Head of Quantitative Research

Head of Quantitative Research – Crypto

• Location: New York, NY (In-Person Preferred)

• Employment Type: Flexible (Prefer full time, but open to Part-Time / Contract, ~20–30 hours per week)

• Compensation: $120 - 200 per hour with performance-based bonus and potential for capital allocation. No trading restrictions.

About Blockhouse

Blockhouse is building intelligent execution algorithms and alpha strategies for institutional traders. Our platform integrates real-time signal generation, low-latency trading infrastructure, and cutting-edge microstructure modeling to minimize slippage and improve execution quality across crypto and equities markets.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a senior, hands-on Head of Quantitative Research to lead our crypto trading strategy efforts. This role is ideal for someone with a strong track record designing, deploying, and managing alpha-driven strategies at a proprietary trading firm or fund — someone who enjoys building but also thrives in a leadership and mentorship capacity.

You’ll oversee multiple research projects while working directly with junior quants and engineers to bring ideas into production. Your strategies will directly impact live trading PnL, and you’ll have full flexibility over how to contribute — including potential performance-linked upside and capital allocation.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage our crypto quant research function, from idea generation to deployment

• Guide and mentor a team of junior quantitative researchers and interns

• Design and backtest market-neutral and statistical arbitrage strategies (e.g., perp–spot, funding rate, cross-venue spreads)

• Build and refine simulation and backtesting infrastructure to stress test ideas under real-world constraints

• Analyze exchange microstructure, liquidity, and volatility dynamics to uncover inefficiencies

• Collaborate with engineers to translate research into robust production code

• Monitor and enhance live strategies, including execution quality and risk metrics

• Help shape research roadmap and capital allocation decisions

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative trading or research (crypto preferred, but HFT/prop/FICC backgrounds welcome)

• Demonstrated success deploying market-neutral and stat arb strategies in live trading environments

• Strong coding skills in Python, with experience in simulation, production systems, and performance tuning

• Deep familiarity with crypto derivatives, especially perpetual futures, funding markets, and basis trades

• Experience working with exchange APIs (REST, WebSocket, FIX) and building data ingestion pipelines

• Strong understanding of tick-level data, latency, and order book mechanics

• Comfortable mentoring junior researchers and managing multi-threaded research agendas

• Bonus: experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Docker) and internal research tooling

• Bonus: prior experience raising or deploying capital, or helping scale a quant desk

Why Join Blockhouse?

• Build directly on production-grade systems trading across multiple venues

• Partner with a team of builders and researchers focused on execution edge

• Get ownership of both research direction and capital scaling decisions

• Work in a flexible, high-trust environment with a mix of strategy, coding, and leadership

• Opportunity to work part-time with no trading restrictions — ideal for experienced professionals still actively trading or managing capital elsewhere

If you're interested, we encourage you to submit your resume directly on this platform. We look forward to hearing from you.