# Crypto Markets & Trading Lead at Optimum

- Company: Optimum
- What the company does: Optimum constitutes a decentralized, high-performance memory infrastructure tailored for use across various blockchains. Backed by Spartan Group.
- Company website: https://getoptimum.xyz
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/optimum/9a3e9ef9-ba8d-4a06-b447-2d97a376fb00
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/optimum-crypto-markets-and-trading-lead/

## About the role

Optimum is building infrastructure that can give sophisticated market participants earlier access to valuable blockchain information and execution opportunities. We are looking for someone with direct experience in crypto trading markets to work alongside our Product and Data teams and help us understand where Optimum can create differentiated, monetizable value for traders.

## What they're looking for

- Direct professional experience in crypto trading, quantitative trading, market making, or a closely related market-structure role
- Strong understanding of how professional crypto trading firms make money and evaluate infrastructure, data, and execution products
- Existing relationships within the crypto trading ecosystem and the ability to get high-quality conversations with the right market participants
- Ability to move comfortably between qualitative market conversations and quantitative analysis
- Strong commercial judgment: able to distinguish an interesting technical capability from customer value
- Ability to communicate trader workflows and market dynamics clearly to product, engineering, business development, and research teams

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