Quantitative Engineer

Quantitative EngineerIt’s rare that a new asset class is born. Nevertheless, we’re witnessing exactly that with the rise of crypto. Over just the last few years, since Bitwise was founded, crypto has evolved from an embryonic $50B market to a growing $3T+ juggernaut. At Bitwise, we believe that crypto has reached a turning point, and is headed north of $10T over the next few years. This is an exciting moment for Bitwise as a firm. For eight years, we have established a track record of excellence managing a broad suite of index and active solutions across ETFs, separately managed accounts, private funds, institutional staking, and hedge fund strategies. This year, we crossed $15B in client assets and are growing quickly. Thousands of financial advisors, family offices, and institutional investors partner with Bitwise to understand and access the opportunities in crypto. We are known for providing unparalleled client support through expert research and commentary, a nationwide client team of crypto specialists, and deep access to the crypto ecosystem.  Currently, Bitwise is a close-knit team of 100+ global professionals. Think of us as a mix of an asset manager and a tech start-up. We’re backed by some of the most accomplished investors in venture capital and veterans of the financial services world. We love working together, we love what we do, and we’re excited about what’s ahead.About the Role:This role sits within the Bitwise Quantitative Engineering practice. This group is responsible for the firm's investment systems that sit at the nexus of engineering, trading and risk management. If you excel at technical implementation, enjoy building robust systems under real financial constraints, and think deeply about risk, this role is for you.Primary Responsibilities:Design and build the core infrastructure for on-chain vaultsImplement data pipelines for positions, PnL, risk metrics, and protocol-level analyticsDevelop risk management and monitoring frameworksIntegrate with smart contracts and DeFi protocols, working closely with on-chain execution logicBuild observability and alerting systems to monitor portfolio health and protocol behavior in real timeOwn the portfolio construction process and strategy outcomesEnsure systems are production-grade, resilient, and auditableRole Requirements:4+ years of professional experience as a software engineer or quantitative engineerStrong experience with distributed systems and time-series dataHands-on experience building data pipelines and analytics systemsStrong intuition for risk management in financial systemsAbility to reason about portfolio construction, leverage, and tail risksExperience building systems with strong observability (metrics, logs, alerts)Deployed production code that adheres to the principles of high availability, reliability and redundancyAn appreciation for market facing systems, understand that not everything can be encoded for and build resiliency to account for thatA power-AI user with a high bar for quality (code, thought)Use first principles thinking to develop logicExperience working across the stack (infra, backend, frontend)Preferred Experience:Prior experience with DeFi lending or yield protocolsDeveloped algorithms to manage capital at scale within a multi-strategy portfolioBackground in trading systems or quantitative financeExperience working with crypto market data or blockchain indexingPrior experience running your own strategy (beneficial, but not required)Prior experience building investment systems (beneficial, but not required)What We Offer: Compensation: $170,000 - $180,000 + Equity + Annual Discretionary BonusEquity compensation as a component of all offersHealth insurance, including dental and vision plansHealth, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending AccountsPaid Parental LeaveLife insurance; short- and long-term disability plansCompany-funded 401(k) plan, no matching required Unlimited PTO10 paid company-wide holidaysCompany-wide...