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Trading and liquidity startups hiring now
The trading and liquidity startups hiring the most right now are OKX, DRW and Optiver. 27% of their open roles are in engineering. 13% of these companies hire mostly remote. Most are based in New York City, Chicago and London. Every role here comes from the company’s own careers page and is re-checked daily.
27%
of roles in engineering
7%
of roles in product and design
7%
of roles in sales and gtm
5%
of roles in operations
5%
of roles in ai and ml
Companies
Who is hiring
OKX
causeway bay, HK
The platform offers trading in digital assets, as well as services including decentralized finance (DeFi) access through its OKX Wallet.
264 open roles26% remote
DRW
Chicago, US · Bootstrapped
DRW trades across traditional and newer financial markets. It provides liquidity to counterparties across a range of asset classes.
128 open roles22% remote
Optiver
Amsterdam, NL · Bootstrapped
Optiver is a global electronic market maker that uses its own capital to trade on major financial markets. It provides liquidity by offering two-sided prices for a wide range of financial instruments across global exchanges.
120 open roles32% remote
IMC
Amsterdam, NL · Bootstrapped
IMC is a research-driven trading firm that provides liquidity across global markets.
114 open roles0% remote
Bybit
Dubai, AE
Bybit is a global cryptocurrency exchange that offers a comprehensive suite of products including Spot and Derivatives trading and Earn products. It serves over 80 million users across more than 200 countries and regions.
106 open roles65% remote
WorldQuant
Old Greenwich, US · Bootstrapped
WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. The firm seeks to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through its proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies.
85 open roles
Scalable Capital
Munich, DE · Series F
Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment platform in Europe. The platform serves over one million clients and manages more than €30bn in assets.
78 open roles0% remote
Jump Trading
Chicago, US · Bootstrapped
Jump Trading is a globally-positioned, proprietary trading firm that trades across all major asset classes in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm uses its own capital to generate profits through algorithmic trading and market-making activities. Its subsidiary, Jump Crypto, focuses on the cryptocurrency market.
75 open roles11% remote
Tower Research Capital
New York City, US · Bootstrapped
Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm that has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams.
69 open roles0% remote
Crypto.com
Singapore, SG
Crypto.com is a digital platform for cryptocurrency trading, payments, wallets, staking and other blockchain-based financial services. It also offers a regulated derivatives business through Crypto.com | Derivatives North America, a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization.
66 open roles2% remote
Kalshi
New York City, US · Series F · YC W19
Kalshi is a federally regulated exchange for trading on the outcomes of future events.
60 open roles17% remote
Hudson River Trading
New York City, US · Bootstrapped
Hudson River Trading is a multi-asset class quantitative trading firm that provides liquidity on global markets and directly to clients. The company researches and develops automated trading algorithms using advanced mathematical techniques.
58 open roles25% remote
FNZ
london, GB · Private Equity
Investment tools for financial institutions
57 open roles0% remote
Trading212
London, GB · Bootstrapped
The platform allows users to trade a wide range of financial instruments, including stocks, ETFs, and commodities.
44 open roles36% remote
Polymarket
New York City, US · Strategic Investment
Polymarket is a prediction market platform where users trade binary outcome contracts on real-world events using USDC stablecoins on the Polygon blockchain. The platform charges no maker fees and uses a portion of taker fees to fund maker rebates.
36 open roles28% remote
Clear Street
New York City, US
Clear Street is a New York-based financial technology company, founded in 2018, that provides a cloud-native, API-based prime brokerage platform.
34 open roles37% remote
Wealthsimple
Toronto, CA · Late Stage Venture
Wealthsimple offers a full suite of financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. The company uses artificial intelligence in customer-facing features such as chat assistants, voice agents, and analytical tools.
31 open roles87% remote
Blockchain.com
london, GB · Series D
Blockchain.com is a leading infrastructure provider powering a new financial world. It operates a digital assets platform that offers ways to buy, hold, and use cryptocurrency.
30 open roles0% remote
Maven Securities
London, GB
The company's core offerings are built on advanced technology and effective risk management, which allow it to enhance market liquidity and provide transparent capital allocation.
29 open roles10% remote
Gemini
new york, US · Post Ipo
Gemini operates a cryptocurrency exchange and custody service. Individuals and institutions can buy, sell, trade, and store digital currencies on its platform.
25 open roles48% remote
Trade Republic
Berlin, DE
Trade Republic is a mobile-only and commission-free broker that brings the opportunity to invest easily. It offers savings plans, fractional trading of shares, ETFs, as well as private markets, derivatives, bonds and crypto.
25 open roles0% remote
tastytrade
Chicago, US
tastytrade, Inc. provides financial services through online brokerage platforms. The Company offers trading tools for options, futures, and digital assets, and distributes financial education content to retail traders.
22 open roles0% remote
Bitpanda
Vienna, AT · Series C
Our platform offers one of Europe’s broadest selections of digital assets alongside stocks , ETFs, ETCs and crypto assets. We are building Europe’s most secure and user-friendly platform for digital assets.
21 open roles0% remote
Ajaib
Jakarta, ID · Series B
Ajaib is an online brokerage that allows Indonesians to buy and sell stocks, ETFs and mutual funds. It also provides access to bonds, crypto, and US stocks.
21 open roles19% remote
ARQ
New York City, US · YC S21
ARQ provides a unified platform to hold and move global currencies, invest in international markets, and spend worldwide.
20 open roles0% remote
Gate.io
Everywhere, KY
Gate.io operates a digital asset exchange platform for cryptocurrency trading services. The platform supports spot trading, futures trading, margin trading, and wealth management products for over 5,000 cryptocurrencies.
20 open roles100% remote
AngelList
San Francisco, US
We do this by building the financial infrastructure that makes it easier for more people to invest in world-changing companies.
20 open roles0% remote
Betterment
New York City, US
Betterment is a smart automated investing service that provides optimized investment returns for individual, IRA, ROTH IRA, and rollover 401(k) accounts.
19 open roles0% remote
Trading Technologies
Chicago, US · Private Equity
Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry. The TT platform delivers advanced tools for trade execution and order management, market data solutions, analytics, trade surveillance, risk management, clearing, post-trade allocation and infrastructure services.
19 open roles0% remote
Nexo
Vilnius, LT
Nexo is a premier digital assets wealth platform that offers an all-in-one suite including high-yield savings, crypto-backed loans, trading tools, and a crypto debit/credit card.
19 open roles16% remote
Open roles
Newest roles at these startups
CME Group
Belfast - Millennium House
Platform Engineer II
Belfast - Millennium House
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today
Robinhood
Denver, CO; Westlake, TX
Customer Experience Associate
Denver, CO; Westlake, TX
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1d ago
Optiver
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Network Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$200k–$200k
1d ago
Robinhood
New York, NY
Staff iOS Engineer, Trading Tools
New York, NY
$180k–$270k
1d ago
Clear Street
Remote
Senior / Staff Platform Software Engineer
Remote
$200k–$350k
1d ago
Clear Street
New York
DevOps Production Engineer
New York
$150k–$200k
1d ago
tastytrade
Chicago, Illinois
Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois
$130k–$150k
1d ago
DRW
Chicago
Systems Support Engineer (UAT & Development)
Chicago
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1d ago
What trading and liquidity startups build
Companies working in trading and liquidity. OKX: The platform offers trading in digital assets, as well as services including decentralized finance (DeFi) access through its OKX Wallet. DRW: DRW trades across traditional and newer financial markets. It provides liquidity to counterparties across a range of asset classes. Optiver: Optiver is a global electronic market maker that uses its own capital to trade on major financial markets. It provides liquidity by offering two-sided prices for a wide range of financial instruments across global exchanges.
The roles they hire for
Across the roles open today, the mix is engineering (27%), product and design (7%), sales and gtm (7%), operations (5%) and ai and ml (5%). Engineering roles here often ask for hands-on work with the product's hardest part, so a portfolio or a shipped project counts for more than a long resume.
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Frequently asked
Which trading and liquidity startups are hiring the most?
Right now: OKX, DRW, Optiver, IMC and Bybit. The list above ranks every company by the roles it has open today.
Do trading and liquidity startups hire remotely?
13% of the companies here hire mostly remote. Each company page shows its own remote share.
What roles do trading and liquidity startups hire for?
The most common are engineering, product and design and sales and gtm.
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