Quantitative Researcher, London, Full-time

Algorithmic Trader
[London or Singapore], Full-time

About Wintermute

At Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more trans-
parent and efficient markets and products.

We do this by providing liquidity algorithmically across most trading venues in crypto, supporting all major
centralized and decentralized trading venues, AMMs, RFQs, aggregators and chains. Wintermute is also offer-
ing best-in-class OTC products to crypto native as well as traditional financial institutions.

Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through in-
vestments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incuba-
tion of own projects. We act as official market makers for a large number of the world’s highest profile block-
chain projects.

Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We man-
age billions of dollars in assets and trade more than $5B/day. We are backed by Lightspeed, Pantera Capital,
Sino Global Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Avon Ventures by Fidelity Investments, DeFi Alliance and other
top tier investors. We are run as a technology company, not a financial service provider, and we build our cul-
ture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.

Working at Wintermute

We are looking for an Algorithmic Trader with strong coding skills (Python) and a curiosity about hft, market
making and crypto trading. At Wintermute, you will be responsible for your own “desk” right from the start. You
will have the opportunity to develop your own product (trading algorithms, trading strategies), while also get-
ting advice and guidance from very experienced traders and developers, including the founders/management
team. You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, and you'll learn at an unprecedented
speed! No legacy systems, no corporate bureaucracy, no multiple levels of approvals. It is up to you to make an
impact. You will act like an owner and your incentives (incl. equity) will be completely aligned with those of the
company!

What will you work on

After a short training period, you’ll be tasked with improving existing strategies, adding new trading products
and improving the technology behind our trading systems. You’ll need to analyze large amounts of trading and
transaction data, generate insights, prioritize them and build solutions based on your findings. You can expect
to be able to make an immediate impact on P&L and will be encouraged to explore new ideas and strategies.
We will share more technical details in the interviews. The point is: there is no limit set by the company!

Note: we are looking for people with strong quantitative and coding skills, but this is a business/trading (not a
research) role first and foremost.

Hard Skills Requirements

• Strong Python skills - you have 1-3 years of experience coding in Python, be that through work, study
or personal project experience - we will test!
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills - we will test!
• Trading knowledge isn’t required but a strong willingness and curiosity to learn algorithmic, high-fre-
quency, quantitative and market making trading is crucial
• Strong interest and curiosity in blockchain, crypto and DeFi - you like keeping track of major news and
developments the crypto world
Other Requirements
• Have an owner mentality - you focus on ultimate result (short and long-term P&L for the company),
focus on strategically growing the business for the future vs “cashing-in” fast
• Love problem solving, and love seeing your products work; you do whatever it takes to do what’s
needed (trading, coding, analysing data, collaborating)
• Determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way
• Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset versus working 9-to-5 mentality; prepared to work non-standard
working hours (since we are a high-growth startup operating in 24/7 crypto world)
• Like working in the team environment (not fully remote), at least 75% working from our London office
Wintermute Offer
• A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership
that would take 5-10 years longer to get in a traditional trading company/bank/hedge fund
• A unique opportunity to join one of the fastest growing and most innovative algorithmic trading compa-
nies in the world
• Great culture: highly professional and ambitious, yet informal, non-hierarchical, collaborative and en-
trepreneurial; we are very flat and hands-on environment - you will work very closely with the CEO,
CTO, Head of Trading and the rest of the management team
• No legacy systems and bureaucracy; access to high performance low latency infrastructure
• A cool office in central London with a sci-fi touch
• Aligned incentive structure: a significant part of your compensation is performance-based with sub-
stantial upside