Head of Trading - Crypto Finance at Crypto Finance · Web3Vacancy
Jobs Companies Pricing Blog About Contact
For Recruiters
Live · Updated daily

Web3 Jobs & Crypto Jobs Where crypto teams hire. Where builders get found.

The #1 crypto-native job board for web3 jobs, crypto jobs & blockchain vacancies. Every role in the ecosystem — dev, design, marketing & more. Remote-first at top protocols, DAOs & companies.

500+Open Jobs
680+Companies
$180kAvg Salary
94%Remote Roles
Hiring in web3? Post a vacancy or search 5,000+ vetted crypto-native builders and reach out directly.
Analysing Your CV...
Extracting your experience, skills, and details...

Latest Crypto Job Vacancies

10 jobs found

Head of Trading - Crypto Finance

Office
Market range (est.) $135k–$270k
◆ 6/10 cryptofintechweb3Other
Join Talent Pool
Get Discovered

No applications. Teams find and message you directly.

Drop your CV. web3 teams find you.
AI builds your profile in 60 seconds · PDF · drag or click
Upload CV
3-5d avg. to first message · 320+ hires made
No account needed. Teams find you and reach out directly.
5,000+ web3 builders in the pool
About this role

Join Crypto Finance as Head of Trading, leading a trading desk within a regulated financial institution, focusing on digital asset markets and institutional client flow.

Description

Crypto Finance Group, part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides professional digital asset solutions to institutional clients. The Group comprises Crypto Finance AG, regulated by FINMA in Switzerland, offering trading, custody, and wallet services, as well as Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, regulated by BaFin in Germany, offering trading and custody services. In January 2025, Crypto Finance secured a MiCAR license for the European market as one of the first providers in the EU. Crypto Finance AG is a SIX-approved crypto custodian for ETP issuers.

Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage the trading desk, including a team of traders, ensuring reliable and consistent execution of client trading activity across spot and derivatives
  • Act as business owner of the trading product and service, with accountability for pricing, P&L, platform roadmap, and client experience
  • Set and continuously tune the pricing and execution logic of our proprietary spot order and execution management system, covering spread, skew, automated quoting, and hedging behavior, in close collaboration with Product and Technology
  • Own market risk across spot and derivatives, including inventory, hedging, limit framework, and escalation, supported by an institutional risk management platform
  • Select, onboard, negotiate, and maintain counterparty relationships across liquidity providers, exchanges, and prime brokers
  • Oversee operational and strategic trading account management, including cash, collateral and margin optimization across venues
  • Represent the trading function toward key institutional clients, partners, and stakeholders at senior level
  • Act as senior subject matter expert for Sales and Product on client conversations, pricing questions, and new product design
  • Define and execute the strategic direction of the trading function, including new trading products, venues, order types, and connectivity, in alignment with overall business objectives
  • Develop and mentor traders, own performance management and succession planning, and build a disciplined, collaborative trading culture
  • Work closely with senior management, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Sales, and Product on both run the bank and change the bank initiatives, ensuring proper market conduct at all times
  • Maintain strong market knowledge across derivatives and digital asset markets to support informed decision making and to position the team for new opportunities
Requirements
  • Proven track record leading a trading desk, or holding a senior desk seat with direct people responsibility, within a regulated financial institution (mandatory)
  • Proven experience in electronic trading and OTC flow trading within regulated financial markets (mandatory)
  • Hands-on experience configuring an order or execution management system, including pricing and execution parameters, rather than operating one purely as a user (mandatory)
  • Derivatives fluency across greeks, margin, basis, and funding, with the ability to discuss these with quantitative colleagues and translate them for clients (mandatory)
  • Credibility with institutional clients at decision maker level, with a demonstrated ability to win and retain relationships (mandatory)
  • Ability to meet FINMA fit and proper standards, including a clean regulatory and background record (mandatory)
  • Full professional proficiency in English, spoken and written (mandatory); additional languages are a plus
  • Willingness to relocate to Switzerland and to work from our Zurich office (mandatory)
  • OTC derivatives trading experience across FX, digital assets or related products (strong advantage)
  • Deep knowledge of digital asset market structure, including perpetuals, funding, basis, centralized and decentralised venues and stablecoin settlement (strong advantage)
  • Options market making, structuring, or volatility trading experience (strong advantage)
  • Experience taking a trading desk from an entrepreneurial setup to an institutional operating standard (strong advantage)
  • Prior full P&L ownership of a trading product or service (strong advantage)
Conditions & Benefits
  • Be part of an international, fast-paced blockchain and fintech team led by experienced professionals
  • Opportunity to travel and attend leading events
  • Shape the future of finance while working at the cutting edge of B2B digital asset solutions
  • Contribute to a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture with flat hierarchies
  • Take on meaningful responsibility with room for learning and professional growth
  • Gain deep industry insights and make a tangible impact
  • Join regular company-wide meetings, knowledge-sharing sessions, and team events
  • Enjoy a modern and central workplace in Zurich with top-tier infrastructure
Job Details
Market range (est.)$135k–$270k
LocationOffice
AI Score★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 6/10
PostedJul 30, 2026 (8h ago)
Tags & Skills
cryptofintechweb3Otheroffice

Similar Web3 Jobs

Browse Crypto Job Vacancies

The #1 Web3 Job Board for Crypto Jobs & Blockchain Careers

Web3Vacancy is the leading web3 job board for blockchain developers, DeFi engineers, smart contract auditors, NFT product managers, DAO operators, ZK researchers, and Web3 growth leads. We aggregate 2,400+ remote-first crypto jobs from top protocols, decentralized exchanges, layer-2 networks, AI-blockchain startups, and Web3 studios worldwide. Whether you are hiring or looking for your next blockchain job, Web3Vacancy is the go-to job board for the decentralized economy.

Find web3 jobs across every skill level and specialization. Solidity developers, Rust engineers, Move programmers, ZK circuit engineers, tokenomics designers, crypto legal counsel, Web3 community managers, and blockchain data analysts all find their next role here. New crypto job listings are added daily across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, Cosmos, Sui, Aptos, and every emerging blockchain ecosystem.

Looking to start a web3 career? Explore our guides on web3 salaries, blockchain interview questions, and the top web3 companies hiring in 2026. New to blockchain? Start with our What Is Web3 guide and learn web3 development from scratch. Employers can post a web3 job or browse our web3 talent pool to hire blockchain developers directly.