[Hiring] Trading and Liquidity Strategy Lead @Quidax Technologies Ltd
Job at a glance
Role Description We're looking for a hands-on Trading and Liquidity Strategy Lead who understands crypto markets from doing the work. You know how to read an Order Book, find liquidity, manage a position and explain what a trade actually earned after costs. You'll help make sure customers can trade at competitive prices, with enough liquidity and reliable execution. That matters whether they're using Instant Swap, trading on our Order Book, working with the OTC Desk or building on our APIs.
A big part of your role will be looking at our markets and asking: "Can someone actually trade at that price?" "Why is liquidity thinning out?" "What are we earning after costs, and what risk are we carrying?" You'll report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). We want someone who spots problems early, makes sound trading decisions and follows through until things work better.
What You’ll Be Owning Keep Our Markets Healthy Monitor spreads, Order Book depth, fill rates, time to fill and slippage across our core pairs, especially USDT/NGN. Investigate stale quotes, one-sided liquidity and unusual price moves. Compare our pricing with executable prices on relevant markets. Know when a local premium makes sense and when our own quotes need attention. Find Liquidity & Execute Well Source and execute trades through approved exchanges and counterparties.
Support liquidity and execution for the OTC Desk and our trading products. Assess cross-exchange and arbitrage opportunities after trading fees, slippage, funding and transfer costs. Make Pricing & Market Making Work Better Review our quotes and spreads against market conditions, inventory and the full cost of execution. Work with market makers and liquidity providers on reliable two-sided quotes.
Check whether liquidity partners are improving execution. Stay on Top of Positions & Risk Track trading inventory, open orders, unsettled trades and counterparty exposure. Execute approved hedges and rebalancing trades within agreed limits. Investigate differences rather than carrying them forward unexplained. Turn Market Insight into Better Operations Give the CFO a clear view of market health, execution costs, P&L and emerging risks.
Work with Product and Engineering on price checks, liquidity alerts and trading tools. Document trading decisions, incident responses and handovers. Within your first 3 months, we'd like you to: Understand our trading flows, liquidity sources, positions and controls well enough to operate confidently within your mandate. Establish a baseline for spreads, depth, fill rates, slippage and trading costs across priority pairs.
Identify the biggest gaps in pricing, liquidity or execution and agree an action plan with the CFO. Deliver at least one measurable improvement in execution quality, net spread or liquidity availability without increasing exposure beyond agreed limits. Put practical monitoring, escalation and handover routines in place with the relevant teams. Biggest Challenges You’ll Tackle Knowing what's really executable.
Keeping up with local and global markets. Balancing price, profit and risk. Acting quickly without cutting corners. Fixing the cause. What We’re Looking For You've executed and managed crypto trades across multiple exchanges. You've been accountable for trading positions, execution quality and P&L. You understand Order Book mechanics, Maker and Taker fees, order types, slippage, market impact and inventory risk in practice.
You're familiar with NGN/stablecoin markets and can explain how local liquidity affects pricing. You're comfortable working with liquidity providers and counterparties. You can use spreadsheets and trading data to calculate costs and check P&L. You stay calm when markets move, communicate clearly and raise problems early. Experience with exchange APIs, SQL, Python or trading automation is a plus.
Reporting Line You'll report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and work closely with the Markets Operations team, Treasury Ops, Finance, Product, Engineering and Compliance. Why Quidax? This isn’t just a leadership role, it’s a chance to shape the future of crypto in Africa and beyond. What’s In It For You Competitive salary based on your skills and experience; annual merit-based reviews.
Annual performance reviews + clear promotion cycles. Personal development fund (courses, books, conferences); study leave. Fully remote forever + flexible working hours. Unlimited paid time off + Nigerian national holidays. Parental, sick, compassionate, and life event leave. Quarterly remote team hangouts + annual offsite. Health & life coverage in select locations.