Market Analyst (Macro)

The Opportunity

As a Market Analyst (Macro), you’ll work directly with Market Strategists to keep both the system running and the thinking sharp. You’ll help keep trading workflows running smoothly — monitoring trading systems and ensuring signals are reliable as they move from idea to execution. Alongside this, you’ll stay close to the market — tracking global macro developments, identifying what matters, and helping turn raw information into actionable signals. The role sits at the intersection of execution and research. Over time, you’ll build judgment in both — developing a feel for how systems operate and how macro views translate into trades.

This role is for people who want to learn how to think about markets properly. If you’re the type of person who wants to understand how raw information turns into views, how those views turn into trades, and where most people get it wrong — you’ll get that exposure here. You should already be deep into macro — not “interested,” but involved — and have proof of that through something you’ve built, traded, or explored on your own. If you do this well, it directly improves how we process information, make decisions, and execute trades.

This role operates fully onsite in our Montreal office. Relocation assistance is provided.

What You’ll Do

• Own the reliability of the trading system end-to-end — from data pipelines and inputs to trade readiness and execution workflows

• Track global macro in real time and surface signal early — across central banks, inflation, growth, commodities, and geopolitics, with a focus on what actually moves markets

• Contribute directly to trade thinking — research macro themes, cross-asset relationships, and positioning across indices, rates, and commodities, and communicate insights clearly

• Build and improve the team’s tooling and workflows — dashboards, pipelines, and internal systems that make decision-making faster and sharper

• Use AI and language models to operate at maximum leverage — automating workflows and extending your thinking beyond manual limits

• Take ownership of targeted projects as your judgment develops — from research questions to system improvements, and contribute meaningfully to strategy discussions over time

About You

• You have a genuine interest in macroeconomics and geopolitics — you follow central banks, inflation, and global risk because you want to

• You think top-down — how global forces impact asset classes, not just individual securities

• You’ve done something with that interest — tracking data, building models, writing, trading, or running your own experiments

• You’re detail-oriented — in a system-driven environment, small mistakes compound quickly

• You’re curious and learn fast — you don’t wait to be told what to do, you form your own views

• You communicate clearly — you can break down complex ideas into simple, actionable insights

• You’re comfortable with ambiguity and pace — macro environments shift quickly, and narratives break often

• You have a bias toward building and improving systems, not just analyzing outputs

Required Experience

• 1–2 years of experience in markets, research, trading, or a related analytical role (internships count if the work was real)

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize large amounts of macro information into clear, actionable outputs

• Working proficiency with data tools (Excel/Google Sheets minimum; Python/SQL is a plus)

• Evidence that you actively follow macro markets — we will ask you what you think is happening and why

Nice-to-Have’s

• Experience analyzing or trading macro products (indices, rates, commodities, FX)

• Experience applying data analysis or AI tools to macro or market problems

• Experience building dashboards, pipelines, or lightweight data infrastructure

• Familiarity with cross-asset relationships and macro-driven market regimes

• A side project, writing, or portfolio that shows how you think about macro markets independently

We don’t expect a perfect match. If the way we build resonates with you and you’re excited by the work, we’d love to hear from you!

About Nascent

Founded in 2020, Nascent exists to build, expand, and capture opportunity, in open markets and permissionless technologies. Building from a base of permanent capital, we deploy assets across a range of both liquid and long-term strategies that ensure we are among the most active users of the open financial system we are helping to build. We've made venture investments in 100+ early-stage teams that we believe have the potential to create substantive change, expand boundaries, and find new horizons. We are consistently on the hunt for the most competitive and curious minds exploring the edges of the crypto ecosystem and leverage our hyper flexible structure to accelerate ideas into fully deployed strategies.

Our Team & Culture

At Nascent, we are an interdisciplinary team of investors, builders & creators, capable of achieving more together than we can as individuals. We offer the opportunity to contribute to building the future global economic system with a world-class team and culture that pairs the freedom to explore, experiment & play with a competitive drive to win. We invest in our people by providing the autonomy to build, coupled with accountability & honest feedback to help learn, grow, perform & win. Our distributed team understands the value of in-person time—we encourage team members to come together for more frequent in-person work.

Principles that drive our team & work

• Compete to win

• Explore, experiment, play

• Always be building

• Seek and speak truth

• Own your shit.

What We Offer

At Nascent, we offer a competitive total compensation package heavily weighted toward bonus, ensuring that when we perform at our best and the firm wins we all win.

• The opportunity to learn, experiment and build in an entrepreneurial environment

• Remote and distributed working environment

• Comprehensive health benefits package including dental, vision, and life

• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave & supported return to work

• Home office setup and stipend or coworking space and wellness stipend

• Retirement plan matching contributions

• Open vacation policy as well as flexible work hours and location

• Team activities and in-person team retreats

We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity and differences of perspectives. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status, inclusive of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.