DeFi Quant Trader Intern (Credit)
Core
Design, deploy, and manage capital across decentralized lending protocols, yield strategies, and credit facilities by building quantitative risk models and automating yield harvesting.
Role type
DeFi Quant Trader Intern (Credit)
Builds
Quantitative risk models, algorithmic yield optimization tools, and automated credit solutions for digital asset markets.
Domain
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) / Digital Assets / Credit Markets
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, SQL, Git, Smart contract mechanics, DeFi primitive math, Quantitative modeling, Backtesting, On-chain data analysis
Preferred skills
Rust, Solidity, Foundry, Specialized credit risk models
Technologies
Python, SQL, Git, Subgraphs, EVM, Aave, Morpho, Compound, Maker/Endgame
Responsibilities
Develop quantitative risk models to assess protocol health and liquidation risks; Build Python-based tools to analyze yield curves and funding rate arbitrage; Query on-chain telemetry and DEX/lending protocol data for risk allocation; Perform quantitative forensics and stress testing on lending primitives before capital deployment.
Seniority
Intern