About the Role
Altitude Development Partners is hiring a Quant Researcher and Strategy Developer for our DeFi hedge fund: a strong programmer with a research mindset and a solid grasp of finance.
You will come up with strategy ideas on your own, work out their economics, test them, and get them into production. The role runs from the first hypothesis all the way to live code.
Key Responsibilities
- Originate strategy ideas: Identify profitable opportunities across DeFi and work out how, and why, each one generates return.
- Economic analysis: Gather on-chain and market data to calculate real returns after fees, borrowing costs, slippage, and gas.
- Hypothesis testing: Check your assumptions, stress-test weak spots, and systematically iterate and improve strategy parameters.
- Production engineering: Write high-performance code to automate strategies, interact with smart contracts, and take models into live production.
- Protocol deep-dives: Dig into novel DeFi protocols and financial products, dissecting mechanics and backing up conclusions with defensible quantitative arguments.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Deep understanding of DeFi: You know how automated market makers, lending pools, and yield protocols work under the hood, where yield originates, what systemic risks sit behind it, and when a strategy works or fails.
- Solid grounding in traditional finance: Bonds, yield curves, interest rates, lending, derivatives, and arbitrage mechanics, with clear intuition for how these concepts transfer to digital asset markets.
- Strong programming skills: Solid experience with Solidity or systems programming (Python, Rust, TypeScript). You can read and audit smart contracts, query on-chain data, and build automated execution tooling.
- Hands-on research discipline: You do the work yourself, taking raw protocol data through to defensible risk-adjusted return figures.
- Independence & initiative: You spot opportunities proactively and do not wait to be handed a problem.
Location & Work Environment
- Workplace: Fully Remote (global team).
- Focus: DeFi Hedge Fund & Algorithmic Trading Systems.
How to Apply
To apply, send an email directly to careers@altitudedp.com with
- A brief note explaining why this role fits your background and experience
- Links to projects, code repositories, research, or work you are proud of
- Your CV, resume, or LinkedIn profile
Official careers listing: altitudedp.com/careers/quant-researcher-strategy-developer
About Altitude Development Partners
Altitude Development Partners is a venture studio, technology studio, and dedicated decentralized finance hedge fund founded in 2018. Built around systems engineering, quantitative research, and production-grade software delivery, the firm designs and executes systematic trading strategies across decentralized protocols and traditional financial markets. Altitude specializes in quantitative yield modeling, protocol and MEV analysis, liquidity dynamics, and automated risk systems, spanning from raw on-chain data pipelines to defended smart contract execution. Operating as a globally distributed team with high ownership standards, Altitude unites quantitative researchers, protocol engineers, and systems developers who build institutional DeFi and financial technology infrastructure.