Quant Developer

Gauntlet is hiring a Quant Developer to own quantitative strategies end-to-end, from research and backtesting through implementation, deployment, monitoring, and live operation. The role requires strong Python, quantitative modeling, production engineering, and risk-management skills. Deep crypto experience is not required, but curiosity about digital assets and DeFi is expected.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship vault strategies from thesis and design through implementation, simulation, deployment, and live operation.
• Optimize signals, execution, gas-aware rebalancing, liquidity, and duration management.
• Perform due diligence on protocols, collateral assets, and chains.
• Own risk parameters, exposure models, concentration limits, and automated de-risking logic.
• Build and validate adapters for lending markets, DEX aggregators, bridges, and other protocols.
• Extend monitoring and alerting systems and participate in the on-call rotation.
• Support vault and strategy launches with growth, capital markets, and client teams.

Requirements

• 2–8 years of experience building quantitative systems in production, such as algorithmic trading, portfolio optimization, market making, or risk systems.
• Strong Python and solid software-engineering fundamentals, including testing and code review.
• Applied skills in optimization, statistics, and simulation.
• SQL and experience building or consuming data pipelines.
• Experience debugging live systems and owning production reliability, monitoring, and recoverability.
• Clear technical communication.
• Hands-on DeFi experience is a bonus, not a requirement.
• Deep crypto experience is not required; curiosity about digital assets and DeFi is expected.

Benefits

• Remote-first work from anywhere in the US and Canada.
• Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country office-visit perk.
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums.
• $1,000 work-from-home stipend.
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data.
• Unlimited vacation.
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Fertility benefits.
• Opportunity for incentive compensation.
• $175,000–$200,000 annual base salary plus on-target earnings potential and equity.