OTC Trader - Digital Assets
IMC Trading · Zug, Switzerland · 6mo ago
About the Role
We are looking for a commercially driven OTC Crypto Trader to join our team in Zug. In this role, you will be directly responsible for growing the desk’s PnL and executing block trades across digital asset markets. You will be entrusted with large ticket sizes and expected to operate with professionalism, discretion, and a sharp commercial instinct.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage risk effectively on large ticket transactions, ensuring best execution and competitive pricing
- Monitor markets and maintain awareness of macro and crypto-specific developments affecting trading
- Collaborate with internal teams including technology, compliance, and operations
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of trading experience, ideally on a flow or block trading desk
- Experience in electronic / systematic trading with a solid understanding of algorithmic execution and quantitative trading workflows
- Commercially driven with a strong client-facing mindset
- Crypto trading experience is a strong plus
- Demonstrable track record of handling large notional trades with sound risk management
- Proficiency in Python, comfortable with data analysis, scripting, and trade tooling
- Trustworthy, reliable, and able to exercise independent judgment under pressure
- Work nonstandard weeks i.e. cover weekends and evening shifts as required in exchange for off days on other weekdays
What We Offer
- Exposure to a fast-growing, high-conviction crypto trading operation
- Access to deep liquidity and a broad institutional counterparty network
- Collaborative team environment in Zug, one of Europe’s premier crypto hubs
- Opportunity for significant career progression as the firm scales
About Us
IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.