Nickel Digital Asset Management is one of Europe’s premier investment firms specialising in digital assets and alternative strategies. We combine institutional-grade infrastructure with the agility and vision of a cutting-edge fintech firm. Backed by a team of world-class financial professionals, we are shaping the future of multi-strategy fund management with our Diversified Alpha Fund - a pioneering multi-manager vehicle investing across a range of strategies within the global digital asset space.

As a Middle Office Analyst, you will join the operational backbone of our team. You will work directly with Front Office, external trading teams, service providers and the internal leadership team to ensure seamless post-trade processing, efficient cash management and calculation of our NAV & P&L figures. There will be significant project work, including API set ups and the onboarding of new exchanges.

What you will bring:
• Gifted with numbers, reconciliation & strong analytical skills
• Advanced Excel capability (Pivot Tables, VBA/macros) and knowledge of SQL/Python would be a big plus
• Prior middle/back office or fund admin experience is highly desirable
• You’ll be at ease with technology platforms and learning new ones
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and proactive with a passion for digital asset markets.

What we will give you:
Competitive base salary + performance bonus
Private healthcare, pension, 25 days holiday and hybrid working
Team offsites, social events and catered meals
Learning & development budget, mentoring support and company wellbeing programme

If this sounds attractive and a good match to your skills and capabilities, then we’d love to hear from you!

Please send these details to: talent@nickel.digital

Nickel Digital Asset Management is a leading quantitative, fully systematic investment manager. We specialise in allocating capital to small prop teams and individual quantitative managers who develop and run innovative crypto trading strategies. Our flagship multi-manager fund, Diversified Alpha (DAL), is designed to capitalise on diverse alpha-generating opportunities in the crypto space.

Entrepreneurial Venture- Opportunity Overview:

We are seeking talented and entrepreneurial EXTERNAL/INDEPENDENT quantitative traders and portfolio managers to add to our DAL portfolio.

This unique opportunity allows you to run your own trading pod, either individually or with your team, while retaining ownership of your strategy and intellectual property.

If you are a quant looking to monetize your alpha in a fair and transparent manner by running your own pod, (this is not an employment opportunity), we would love to hear from you.

NOTE: Please demonstrate the above in your application with a high-level overview of your strategy/s and track pdfs that would showcase the strategy's profitability.

Pod Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement high-turnover, high-Sharpe, and limited-capacity fully systematic quantitative trading strategies in the crypto market.
• Manage your own trading pod, either independently or with a team.
• Maintain full ownership of your strategy and intellectual property.
• Optimise trading performance to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns.
• Collaborate with Nickel Digital's team to leverage our capital, trading infrastructure, and execution services.

What We Offer to Pods:

• Capital Allocation: We allocate capital based on your pod's performance
• Independence: You will not be employed by Nickel Digital but will operate independently, managing your own strategy and IP.
• Profit Sharing: Enjoy a top-line profit share of your performance, with competitive payout structures that can go up to 51% plus accelerators.
• Flexible Location: Work from anywhere in the world, with the choice to be exclusive or non-exclusive.
• Comprehensive Support: Access to capital, state-of-the-art trading infrastructure, direct connectivity to all major exchanges with top-tier market maker fee tiers, and execution services if needed.
• Quick Decision-Making: Our small team of allocators, who understand the nuances of systematic trading, provide swift decisions and support.

Pod Profile:

• Experienced quantitative trader or portfolio manager with a strong track record in systematic, high-frequency trading.
• Expertise in developing and executing innovative crypto trading strategies.
• Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently or lead a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to maintaining and advancing your own intellectual property and track record.

How to Apply:
If you are a systematic trader who is looking for capital to expand in crypto by running your own pod, we would love to hear from you.

For your application to be considered:

• A high-level outline of your strategy/s,
• Sharpe
• Pdf of your daily returns/track to showcase the strategy's profitability
• CV/Resume

Please send these details to: dalpods@nickel.digital

About Nickel
Nickel Digital Asset Management is one of Europe’s premier investment firms specialising in digital assets and alternative strategies. We combine institutional-grade infrastructure with the agility and vision of a cutting-edge fintech firm. Backed by a team of world-class financial professionals, we are shaping the future of multi-strategy fund management with our Diversified Alpha Fund - a pioneering multi-manager vehicle investing across a range of strategies within the global digital asset spa

The Platform
Our in‑house EMS, Nickel Trader, is the one‑stop access point for market data, backtesting, multi‑venue execution and analytics — from post‑trade TCA and P&L to real‑time risk. It is tightly integrated with our risk and portfolio management systems. Execution edge is a core differentiator for our managers.

Role Overview
We are hiring a business‑centred technology leader to own the product and architecture of Nickel Trader and drive execution outcomes at scale. You will partner with trading, risk and operations, lead a small engineering team and set the roadmap, standards and venue strategy. You will be hands‑on enough to dive deep, but success is measured in slippage, capacity, reliability and onboarding speed — not lines of code.

What you will own:
·  Roadmap & prioritisation: Set and communicate a focused roadmap that improves execution quality, capacity and onboarding speed; align sequencing with traders and risk
·  Execution algorithms & trader experience: Ensure TWAP, VWAP and related schedule/participation algorithms are robust, predictable and easy to use; provide clear parameters, safe defaults and per‑venue tuning where beneficial
·  Venue & liquidity management: Maintain and improve a venue performance scorecard (fills, rejects, response times, costs) and direct order flow accordingly; review distribution regularly
  Risk & controls: Maintain practical pre‑trade checks, throttles, kill‑switches and circuit breakers; ensure operation is clear and fast during market stress
  Reliability & incident management: Keep the execution path stable under load and during venue issues; maintain runbooks, disciplined change control and post‑incident follow‑up that drives measurable improvements
  Access & client libraries: Oversee REST/WebSocket APIs and language SDKs; ensure documentation and examples enable new teams to place their first live order quickly and safely
  Team leadership & delivery: Lead development team; set engineering standards, review key designs and make build‑versus‑buy and budget decisions that reduce operational risk and shorten time‑to‑market

Indicative KPIs
  Ease of use and breadth of algorithms
  Implementation shortfall relative to arrival/benchmark prices (by strategy bucket)
  Fill quality: fill rate; reject/timeout rates; cancel‑to‑fill ratio
  Time‑to‑onboard a new team/strategy to first live order
  Production stability: incident count and mean time to recovery during peak markets
  Venue mix effectiveness: improvement in scorecard metrics and flow allocation over time
  Capacity headroom: sustained throughput before degradation and orderly behaviour under stress

What you will bring
  8–12 years in trading technology with deep EMS/OMS and market microstructure experience; at least 3 years owning roadmaps and teams
  Credible hands‑on depth in one of Java (preferred), C++ or Python; comfortable reading code and leading design reviews (coding day‑to‑day is optional)
  Proven track record of implementing execution algorithms, improving implementation shortfall, fill quality and reliability in multi‑venue environments (FIX/REST/WebSocket)
  Experience partnering with traders and risk; clear, concise communication; disciplined incident and governance habits
  Crypto execution exposure is ideal, but systematic FX, equities or derivatives experience is highly relevant

Our offer
  Competitive salary + performance bonus, aligned to execution outcomes
  Meaningful stock options
  25 days’ annual leave + UK bank holidays; private health insurance
  Mentoring and training budget
  Direct impact: architect and own a mission‑critical system used by trading teams today

If this sounds attractive and a good match to your skills and capabilities, then we’d love to hear from you.

Please send these details to: talent@nickel.digital