We are seeking a highly skilled Emerging Markets FX Trader with deep expertise in African and/or Latin American currencies to join our integral trading & liquidity team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing illiquid and restricted FX markets, executing OTC and interbank trades, and designing robust hedging and liquidity frameworks to support high-volume cross-border payment flows. This role requires both strong trading capability and infrastructure expertise, including building and optimizing FX trading systems, hedging engines, and liquidity connectivity with banks, brokers, and OTC counterparties.
Key Responsibilities
FX Trading & Liquidity Management
- Manage proprietary and flow-driven FX trading positions across Emerging Market currencies, with a focus on African (e.g., NGN, KES, ZAR, GHS) or LATAM (e.g., 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.
- Monitor market developments, capital controls, and liquidity dynamics across EM FX markets.
- Design and implement FX hedging strategies to manage corporate or client-driven exposures.
- Optimize hedging efficiency across multiple liquidity venues including banks, ECNs, OTC desks, and crypto liquidity pools where relevant.
- Develop models for dynamic hedging, inventory risk management, and spread optimization.
- Monitor risk limits, PnL, and exposure across currency books.
Trading Infrastructure & Systems
- Work closely with engineering and product teams to build and enhance FX trading and hedging infrastructure, including:
- Automated hedging engines
- Liquidity aggregation systems
- Smart order routing
- Pricing and risk management tools
- Integrate connectivity with banks, ECNs, and liquidity providers via APIs or FIX protocols.
- Improve execution automation, latency optimization,
📌 FX Trader (Argentina)
🏢 OSL
📍 Argentina