wintermute-trading - Algorithmic Trader
Requirements
• Strong Python skills – typically 1–3 years of coding experience through professional work, internships, academic work or personal projects. We will test this during the interview process. • Excellent quantitative and analytical skills – we will test these. • Typically 1–3 years of relevant experience, although we also welcome exceptional recent graduates with relevant internships, particularly from HFT, quantitative trading or similar environments. • Strong ability to analyse complex datasets, identify patterns and turn insights into practical solutions. • An interest in financial markets and technology. Experience or interest in crypto, blockchain and DeFi is beneficial but not required. • You have an owner mentality and focus on the ultimate outcome: generating sustainable P&L and helping grow the business over the long term. • You love solving problems and seeing the solutions you build work in practice. • You are comfortable moving between trading, coding, data analysis and collaboration depending on what is required. • You are determined, ambitious and humble, with a strong willingness to learn. • You enjoy working in a meritocratic environment where performance and impact matter. • You have an entrepreneurial mindset rather than a 9-to-5 mentality and are comfortable with the demands of fast-moving global markets. • You enjoy working collaboratively with traders, developers and other teams. • You are comfortable working primarily from the office while maintaining flexibility where appropriate.
Responsibilities
• A vibrant working culture with team events, celebrations and company wide team building events. • For US applicants: a cool office in the heart of New York City which often hosts some of the leading industry events • For London applicants: a Wintermute-inspired office in central London, featuring an array of amenities such as table tennis and foosball, personalized desk configurations, a cozy team breakout area with games. • Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial. • A performance-based compensation with a significant earning upside. • For US, the base salary range for this role is $210,000 - $240,000. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and medical insurance.
Benefits
• Opportunity to work at the world's leading algorithmic trading firm covering both digital assets and traditional finance.
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