[Hiring] Trading Operations Lead @Gauntlet

Role Description

Gauntlet is looking for a Trading Operations Lead based in APAC to help oversee our vaults and trading strategies during Asian market hours.

• Work closely with strategy and curation teams, monitoring live strategies, investigating alerts, and responding to market movements.
• Help build consistent coverage across timezones with someone based in APAC who can take ownership when issues arise.
• Ensure vaults and trading strategies operate safely and effectively during APAC hours.
• Monitor live strategies, respond to incidents, and support new vault and strategy launches, especially during increased market activity.
• Act as a technical point of contact for partners across Asia, explaining vaults and strategies, understanding partner requirements, and exploring opportunities for strategy expansion.
• Communicate comfortably in both Mandarin and English.
• Bring practical experience in live markets and understand how trading strategies operate.
• Follow market developments closely and respond effectively when issues arise.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience working directly with live financial markets, ideally in trading operations, execution, or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of market dynamics and trading strategies.
• Ability to recognize unusual market behavior and understand potential implications.
• Active follower of crypto and traditional financial markets.
• Good judgment under pressure and confidence to investigate issues independently.
• Strong technical aptitude to understand trading strategies.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience working across teams.
• Business fluency in both Mandarin and English.

Requirements

• Experience with DeFi protocols, onchain trading, or digital asset strategies (nice to have).
• Experience working directly with institutional clients or partners in a technical capacity (nice to have).
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, or other tools used for data analysis and monitoring (nice to have).

Benefits

• Remote first work environment.
• Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk.
• 100% paid medical & dental.
• $1,000 WFH stipend.
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data.
• Unlimited vacation.
• Salary range: $120,000 - $140,000 a year.
• National pay range for this role is $120,000 – $145,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential and equity.