Emerging Market Trader

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Emerging Market Trader

Job Description: The Emerging Market Trader will manage currency exposure in illiquid and restricted FX markets (NGN, KES, ZAR, GHS, BRL, MXN, COP), design hedging strategies, and work closely with engineering teams to build and optimize automated FX trading systems and liquidity aggregation infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Manage proprietary and flow-driven FX trading positions across Emerging Market currencies focusing on African (NGN, KES, ZAR, GHS) or LATAM (BRL, MXN, COP, ARS) markets
• Source and maintain deep liquidity relationships with banks, brokers, and OTC desks across relevant regions
• Execute spot, forwards, NDFs, swaps, and OTC trades to optimize execution quality and manage currency exposure
• Design and implement FX hedging strategies to manage corporate or client-driven exposures across multiple liquidity venues
• Develop models for dynamic hedging, inventory risk management, and spread optimization
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to build and enhance FX trading and hedging infrastructure including automated hedging engines, liquidity aggregation systems, and smart order routing
• Integrate connectivity with banks, ECNs, and liquidity providers via APIs or FIX protocols
• Identify and onboard new liquidity providers and OTC trading partners across emerging markets

Qualifications Needed:

• 5–10+ years of FX trading experience in Emerging Markets
• Strong experience trading African or LATAM currencies (NGN, KES, ZAR, GHS, EGP, BRL, MXN, COP)
• Experience at global banks, EM FX trading firms, payment/fintech companies, or crypto exchanges/market makers
• Proven experience executing OTC and institutional-sized FX trades
• Deep understanding of FX market microstructure in illiquid markets, NDF markets, and offshore hedging
• Knowledge of capital controls and FX regulatory frameworks across EM jurisdictions
• Hands-on experience building or optimizing FX trading systems, hedging engines, and liquidity aggregation platforms
• Familiarity with FIX connectivity, API-based trading systems, and algorithmic execution

What the Company Offers:

• Rare specialist trading role at a VARA-regulated digital asset platform with global institutional backing
• High-impact role supporting cross-border payment corridors across Africa and LATAM from a Dubai base
• International team spanning Hong Kong, UAE, and beyond
• Competitive compensation commensurate with seniority and experience

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