Quantitative Researcher/Engineer

Responsibilities

• Run, tune, and improve automated strategies on-chain and across exchanges, ensuring reliable execution and real-time market adaptation.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and research teams to help design resilient bots and contribute to protocol-level logic.
• Protect the exchange from manipulation and adversarial behaviour.
• Identify potential vulnerabilities in trading logic or system architecture, analyze behaviors, detect edge cases, and work closely with the security team to keep the platform robust and trustworthy.

Requirements

• Strong background in quantitative analysis, algorithmic trading, or market microstructure
• Proficiency with code (Python, Rust, or similar), able to prototype or review logic
• Experience with DeFi protocols, centralized exchanges, or on-chain trading bots
• Hacker mindset, able to think like an adversary
• Curiosity, ownership, and bias toward action

About the Company

Fuel Labs is a high-performance blockchain operating system that redefines what’s possible on Ethereum. By combining remarkable throughput with decentralization and security, the Fuel Virtual Machine sets a new standard for Ethereum Rollups. Since 2019, Fuel Labs has focused on Ethereum scalability and developer experience, building innovations like the Fuel Virtual Machine and Sway programming language. Our globally dispersed team thrives on deep technical curiosity, collaboration, and a shared commitment to advancing blockchain technology.

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