RTI Researcher (US Timezone) at nahc.io (Chicago, IL)
nahc.io· Chicago, IL·
Role details
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Job description
Our client is seeking researchers for our real-time information flows team. We believe there is an unexploited opportunity in crypto markets reacting to real-time market moving news.
What You Will Do
- Work with traders and researchers to identify potential news-driven trading opportunities.
- Maintain core themes updated by communicating material information.
- Maintain a detailed calendar of material events.
- Identify key sources of breaking news for all tracked themes.
- Work with developers to streamline the ingestion of key sources.
- Monitor content flows in real-time and alert traders, researchers to potential trading opportunities.
- Build high precision, recall automated alerts for themes of interest. Prioritize, enable, disable, and update alerts as market conditions change.
- Constantly review alerts to ensure they are relevant, robust, and resilient
- Direct product development of our real-time event monitoring and alerting system
- QA/UAT and test all releases of alerts and product to ensure they meet the firm’s high standards of quality.
What You Will Need
- Experience & Knowledge:
- Prior experience working in trading firms, hedge funds, market intelligence, or financial news organizations: experience in identifying and generating alpha from news.
- Deep understanding of real-time information flows and their impact in the price formation process.
- Familiarity with news dissemination, tracking high-impact sources, individuals, and topics in real-time.
- Familiarity with precision/recall scoring methods for optimizing alert systems.
- Technical & Analytical Skills:
- Experience using social media aggregation platforms such as X Pro (TweetDeck).
- Experience working with unstructured data, text analytics.
- Experience with market data, financial data charting, analytics.
- Proficiency in scripting, query languages, e.g., Python, Rust, SQL.
- Operational & Communication Skills:
- High attention to detail with the ability to keep track of various market themes simultaneously.
- Ability to make quick, informed decisions in high-pressure situations, including analyzing and reacting to critical market-moving events accurately.
- Excellent communication skills to articulate key insights and findings to traders and researchers.
Why work at nahc.io
- Culture & values: “People-first” ethos with a strong emphasis on ethical conduct, transparency, and long-term relationships. The team is small (4 people), offering direct mentorship from the founders.
- Growth opportunities: The firm “invests in our people through continuous skills training and new opportunities.” Internships are available for university students, providing hands-on experience mentored by founders.
- Work environment: Offices in Hong Kong (Sheung Wan) and Singapore (Vision Exchange). The Taipei role is listed as on-site. Remote/hybrid policy is not explicitly stated, but the company advises on remote hiring for clients.
- Unique perk: The company uses AI tools to support hiring (resume review, analysis) but notes that final decisions are made by humans – transparency in their own hiring process.
- Impact: As a small team, employees can directly shape the company’s growth and have a tangible impact on candidates’ careers and clients’ businesses.