Trade Operations Lead

Job Description

Who we are:

Teesta Investment is a pioneering proprietary trading HFT startup trading and market-making global digital assets in India. We lead the market for various financial instruments and digital currencies and operate with exceptional expertise, knowledge and global reach. We are a firm that was founded on innovative, forward thinking and professional approaches to digital asset trading which reflects in our daily operations. We leverage our extensive knowledge of all relevant market trends & developments from both technology and trading perspectives to help markets achieve price efficiencies.

Your role:

THIS IS A FULL TIME POSITION ON-SITE BASED OUT OF OUR KOLKATA OFFICE.

This is a supervisory and leadership role within our front-office trade operations team. We require a Trade Operations Lead to oversee and optimize our trading execution, monitoring, and risk control processes. The successful candidate must be ambitious, goal-oriented and willing to learn, and will have experience in trading operations, market infrastructure, and a strong understanding of crypto exchanges and trading mechanics. Your key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

- Overseeing and leading real-time trading operations with associate traders, ensuring smooth execution of strategies and identifying potential inefficiencies.
- Acting as the first line of defense in identifying, diagnosing, and resolving trade execution issues, exchange connectivity disruptions, and unexpected market behavior.
- Managing relationships with crypto exchanges, troubleshoot API issues, and optimize trading infrastructure for efficiency.
- Investigating trade anomalies, settlement discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with exchange policies.
- Implementing and maintaining pre-trade and post-trade risk controls, ensuring adherence to internal and external risk management guidelines.
- Working closely with quant researchers and engineers to refine execution algorithms, minimize slippage, and reduce trading latency.
- Identifying opportunities to automate trade monitoring, reconciliation, and reporting tasks to improve operational efficiency.
- Staying informed about market structure changes, exchange rules, and regulatory developments in the crypto trading ecosystem.

Our needs:

- A Bachelor's Degree, preferably within financial services or technology streams.
- 3-7 years of experience in trade operations, execution support, or risk management in a high-frequency trading, market-making, or crypto trading firm.
- Solid proficient knowledge and experience with Python, SQL, and familiarity with trading APIs (REST/WebSocket/FIX).
- Possess a strong understanding of crypto exchange order types, trading fees, settlement processes, and liquidity dynamics.
- Able to quickly diagnose and resolve real-time trading issues under high-pressure conditions.
- Extensive familiarity with post-trade analytics, execution quality metrics, and order book dynamics.
- Exposure to risk and compliance obligations, by implementing pre-trade/post-trade risk controls and understanding exchange policies.
- Interface cross-functionally with traders, developers, and risk managers to optimize operations.
- Must have strong verbal, written communication skills. Display analytical, and interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to deal with confidential information and sensitive situations

Perks offered:

- Access to In house snack bar and drinks
- Reimbursement for meals
- Fitness club/Gym memberships
- Sponsorship for higher education / academic endeavours
- Relocation benefits
- Health Insurance for candidate and their dependents

***Note: Given the dynamic nature of the position, this role requires periodical flexible shifts and operating on public/state holidays. Alternative adjustments for breaks and holidays will be accommodated accordingly.***

We're looking for candidates who have a passion for pushing the boundaries of finance and technology and are keen to promote the cause of alternative assets and digital financial systems.

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a fast growth environment, within a small agile team, with fast-evolving roles and responsibilities, variable workloads, tight deadlines, and a high degree of autonomy.

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