Quantitative Trading Analyst (Risk Architecture)

Location: Porto

Hybrid | Full-time

Compensation: $150K - $175K

Our client is a high-growth financial technology firm on a mission to democratize access to global markets. By leveraging blockchain technology, the organization is replacing traditional, opaque brokerage models with a transparent, permissionless trading stack. This infrastructure allows users with digital wallets to trade stocks, commodities, currencies, and digital assets with full transparency and verifiable, auditable code. Having secured over $27.9M in funding from premier venture capital firms—including General Catalyst, Jump, LocalGlobe, and Susquehanna (SIG)—the company is positioned at the forefront of the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) movement.

The organization is seeking a Quantitative Trading Analyst to architect and upgrade the risk management engine securing the protocol. This role serves as the critical bridge between Traditional Finance (TradFi) derivatives and DeFi market structures. The mandate involves rigorously quantifying protocol risk and designing systems that facilitate high-leverage trading of real-world assets while mathematically ensuring protocol solvency.

Key Responsibilities

**This position is contingent on contract award**

Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulting (FirstDiv) provides program management, acquisition, logistics, field service representative, explosive ordnance disposal, and personnel support services to Department of Defense and Federal Government Agencies. We are a Small Business Administration certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a Small Disadvantaged Business. If you are looking for a company who has an overall rating on Glassdoor of 4.8 and who puts their people first, then continue to read below and join the FirstDiv team!

FirstDiv is seeking an experienced a qualified Management Analyst II to collect, review, and analyze information in order to make recommendations to the Government. You will define the nature and extent of problems, analyze relevant data, which may include annual revenues, employment, cost performance, schedule or expenditures and interview managers and employees while observing their operations. For some projects, management analysts are retained to help implement the suggestions they have made.

Location: Point Loma, CA

Key Responsibilities:

**This position is contingent on contract award**

Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulting (FirstDiv) provides program management, acquisition, logistics, field service representative, explosive ordnance disposal, and personnel support services to Department of Defense and Federal Government Agencies. We are a Small Business Administration certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a Small Disadvantaged Business. If you are looking for a company who has an overall rating on Glassdoor of 4.8 and who puts their people first, then continue to read below and join the FirstDiv team!

FirstDiv is seeking an experienced a qualified Management Analyst II to collect, review, and analyze information in order to make recommendations to the Government. You will define the nature and extent of problems, analyze relevant data, which may include annual revenues, employment, cost performance, schedule or expenditures and interview managers and employees while observing their operations. For some projects, management analysts are retained to help implement the suggestions they have made.

Location: Point Loma, CA

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About Triaina (a Signal Venture):

Maritime transport, representing over 80% of global trade volume, faces substantial operational and financial risks. 

At Triaina, we develop advanced predictive models, leveraging proprietary data to empower bulk-shipping stakeholders with superior decision-making and trading performance.

Signal Ventures, the investment arm of Signal, is a specialized venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology startups and entrepreneurs in the shipping, logistics, mobility, and commodities sectors. With a track record of over 15 investments, 3 incubation projects, and successful exits for notable companies like OilX and nuTonomy, Signal Ventures is at the forefront of the industry.

About the role: 

As a Quantitative Researcher, you’ll drive the full predictive-modeling pipeline – from data acquisition and feature engineering through model training, live deployment and risk management. You’ll shape our quantitative trading infrastructure, developing advanced models for shipping derivatives to support high-stakes decisions with immediate real-world impact.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in modeling time-varying stochastic processes and decision-making under uncertainty with an entrepreneurial mindset.

We welcome experienced candidates ready to lead research initiatives, mentor peers, and drive the discovery of new alpha-generating strategies.

About Jobgether

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

One of our companies is currently looking for an Optimization Scientist in the United States.

We are seeking a highly analytical Optimization Scientist to drive innovation at the intersection of artificial intelligence, national defense, and commercial operations. This role focuses on developing advanced mathematical models and applying cutting-edge optimization techniques to solve complex, real-world problems. You will collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and domain experts, playing a hands-on role in building solutions that directly impact strategic outcomes. This is a fast-paced, flat team environment ideal for someone who thrives on autonomy, intellectual challenge, and purpose-driven work.

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