
- Proactive Opportunity Identification: Monitor market landscape changes and provide proactive feedback to the Front Office regarding new liquidity sources, regulatory changes, or structural arbitrage opportunities;
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the liaison between external partners (brokers, data vendors) and internal teams (Trading, Engineering, Risk) to deliver requirements for scalable business operations.

Required

- Approximately 5 years of relevant experience, preferably within large brokerage firms or proprietary trading firms;
- Strong hands-on experience with Chinese markets, including both onshore (e.g., A-shares, local derivatives) and offshore access models;
- Exposure to other Asian equity and derivatives markets is a strong plus;
- Fluent in both English and Chinese to effectively negotiate and navigate local market nuances;
- Familiarity with quantitative trading strategies, particularly high-turnover, leveraged, diversified, delta-neutral portfolios;
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to evaluate trade-offs between cost, risk, capacity, and operational complexity;
- Ability to communicate effectively with traders, engineers, compliance, and senior management;
- Understanding of the full trade lifecycle, including booking, reconciliation, and counterparty risk.

## Preferred

- Experience working with systematic or quantitative trading firms;
- Existing network across brokers, exchanges, or quantitative trading teams in China and Asia;
- Comfort working with data and basic scripting or analytical tools (e.g., Python, spreadsheets);
- Strong negotiation skills, intellectual honesty, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, flat-structure environment.

Note

- The job description provided is a general outline of the role and responsibilities. It is not intended to be exhaustive and may be subject to change based on the needs of the company.

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## About Presto

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Presto is a quantitative trading firm that builds automated trading systems fueled by data-driven analysis to provide liquidity, market making, and execution services across digital asset and traditional finance markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Singapore (primary office at 79 Robinson Road) and Dubai, UAE (multiple offices); operations also in Seoul, South Korea and Shanghai, China.
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Jaewon An and Yongwoon Cho

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Capital Markets / Algorithmic Trading
- **Target customers**: B2B – blockchain projects, cryptocurrency exchanges, institutional investors, and other financial market participants.
- **Mission statement**: "Combine engineering, mathematics, and science to navigate both digital asset and traditional finance markets with precision."

## Products & Services
- **High-Frequency Trading (HFT)**: Ultra-low-latency automated trading that receives market data and sends orders in microseconds, leveraging proprietary hardware and algorithms.
- **Market Making**: Provides liquidity to exchanges by quoting bid-ask spreads, contributing to market stability.
- **Portfolio Management**: Long-term, data-driven portfolio strategies built on robust statistical research and reliable data storage.
- **OTC Execution**: Over-the-counter trading services for large block orders, offering liquidity and execution for blockchain projects.
- **Proprietary Trading Platform**: In-house built low-latency trading platform that is continuously optimized for speed, reliability, and scalability.
- **Risk Management System**: Real-time monitoring and enforcement of risk parameters on all orders.
- **Ultra-Realistic Simulation**: In-house market simulators used to research and validate predictive models before live trading.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at USD 5.3 million (source: LinkedIn). Total funding not disclosed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors publicly listed; cooperates with multiple exchanges worldwide for liquidity provision.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Executes over 100 million trades daily.
  - Headcount of approximately 70–90 employees (conflicting reports: LinkedIn shows 70 with -100% YoY growth; another LinkedIn profile shows 89 with -7.3% YoY). The negative growth may reflect restructuring or data discrepancies.
  - Active job postings (1 as of latest data), but down 66.7% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary low-latency trading platform** built entirely in-house, giving full control over performance and customization.
- **Ultra-realistic market simulators** that allow rigorous backtesting and model validation before deployment.
- **Data-centric approach**: Every trade is preceded by strict data sanitization and cross-validation, removing human bias.
- **Integrated risk management** that monitors trades in real time, ensuring all orders stay within agreed risk parameters.
- **Multidisciplinary team** combining engineering, mathematics, and science to tackle complex financial problems.

## Strategic Focus
- Continuously improving the speed, reliability, and scalability of the proprietary trading platform.
- Expanding into new markets and asset classes (both digital and traditional).
- Strengthening relationships with exchanges to enhance liquidity provision.
- Attracting top engineering and research talent to maintain a competitive edge in algorithmic trading.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Agile, fast-paced environment where bold ideas are quickly implemented. Collaboration with world-class engineers and researchers is central.
- **Work Model**: On-site roles in Singapore, South Korea, and Dubai. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated.
- **Employee Ratings**: 4.4/5 on LinkedIn (20 reviews) – Compensation rated 4.6, Culture 4.1, Career 4.4, Work-Life 4.3.
- **Notable Perks**: Not detailed, but the firm emphasizes intellectual challenge, rapid iteration, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge trading systems.
- **Engineering Focus**: Engineers work on low-latency systems, data pipelines, simulation, and risk management – a strong fit for those passionate about performance and quantitative finance.

## Sources
1. [prestolabs.io](https://www.prestolabs.io/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/presto-official](https://linkedin.com/company/presto-official)
3. [linkedin.com/company/prestolabs](https://linkedin.com/company/prestolabs)
4. [builtinsingapore.com](https://builtinsingapore.com/company/presto-labs-prestolabsio)
5. [jobs.lever.co/prestolabs](https://jobs.lever.co/prestolabs)

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