--- title: 'Quantitative Researcher at Midpoint Markets' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/quantitative-researcher-midpoint-markets-san-francisco-0e4a84qr7f1x' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Quantitative Researcher at Midpoint Markets - **Company:** Midpoint Markets - **Location:** San Francisco, CA / Japan / Australia / New Zealand / South Korea / Singapore / United Arab Emirates / Israel / Europe - **Posted:** 2025-10-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/midpointmarkets/jobs/4955603008 ## Job description ## About Us We’re a proprietary trading firm building systematic quantitative strategies in crypto. Since 2018, we’ve been a consistent liquidity provider across major venues- helping markets become more efficient and mature, while staying comfortable operating at the frontier as market structure evolves. Our core strategies span market-making, HFT, and statistical arbitrage. We’re a team of engineers, technologists, researchers, and traders who build end-to-end systems: robust data and research pipelines to uncover edges, and low-latency infrastructure and execution software to capture them in production. We trade at scale (~$1B in daily notional volume) in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly competitive environment. We’re looking for the brightest, most driven people to join us- collaborative problem-solvers who want ownership, impact, and the chance to work with a team that brings 100+ years of collective quantitative finance experience. ## About the position As a quantitative researcher, you will scale our strategies to new markets and pioneer new alpha-generating frameworks from the ground up. Key job responsibilities include: - Analyze large datasets to research crypto signals - Build, back test, and refine trading and hedging strategies across exchanges - Monitor and analyze model performance in live trading to come up with improvement ideas - Adapt existing strategies to new exchanges and crypto products - Conduct research in niche market forces to improve our trading performance ## What We Look For We are seeking mission-driven problem solvers who possess intellectual curiosity and analytical rigor required to navigate complex, real-time problems in high-stakes trading environments. The ideal candidate will have: - Significant experience required in financial markets, cryptocurrencies, crypto assets, and decentralized finance - Deep understanding of varying crypto market microstructure and macrostructure - Exceptional quantitative and problem-solving skills - Strong team player with excellent communication skills - Ability to use advanced statistics, machine learning models to solve practical problems - Prior experience working in a data-driven role ## Benefits - Fully paid medical and dental insurance for all employees and dependents - Competitive 401k match and generous wellness benefits. - Meals at work and other perks. Location We prefer in-person in San Francisco. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. ## About Midpoint Markets ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: A proprietary systematic trading firm that applies quantitative research and technology to provide liquidity and efficient markets in cryptocurrency. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Daniel Cohen-Wang ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial Services – Quantitative Trading & Market Making in Digital Assets - **Target customers**: B2B – cryptocurrency exchanges, institutional counterparties; the firm trades its own capital (proprietary trading) - **Mission or purpose statement**: To solve complex challenges in cryptocurrency trading using a systematic and quantitative approach, delivering innovative, rigorous, and practical solutions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. ## Products & Services - **Quantitative Research**: Developing proprietary models and strategies through data analysis and statistical modeling. - **Systematic Trading**: Automated execution of trading strategies across multiple timeframes and markets. - **Market Making**: Providing continuous liquidity and tight spreads across major crypto exchanges and trading venues. - **Risk Management**: Real-time monitoring and control systems to manage portfolio risk and preserve capital. - **Technology Infrastructure**: Building and maintaining reliable trading systems, data pipelines, and execution platforms for crypto markets. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue estimated between $1,000,000 – $5,000,000 (LinkedIn estimate) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm works closely with most of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges (no specific names disclosed). Team includes senior personnel from top quantitative trading and market making firms in traditional finance. - **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2018 by a small team of UC Berkeley students; has grown to an established firm with global operations. Current headcount of 9 employees (LinkedIn, -6.7% YoY change). Monthly web traffic ~550 visits. The firm actively hires for research, development, and trading roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **Systematic, quantitative approach**: Combines scientific rigor with proprietary models to compete in fast-moving crypto markets. - **Deep exchange relationships**: Provides liquidity on most of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. - **Experienced team**: Over 100 years of combined quantitative trading experience, with senior hires from top traditional finance quant firms. - **Technology-first culture**: Systems built from the ground up by world-class engineers, emphasizing high-performance distributed systems. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding trading strategies to new markets and products. - Scaling and automating research processes and trading operations. - Maintaining a lean, high-impact team that bridges research, development, and live trading. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Dynamic, fast-paced, and highly competitive environment focused on solving challenging problems in crypto trading. - **Work Model**: Remote workspace (per Built In profile). - **Team**: Small, tight-knit group of scientists, engineers, and traders. Opportunity to have outsized impact. - **Compensation**: Salary ranges from LinkedIn data: Trading Analyst ~$106,000/year, Software Engineer ~$139,949/year. - **Career Growth**: Roles span research, development, and trading – employees gain exposure to the full lifecycle of quant trading. - **Notable**: The firm actively seeks exceptional talent and accepts unsolicited resumes even if no exact role is listed. ## Sources 1. [midpointmarkets.com](https://www.midpointmarkets.com/) 2. [midpointmarkets.com/about](https://www.midpointmarkets.com/about) 3. [midpointmarkets.com/careers](https://www.midpointmarkets.com/careers) 4. [LinkedIn – Midpoint Markets](https://www.linkedin.com/company/midpoint-markets) 5. 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