2023 Summer Internship Programme (Dubai)

Description

About Hex Trust

Hex Trust is an institutional-grade digital asset custodian that offers
custody, DeFi, brokerage, and financing solutions for financial institutions,
digital asset organizations, corporate and private clients.

Top emerging blockchains, leading DeFi apps, cutting-edge technologies,
institutional players, metaverse projects, bluechip NFTs, and market movers
all meet at Hex Trust.

The Programme

Our ‎12-week paid internship program is now open to talented undergraduates
looking for the opportunity to do just that. During your internship, you can
look forward to working with an ambitious team to gain experience across the
full spectrum of the digital asset economy.

You'll be embedded within your assigned department, gaining insight and
picking up knowledge and skills required to deliver outputs that contribute to
Hex Trust's continued success.

We'll make sure you hear and learn from our seasoned professionals from across
the organization and around the world, ensuring exposure that helps you build
the complete picture.

Throughout the programme, interns will also be working as a team on one of Hex
Trust's initiatives and/or business challenges, leveraging their new skills &
knowledge to develop and present solutions - step up, be challenged, and make
a difference at Hex Trust!

Our Departments

We have positions available in the following departments

Sales & Business Development

The Sales & Business Development department is directly responsible for top-
line revenue generation of Hex Trust. Team members are responsible for the
entire sales cycle from prospecting to deal closing of institutional clients
and partners from across the globe.

Trading

We have access to deep liquidity pools across global exchanges and OTC desks
covering a wide range of digital assets. In addition to what you'd typically
expect to find, team members from the Trading department also actively
participate in the Market, DeFi and the NFT communities to generate ideas and
capture opportunities.

Financing

This department plays an essential role in funding the business activities of
Hex Trust. The main financing services provided include lending and borrowing
of crypto assets, as well as providing income yield solutions through DeFi,
structured products and staking processes for our clients.

Quant Development

The Quant department works on the development of the applications and
strategies for yield farming and staking solutions. We work closely with
infrastructure and front office teams to understand business context, perform
market research and modeling, and build products and risk monitoring tools for
both front and back end.

Custody

The Hex Trust custody team oversees the provision of bank-grade digital asset
custody to Hex Trust clients worldwide. We handle every aspect of the custody
business -- pricing, new product launches, technical client onboarding, custom
client setups, marketing, legal, etc. -- and interact with a wide variety of
key stakeholders both internally and externally. In particular we collaborate
very closely with the technology to innovate on our flagship product and
custody platform, Hex Safe.

Operations

The Operations Department is responsible for executions and providing support
to various Business streams (Custody, Trading, Financing, and more), including
transaction executions (both digital asset & fiat), settlements (trades &
loans) and reporting. The role of the Operations team is also technical to
some extent due to the technically inclined nature of the Blockchain space,
where Operations team members should be equipped with basic knowledge of
Blockchain, private/public keys and addresses.

Client Management

The Client Management Department interacts closely with some of the most
forward-thinking players in the digital assets industry, from traditional
financial institutions to digital natives. The ideal candidate is obsessed
with providing the absolute best client experience. He/She is eager to make an
impact externally with clients as well as internally within the organization,
and is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to get things done. We look for
highly empathic and passionate people with high EQ, and the ability to excel
in a fast-paced and ever changing environment. Come make a real impact at one
of the most exciting and growing companies in the industry.

Requirements
You should be a final year student or a recent graduate who is looking to
start their career. Area of study should ideally be aligned with the
Department(s) where you want to do your Internship.
You will demonstrate a strong interest to learn & grow in the technology,
cryptocurrency and the blockchain industry.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particularly in English as
we are a diverse, multinational bunch with a global footprint.
Self-motivated, proactive, diligent, and detail-oriented.
An updated CV, and a cover letter identifying the Department (up to ‎2) of
interest, and explaining how you think an Internship at Hex Trust will be a
useful addition to your future career plans.
Benefits

Make a difference and get yourself noticed in a rapidly growing company,
providing multiple opportunities for career and personal development. We are a
dynamic, multi-cultural team of smart, motivated people based in brand new
offices in the heart of Hong Kong's Central business district. We'll give you
tough challenges, while offering rewarding results to match, as well as
regular team and social events and flexible working arrangements when needed.

Diverse and inclusive team: A diverse and international team who come from
over ‎15 countries with diversity of both thought and background on a mission
to disrupt the digital asset industry. We support each other and take pride in
our achievements. We attract talent from well known global multinational
companies and institutions.
Ownership & learning-curve: Opportunity to make an active contribution to
the growth story of one of the leading disruptors in the FinTech industry.
Communication: We treat our staff like owners by being open, transparent,
and providing regular communication about our direction and progress. We
provide regular insight into decision making, strategy, and corporate-wide
objectives and key results progress so that each of our employees is aligned
and empowered. And we constantly strive to improve how we can communicate more
effectively.
Office: We offer both the flexibility to work remotely or from our modern
offices in the central business hubs of Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai.

Hex Trust is an equal opportunity employer devoted to diversity and inclusion
in the workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion,
colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or
disability status.