CTO / Quant

SQV3 is hiring: CTO and Quant (AI workflow) We are SQV3, a quant research and consulting firm working at the point where traditional derivatives thinking meets crypto markets. We build the research, models, and structured products that institutional players lean on when they move into digital assets. We are looking for one person who can be both our lead quant and our technical head, and who builds with AI at the center of how the firm runs. About the role This is a founder level seat for someone who refuses to pick between modeling and building. You will derive the models and design the system that runs them. One day you are working through a volatility surface, the next you are standing up the AI pipeline that turns that work into client ready research with almost no manual effort. You own the quant and you own the stack, and you use AI to make both move faster than a normal team could. What you will own - Research and build pricing and volatility models across crypto options, perpetuals, and structured products - Design and build the firm's AI research pipeline, from data ingestion through model output to published research and client deliverables - Stand up agentic and LLM-driven workflows that automate the slow parts of quant research, writing, and distribution - Own the full technical stack, from on-chain and exchange data infrastructure to the tooling the team works in every day - Prototype and backtest strategies with honest attention to overfitting, regime shifts, and the usual ways quant work quietly breaks - Set the technical and research direction for the data product and keep it ahead of what the market expects - Partner directly with the founder on strategy, hiring, and where the firm places its bets - What we are looking for - Strong quantitative background, for example a degree in mathematics, physics, statistics, or engineering, or equivalent experience that proves the same depth - Fluency in probability, statistics, and stochastic methods applied to markets - Real engineering ability: you ship production systems, not just notebooks - Hands on experience designing AI and LLM workflows, agent orchestration, retrieval systems, or automated pipelines - Strong Python and modern data tooling, with comfort handling large and awkward datasets - Genuine interest in crypto market structure, derivatives, and how these protocols actually work under the hood - Founder mindset: comfortable owning ambiguity, setting direction, and shipping without someone handing you a spec + creativity and critical thinking. - Bonus points - Experience with options pricing, volatility surfaces, or calibration - Experience automating research or content workflows end to end - Familiarity with on chain data, DeFi protocols, or crypto derivatives venues - A public track record: writing, research, open source work, or systems others use - The setup - Remote-first, with working hours anchored to CET for overlap with the team and clients - Equity and a real stake in what we are building, shaped around the right person - Compensation reflects where we are: early stage, equity heavy, with room to grow as the firm does How to apply Send a short note on what you have built or researched, especially where you combined real quant work with real engineering, or shipped AI into a live system. Links to code, writing, or past work are worth more to us than a polished cover letter.