Head of Trading & Market Structure

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Join Grove Labs as Head of Trading & Market Structure, responsible for developing trading activities and risk management in decentralized finance. Oversee market participation across centralized and on-chain venues with a focus on delta-neutral strategies.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Expertise in managing delta-neutral vaults and executing strategies across centralized and decentralized finance, with a strong focus on risk management, performance quantification, and operational discipline. Proficient in utilizing data-driven approaches for trade selection, sizing, and collateral optimization.

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Derivatives Portfolio ManagementPnL AttributionCrypto Market MicrostructurePython for Analysis and AutomationOperational Discipline

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Hard Skills

Delta-Neutral StrategiesTrade SelectionRisk FrameworksCollateral OptimizationPerformance QuantificationMargin ModelsIncident ManagementReconciliationsNAV/PnL ChecksDocumentation

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipStructured Thinking

Tools & Technologies

Exchange APIsWebSocketsFIX ProtocolDashboardsAlerts

Industry Keywords

CryptoCeFiDeFiCash & CarryFunding CaptureFutures RollsCross-Venue LiquidityADL RisksOperational QuirksVault Infrastructure

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the basis book: define trade selection, sizing, guardrails, and maintain near-zero net delta.
Choose the best hedges (dated futures vs perps vs forwards), and manage term structure, rolls, and funding-rate regimes with clear attribution.
Execute across venues (CME, regulated venues, major CEX/DEX), managing routing, slippage control, and incident playbooks.
Optimize collateral & financing across USD, stablecoins, and liquid RWAs (e.g., T-bill wrappers), balancing yield, haircuts, and liquidity.
Define strategy parameters and risk inputs for delta-neutral vaults on decentralized infrastructure, turning internal strategies into on-chain products with defined risk/return profiles.
Work with engineering to specify vault logic, allocation rules, rebalancing cadence, fee structures, and risk limits; ensure robust implementations.
Monitor vault health end-to-end: TVL, utilization, yield vs targets, model deviations, and interactions between on-chain and off-chain hedging.
Establish and maintain controls: real-time delta tracking, margin buffers, kill switches, circuit breakers, and alerting for 24/7 markets.
Quantify performance: daily PnL (carry/funding, costs, slippage), stress tests, capacity analysis, and vault-level risk reporting.
Coordinate with engineering, risk, operations, legal/compliance, custody/prime partners, and vault infrastructure partners; maintain documented runbooks and audit-ready processes.
Continuously refine execution models, collateral routing, data-driven sizing, and vault designs to improve net capture after frictions and fees.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven derivatives PM/trader with 3–5+ years running cash & carry / basis / funding capture in crypto or a related role in TradFi.
Demonstrated PnL attribution for a delta-neutral book and a clear risk framework with limits, scenarios, drawdown controls.
Crypto market-microstructure fluency: perps funding mechanics, futures rolls, cross-venue liquidity, margin models, ADL/clawback risks, and exchange operational quirks.
Execution + data tooling: hands-on Python for analysis and automation; comfort with exchange APIs/WebSockets/FIX; building dashboards/alerts.
Operational discipline: reconciliations, NAV/PnL checks, custody/wallet operations, counterparty underwriting, incident management, and documentation.
Communication & leadership: crisp writing, structured thinking, and the ability to drive decisions across risk, engineering, and operations.
Comfort operating at the intersection of CeFi and DeFi, routing capital between centralized venues and on-chain vaults, understanding risk and operational implications of both.

Benefits

Comp & perks

An opportunity to push the frontier of on-chain capital markets with institutional partners and to scale delta-neutral strategies to >$1bn in managed assets.
Competitive compensation including salary, equity, token, and carry.
High-ownership environment with direct impact on product roadmap and commercialization.
Remote-first culture with bases in NYC, Miami, and Central Europe and opportunities for travel to team events and conferences.
A culture that blends rigorous risk management with fast, thoughtful execution.