Trader, eFX Spot & Digital Assets Trading

Building the bank of tomorrow takes more than skills. 

It means combining our differences to imagine, discuss, code, develop, test, learn… and celebrate every step together. Share our vibes? Join Swissquote to unleash your potential.

We are the Swiss Leader in Online Banking and we provide trading, investing and banking services to +800’000 clients, through our performant and secured digital platforms.

Our +1400 employees work in a flexible way, without dress code and in multicultural teams. 

By having a huge impact on the industry, they are growing their skills portfolio and boosting their career in a fast-pace environment. Have a look behind the scenes by checking Humans of Swissquote on Instagram.

We are all in at Swissquote. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join our team and contribute to our shared success.

Are you all in? Don’t be shy, apply!

You will join the dynamic eFX Spot & Digital Assets Trading team, which serves the bank’s electronic trading business as principal counterparty in OTC venues and CLOBs and as operator of SQX: Swissquote’s own cryptocurrency exchange.

As a team we:

• contribute to the bank’s commercial goals by managing the electronic risk book (proprietary internalization system)
• provision SPOT liquidity such that clients’ execution needs and the bank’s policies are sustainably met
• ensure a gainful network of trading counterparties
• ensure that SQX serves as an attractive and compliant marketplace for clients and market-makers
• drive the bank’s ongoing investments in its proprietary trading and risk systems in collaboration with software engineers
• promote quantitative research initiatives in collaboration with quantitative researchers
• promote excellent product quality and participate in its continuous improvement
• facilitate new business initiatives in collaboration with various internal teams

We are committed to supporting your growth, helping you become a reliable and autonomous team member:

• Monitor orders, trades, overall market conditions, news flow, real-time risk and P&L
• Fine-tune price construction, execution and risk management production algorithms
• Assess client flow quality, fine-tune tiering and liaise with Sales teams
• Analyze results, identify and execute (or drive) improvements
• Contribute to quantitative research, systems testing and infrastructure optimization
• Work closely with technology teams

• Previous trading experience in a sell-side electronic trading firm/bank is a strong plus
• Deep understanding of market (micro)structure, client needs and the competition landscape
• Proficient in transforming large sets of financial tick-data into actionable insights  
• Solid programming and mathematical rigor
• Fast decision-making under pressure
• Succeed to liaise effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Self-driven, intellectually curious, structured, attention to detail, team-oriented
• Degree in quantitative discipline from top ranked university
• Fluent in English