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The Group

Fidelity Digital Asset Management [FDAM] is building an investment platform offering digital asset products and services designed to meet the growing needs of Fidelity’s retail customers and intermediary and institutional clients. The Investment Implementation team is a collaborative group proficient in off-chain and on-chain market structure, trading, liquidity venues, reconciliation and risk management. The team will work closely with Research, Investment Operations, Data Science and Risk across topics such as portfolio construction, rebalancing, collateral management, technology infrastructure and automating processes.

The Role

The Digital Assets Trader will be an integral member of the FDAM team to manage investment strategies, develop the operating platform and communicate on market trends. The trading team is responsible for executing and maintaining the exposures necessary to express investment views, markets research, and development of quantitative trading strategies involving derivatives. This role will require an individual to assist in the day-to-day for current products while building the operating platform and research to facilitate new capabilities.

The Value You Deliver

• Deep market structure knowledge across crypto spot and derivatives, and off-chain vs on-chain execution (CLOB, AMMs, mempools).
• Manage the daily execution of digital asset funds and separate accounts.
• Collaborate with research and technology on development and implementation of long-only, risk-managed and market neutral strategies, including operational and risk systems to support the activity.
• Understand the downstream process of the trading desk (i.e. accounting, settlement, reconciliation) and communicate with the operations teams supporting those processes clearly and effectively to resolve daily issues.
• Understand the legal and compliance issues that surround our trading process and the products that we trade. Have a clear grasp on how compliance matters affect trading and understand the escalation process.

The Education & Experience You Bring

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in trading or quantitative investment functions. Direct experience trading on-chain, and interacting with smart contracts, preferred.
• Strong technical aptitude with demonstrated experience and knowledge of programming languages (Python, MATLAB, R) and SQL
• Experience with implementation of model-based investing strategies.
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, or a closely related field is preferred.

The Skills You Bring

• Ability to manage through day-to-day rigors of an operationally critical environment; obsessive attention to detail
• Collaborate across teams whose skill sets span operations, research, and risk management to systematize our approach to trading and risk management
• Communicate performance, risk, positioning, and rebalance metrics to ensure alignment with the Research team’s model portfolio
• Build data-based tools and workflows to further systematize our approach to trading and risk management
• Contribute to product development to improve client outcomes; high level of intellectual curiosity

The base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $165,000 per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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