About 21shares
21shares is a crypto-native asset manager and the world's first, and one of its largest, issuers of physically-backed crypto ETPs. 21shares products are regulated under MiFID II and listed on leading exchanges across Europe and the UK, including the London Stock Exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, Deutsche Boerse Xetra, Euronext Amsterdam and Paris, Borsa Italiana, and NASDAQ OMX. The firm operates under regulatory oversight from the Swedish FSA (EU prospectus), the FCA (UK), and FINMA (Switzerland). In the US, 21shares offers a range of exchange-traded products listed on Cboe and Nasdaq, including spot Bitcoin and spot Ethereum ETPs and a 21shares Active Crypto ETF - an actively managed fund providing diversified exposure across digital assets.
21shares has a track record in regulated ETP issuance, proprietary technology, and capital markets expertise that enables it to deliver transparent, cost-efficient investment solutions. 21shares is a subsidiary of FalconX, the leading digital asset prime brokerage for the world's top institutions.
1. Basic Information & Requisition Details
- Job Title: Front-Office Data Support Analyst
- Department: Capital Markets & Trading
- Seniority / Level: Intern
- Employment Type: Internship - 12 months
- Location: London, UK
- Target Start Date: ASAP
2. About the Role
- Sit on the front-office trading desk at the centre of 21shares' ETF/ETP business, with direct, ongoing exposure to how the firm's data, products, and market activity connect
- Work across three lenses on the desk's data: research (sourcing and structuring), reconciliation (validating accuracy against source systems), and performance (tracking and reporting on product and market activity), building and maintaining the underlying infrastructure via API and internal databases
- Independently identify gaps in data coverage or reporting and take ownership of resolving them, rather than working purely to a fixed task list
- Partner directly with product, research, and legal teams, translating data into outputs used both internally and externally
- Gain in-depth knowledge in crypto , trading, research, operations and lifecycle of an asset manager in addition to deep knowledge on data analytics
3. Key Responsibilities
- Data maintenance: Maintain and validate daily data feeds (NAV, AUM, flows, holdings, staking rewards, index values etc) across the internal database and third-party APIs, flagging discrepancies before they start affecting the product's health
- Cross-functional collaboration: Serve as the link between the trading desk and the data/engineering team, translating desk requirements into technical specs and communicating data/system constraints back to trading and product stakeholders
- Process automation: Identify manual or spreadsheet-based reporting workflows and replace them with Python/SQL scripts/Claude dashboards to reduce turnaround time and error rate as well as document the process.
- External data validation: Support QA of data published to external channels (website, product pages, factsheets) to ensure consistency with the internal source of truth
- Ad hoc requests: Handle ad hoc data requests from product development, risk, distribution teams etc
4. Qualifications & Skills
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, or a related field
- Strong experience coding in Python and SQL within a collaborative development environment (work, team projects, open-source etc)
- Genuine interest in financial markets and curiosity to learn more on risk management, market dynamics, blockchain and DeFi concepts
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills
- Disciplined self-starter with a high degree of rigor and attention to detail
- You like to challenge and be challenged to get the best solutions to a problem
Preferred Qualifications / Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with financial products like ETPs and ETFs
- Experience working directly with technical and development teams
- Working knowledge of database systems (PostgreSQL or similar)
5. Candidate Criteria & Ideal Profile
- Target Experience Level: Entry-level / Internship (prior data experience preferred)
- Target Industries / Companies: Crypto, Asset Management, Fintech
Salary: £27,000.00/year