creating liquid and efficient markets in crypto

Wintermute

build products/applications that people find useful and enjoy using

<h3>Mission &amp; Key Concepts</h3><p>Wintermute is a leading algorithmic trading firm that is focused on the innovative digital asset markets and is building the future of finance while also empowering its employees to act like owners and achieve more than it’s possible elsewhere.</p><p>Our <strong>Mission</strong> is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent, fair and efficient markets and products</p><h3>History &amp; Achievements</h3><p><strong>Founded</strong>: 2017</p><p><strong>HQ</strong>: London, UK</p><p>With an average daily trading volume of over $5bn, Wintermute facilitates OTC trading of 350+ tokens and provides liquidity across 80+ centralized and decentralized exchanges. Wintermute is an active player in the ecosystem, and investsin early stage DeFi projects, provides liquidity provisioning services for high profile blockchain projects, and overall supports builders of decentralized finance.</p><p><strong>Funding</strong></p><ul><li>Wintermute has raised a total of $23.8M in funding over 4 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 20, 2021.</li><li>Wintermute is funded by 11 investors. Pantera Capital and Kenetic are the most recent investors.</li><li>Wintermute has raised a total of $20M in a single venture fund, Wintermute Fund. This fund was announced on Nov 30, 2021 and raised a total of $20M.</li></ul><p><strong>Investments</strong></p><ul><li>Wintermute has made 58 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 4, 2022, when Texture raised $5M.</li></ul><h3>Core Team</h3><ul><li>Evgeny Gaevoy - Co-Founder &amp; CEO</li><li>Valentine Samko - CTO</li><li>Yoann Turpin - Co-Founder &amp; Head Of Business Development</li></ul><h3>Culture &amp; Benefits</h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, take ownership of large projects and deals&nbsp;</li><li>A unique opportunity to join a high growth startup and one of the strongest and highest potential crypto startups globally</li><li>Great culture: highly professional and ambitious, yet informal, friendly, non-hierarchical, collaborative and entrepreneurial</li><li>A cool office in central Singapore</li><li>Regular&nbsp;team events, such as team lunches, team dinners, gaming sessions; these are not obligatory in any sense, but this is what we like to do</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: on top of competitive fixed compensation you get significant performance-based variable pay</li></ul><p><br></p>

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for a Software Engineer specializing in Python who is passionate about building products/applications that people find useful and enjoy using. At Wintermute you will have an opportunity to grow and make direct impact on trading by developing and improving all the parts of the trading applications, while also getting advice and guidance from very experienced developers and traders, including the founders. You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, and you'll learn at an unprecedented speed.</p><p>No legacy systems, no corporate bureaucracy, no multiple levels of approvals. It is up to you to make an impact.&nbsp;You will work alongside exceptionally sharp colleagues, learn how to write fail-safe code and improve performance and scalability of GUI and other applications, a real challenge and a rare opportunity!&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li>Work on QT based Python trading applications</li><li>Build a brand-new trading GUI (for internal use), upgrade existing applications, design a completely application from scratch</li><li>You will work very closely with traders and trading platform developers</li></ul><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>Advanced knowledge of Python 3</li><li>Familiarity with Linux on desktops and servers</li><li>Experience building high-performance GUI applications (e.g., the ones working with a very large volume of live data)</li><li>Experience implementing client-server systems in Python</li><li>Understanding concepts of asynchronous IO</li><li>Some familiarity with C++ would be an advantage</li><li>Quantitative/reasoning skills&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Bonus points:</strong></p><ul><li>Love coding, love problem solving, and love seeing your products work</li><li>Love building things</li><li>Are curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets</li><li>Are determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way</li><li>Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver</li><li>Like working like an owner and not like a 9-to-5 or contractor mentality</li><li>Like working in the team environment (not fully remote), at least half-time working from our London office (COVID restrictions allowing)</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project or trading firm</li><li>A unique opportunity to join one of the strongest and most successful technology teams globally</li><li>Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A cool office in central London with a sci-fi touch</li><li>We support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours; however, we require hard/smart work and &gt;60% work from the office; we are unable to accept remote candidates</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: a significant part of your compensation is similar to that of owners - significant performance-based variable pay and the best thing - your contribution directly impacts both and the upside is unlimited</li><li>We offer standard perks too, like pension, private health insurance and free food, but that’s probably not the right reason to join us</li><li>We offer UK work permits and help in relocation</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>At Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products.</p><p>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 offering best-in-class OTC products to crypto native as well as traditional financial institutions.</p><p>Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incubation of own projects. We act as official market makers for a large number of the world’s highest profile blockchain projects.</p><p>Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We manage 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 culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.</p>

Software Engineer (Python)

join a Web3 organization and make your mark

full-time

develop front end applications for Wintermute's new trading products and protocols

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for Frontend Engineer who is passionate about building products/applications that people find useful and enjoy using. At Wintermute you will have an opportunity to grow and make direct impact on trading by developing and improving all the parts of the trading applications for internal and external users, while also getting advice and guidance from very experienced developers and traders. You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, and you'll learn at an unprecedented speed.</p><p>A great advantage of this position is that it is varied, and it is also up to you to shape it in the direction that matches your talents and company needs. You’ll have an opportunity to improve your knowledge of building high-performance scalable applications, understand broader system architecture and to understand algorithmic crypto currency trading.&nbsp;</p><p>We are open to experience from both personal and work-related projects. Interest in algorithmic trading is a plus.</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li>Develop front end applications for Wintermute's new trading products and protocols, as well as internal trading applications</li><li>Work very closely with traders and trading platform developers</li><li>Develop and improve all the parts of the trading applications for internal and external users</li></ul><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>Knowledge of front end tech stack: node.js, npm, javascript, typescript and popular frameworks (please have examples front-ends that you built ready)</li><li>Basic understanding of infrastructure required for frontend/servers:&nbsp;CDN, Cloudflare or similar, webservers.</li><li>Python knowledge is a strong plus, but not mandatory</li><li>Strong interest in trading</li></ul><p><strong>Bonus points:</strong></p><ul><li>Love coding, love problem solving, and love seeing your products work</li><li>Love building things</li><li>Are curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets</li><li>Are determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way</li><li>Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver</li><li>Like working like an owner, work hard and no 9-to-5 "work to pay bills" or contractor mentality</li><li>Like working in the team environment (not fully remote)</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, take ownership of large projects and deals&nbsp;</li><li>A unique opportunity to join a high growth startup and one of the strongest and highest potential crypto startups globally</li><li>Great culture: highly professional and ambitious, yet informal, friendly, non-hierarchical, collaborative and entrepreneurial</li><li>A cool office in central Singapore</li><li>Regular&nbsp;team events, such as team lunches, team dinners, gaming sessions; these are not obligatory in any sense, but this is what we like to do</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: on top of competitive fixed compensation you get significant performance-based variable pay</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>Singapore, Asia / London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>At Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products.</p><p>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 offering best-in-class OTC products to crypto native as well as traditional financial institutions.</p><p>Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incubation of own projects. We act as official market makers for a large number of the world’s highest profile blockchain projects.</p><p>Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We manage 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 culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.</p>

Senior Frontend Engineer

work on building out an automated trade reconciliation system

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for a Core Developer to work on building out an automated trade reconciliation system. This is a greenfield project and you will work closely with the Lead Core Developer, CTO, Middle Office Lead and traders.</p><p>The solution will match order and transfer information from the large number of crypto exchanges that we trade on to generate near-live middle office confirmations and reconciled positions, live alerts, and historic reports. We are a Linux based company and the solution will be built in Python and should "talk to" C++ stack. It is going to be a very high-performance solution that should be capable of reconciling up to 100M transactions a day.</p><p>The role is ideal for a candidate with strong Python skills who is interested to work on building new high-performance systems and developing their knowledge of system architecture, as well as of finance and trading. Crypto exchange experience is not required, but interest in financial and crypto markets would be an advantage.</p><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>3+ experience of Python 3 development (could be academic or personal projects)</li><li>Experience working with reconciliation, risk or other middle office systems would be an advantage, but not required</li><li>Experience building/upgrading and using SQL based databases</li><li>Familiarity with Linux, on desktops and servers</li><li>Understanding of git or any other source versioning systems</li></ul><p><strong>Bonus points:</strong></p><ul><li>Love coding, love problem solving, and love seeing your products work</li><li>Love building things</li><li>Are curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets</li><li>Are determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way</li><li>Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver</li><li>Like working like an owner and not having a 9-to-5 or contractor mentality</li><li>Like working in the team environment (not fully remote), at least &gt;60% working from our London office (COVID restrictions allowing)</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project or trading firm</li><li>A unique opportunity to join one of the strongest and most successful technology teams globally</li><li>Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A cool office in central London with a sci-fi touch</li><li>We support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours; however, we require hard/smart work and &gt;60% work from the office; we are unable to accept remote candidates</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: a significant part of your compensation is similar to that of owners - significant performance-based variable pay and the best thing - your contribution directly impacts both and the upside is unlimited</li><li>We offer standard perks too, like pension, private health insurance and free food, but that’s probably not the right reason to join us</li><li>We offer UK work permits and help in relocation</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>At Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products.</p><p>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 offering best-in-class OTC products to crypto native as well as traditional financial institutions.</p><p>Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incubation of own projects. We act as official market makers for a large number of the world’s highest profile blockchain projects.</p><p>Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We manage 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 culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.</p>

Core Developer (Python)

create data infrastructure to bring the analytics to the next level

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for a C++ Quant Developer who is passionate about technology, interested in both low level details of how computer hardware operates and high-level design of large systems, as well as in data infrastructure. Someone who likes opening the hood to see how things work, has understanding of data structures, experience writing client-server network applications, and writing and optimising code for high performance.</p><p>We welcome your previous experience from your own personal projects as well as commercial experience. PhD in maths is not uncommon for our Quant Developers, and at least a graduate level of maths skills is required.&nbsp;Interest in algorithmic and quantitative trading is a plus.</p><p>At Wintermute you will have an opportunity to grow and make direct impact on trading by developing and improving all the parts of the trading platform, data infrastructure and related software, while also getting advice and guidance from very experienced developers and traders, including the founders.</p><p>You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, and you'll learn at an unprecedented speed! No legacy systems, no multiple levels of approvals, no bureaucracy; all developers report directly to CTO who is very hands on. It is up to you to make an impact!&nbsp;</p><p>You will work alongside exceptionally sharp colleagues, learn how to write fail-safe code and improve performance and scalability of the trading system, a real challenge and a rare opportunity! We have flexible working arrangements, it’s the productivity that matters. At least several days a week in the office with our own gym, unlimited food and drinks are required.</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li>Creating data infrastructure to bring the analytics to the next level and support the scaling of quantitative trading</li><li>Upgrading major trading system components, designing a completely new application from scratch, working on implementation of pricing models</li></ul><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>At least 2 years’ experience with C++ - we will test</li><li>Understanding networking and implementing client-server connections - we will test</li><li>Experience with looking under the hood to see how C++ standard libraries work - we will test</li><li>Strong analytical skills - we will test</li></ul><p><strong>Bonus points:</strong></p><ul><li>Love coding, love problem solving, and love seeing your products work</li><li>Love building things</li><li>Are curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets</li><li>Are determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way</li><li>Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project or trading firm</li><li>A unique opportunity to join one of the strongest and most successful CeFi teams globally</li><li>Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A cool office in central London with a sci-fi touch</li><li>Although we are unable to accept fully remote candidates, we support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours.</li><li>On top of competitive base pay, we offer substantial performance based bonuses</li><li>We offer standard perks too, like pension, private health insurance and free food, but that’s probably not the right reason to join us</li><li>We offer UK work permits and help with relocation</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>At Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products.</p><p>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 offering best-in-class OTC products to crypto native as well as traditional financial institutions.</p><p>Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incubation of own projects. We act as official market makers for a large number of the world’s highest profile blockchain projects.</p><p>Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We manage 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 culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.</p>

C++ Quant Developer

drive our financial OTC products offering and trading capabilities for crypto native and traditional institutional counterparties

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for a Product Director to drive our financial OTC products offering and trading capabilities for crypto native and traditional institutional counterparties. You will be responsible for managing and driving growth for&nbsp;Wintermute OTC offering across various electronic and voice trading products.&nbsp;</p><p>You will be responsible for all commercial aspects of the business from roadmap definition to roadmap execution, to PnL responsibility. You will work cross-functionally and cooperate closely with trading, operations, business development, and marketing.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><p><u>1/ Product Strategy &amp; Delivery:</u></p><ul><li>Develop the roadmap for electronic trading products (single-dealer platform, institutional API solutions) as well as for voice trading (derivatives, tailored products, etc.)&nbsp;</li><li>Manage the execution of the product roadmap which involves managing cross-functional teams, external service providers, as well as being very hands on&nbsp;</li><li>Manage the implementation of new products, functionality and features within strict and short timelines</li><li>Work closely with software developers teams and traders and be able to understand and drive both technical and financial product requirements</li></ul><p><u>2/ Go To Market:</u></p><ul><li>Drive the definition of Go-to-Market strategy in cooperation with the COO and other relevant teams based on a deep understanding of the market, competitive landscape, counterparty needs, product and implementation feasibility</li><li>Develop new product launch plans including market research, go-to-market, regulatory and technology aspects</li><li>Detail product benefits and features and brief marketing on the correct positioning of the products&nbsp;</li><li>Develop strategic partnerships and maintain relationships with key counterparties and partners&nbsp;</li></ul><p><u>3/ Commercial ownership:</u></p><ul><li>Be ultimately responsible for the PnL of the business&nbsp;</li><li>Drive both short-term operational and longer-term strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability across various products and trading counterparties</li></ul><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>Experience in and deep knowledge of electronic trading products in financial services or crypto</li><li>Specific experience in electronic trading platforms (e.g. eFX), OTC trading and derivative instruments is a significant advantage</li><li>Product management or business management experience in the financial services industry or relevant advisory firms</li><li>Solid understanding of transactions lifecycle, incl position management, clearing, margin/collateral management, P&amp;L accounting, etc.</li><li>Good understanding of financial market ecosystem players, their product needs, incentives and constraints</li><li>Degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Business or equivalent experience</li><li>Strong existing network in institutional finance; personal or professional interest in crypto is an advantage</li><li>Experience starting new initiatives from scratch and seeing them through to delivery</li><li>Loves working both with data and with people</li><li>Fast learner who takes initiative; ownership mentality / no job is too small attitude</li><li>Structured approach, good judgment of priorities, focus on getting things done&nbsp;and continuous incremental delivery</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project or trading firm</li><li>A unique opportunity to join one of the strongest and most successful DeFi teams globally</li><li>With Wintermute you don’t make a bet on a single product, platform, chain or technology; we’ll win if DeFi wins as a whole</li><li>Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A cool office in central London &amp; Singapore with a sci-fi touch</li><li>Although we prefer London or Singapore based candidates and support relocation, we are open to remote candidates; for office candidates, we offer flexibility to work from home about 50% of the time; we support some working hour flexibility</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: a significant part of your compensation is similar to that of owners - significant performance-based variable pay and the best thing - your contribution directly impacts both and the upside is unlimited</li><li>We offer standard perks too, like pension, private health insurance and free food, but that’s probably not the right reason to join us!</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>At Wintermute, our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent 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.&nbsp;</p><p>Wintermute’s customer-facing business includes various OTC products such as electronic trading API and single-dealer platforms for a wide range of counterparties from crypto native whales to large traditional finance institutions. Wintermute is also providing market-making services for blockchain projects where we support most of the world’s largest and most prominent launches.</p><p>In addition to providing the best in class liquidity products, Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incubation of its own projects.&nbsp;</p><p>Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We manage 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 culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.&nbsp;</p>

Product Director, Institutional Trading

deliver high-performance, scalable and beautiful web3 applications

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>You will be in charge of delivering high-performance, scalable and beautiful web3 applications. You will lead the engineering team, design back-end and front-end architecture, write and release top quality code and refine DevOps practices. You will push the boundaries by delivering technical innovation in blockchain space. You will use your best entrepreneurial instincts to make technology choices that drive business growth.</p><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>4+ years of demonstrable engineering experience in either a professional and personal capacity</li><li>Full stack awareness with focus on componentisation, managing applications/microservices and API designs</li><li>Architecting systems that manage financial data, such as a trade order lifecycle from request to execution</li><li>Strong working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and Python3.8+ and OOP principles</li><li>Familiarity with common network protocols such as HTTP, WS and FIX</li><li>General clean code habits, along with basic DevOps understanding of items such as Git, AWS, Jenkins, standard security practices and Linux based operating systems</li><li>Blockchain Fundamentals such as consensus mechanisms, nodes, web3</li><li>Experience with EVM smart contract development (preferably Solidity/Foundry framework) and basic knowledge on implementation patterns and gas optimisation</li><li>Understanding and experience on analysing on-chain transactional activity, such as pool swaps and peer to peer settlement protocols</li><li>Managing small and dynamic teams</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on a startup from zero to one with all the impact of early employees, while having a reliable backing (financial, technological and business expertise) from one of the industry’s top players</li><li>An amazing culture, defined as ambitious, knowledgeable and fun.</li><li>Work flexibility: while we have location preferences for our hubs (New York, London, Singapore, Sydney), we are open to remote candidates globally</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>Hybrid - Singapore, Asia / London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>Wintermute’s mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products.</p><p>As part of this mission we have incubated a new decentralized trading protocol that will significantly improve the experience of trading on DeFi.</p><p>Wintermute is one of the largest algorithmic trading firms in digital assets globally. We manage billions in assets and trade more than $5B+/day across dozens of different trading platforms. Wintermute provides liquidity algorithmically across most CeFi and DeFi exchanges and via OTC.</p><p>Wintermute was one of the earliest adopters of DeFi and is a big supporter of decentralized finance. We are widely known to be one of the largest and most advanced liquidity providers in DeFi. We support all major DEX, trading platforms, AMMs, RFQs, aggregators and we work with most major chains.</p><p>Wintermute is an official market maker for many of the most prominent blockchain projects and we actively support the DeFi ecosystem: we invest in and help scale early stage DeFi projects, we actively participate in governance of various protocols and cooperate with projects of building the missing pieces of the ecosystem.&nbsp;</p>

Lead Software Engineer

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for a DeFi Software Engineer who has a deep understanding of blockchain and is curious about algorithmic trading.&nbsp;&nbsp;At Wintermute, you will have the opportunity to develop your own product (trading algorithms, trading strategies, trading applications, potentially new trading products, and related infrastructure), while also getting advice and guidance from very experienced developers and traders, including the management team.</p><p>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!&nbsp;</p><p>A great advantage of this position is that it is varied and it is also up to you to shape it in the direction that matches your talents and company needs. You will work alongside exceptionally sharp DeFi experts, cefi developers and traders, learn how to write fail-safe code and squeeze every millisecond of program performance, a real challenge and a rare opportunity!</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li>Connecting to a new DeFi protocol or new blockchain (e.g. Solana)</li><li>Design and build a new smart contract</li><li>Own development for a specific protocol or DEX exchange and liaise with traders to maximize return on capital and maintain our competitive edge</li><li>You will be tracking all major developments for the particular chains</li><li>Assess and execute trading opportunities, generate insights, prioritizing them and building a solution from scratch</li></ul><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>Deep understanding of data types and algorithms - we will test!&nbsp;</li><li>Understanding of blockchain, smart contracts, Ethereum and decentralized protocols,</li><li>Knowledge of other chains (Solana, Polkadot) is an advantage</li><li>Programming fundamentals (in C++, C#, Java, OOP)</li><li>Blockchain fundamentals (consensus, nodes, miners, forks, transactions, web3)</li><li>2-3 years development on integrating/working on DeFi projects and protocols is an advantage, but if you are a self-taught genius or a DeFi enthusiast working on own projects, that may work too</li><li>Trading knowledge isn’t required but willingness and curiosity to learn algorithmic, high-frequency, quantitative, market making trading is crucial</li><li>Excellent quantitative and analytical skills</li></ul><p><strong>Bonus points:</strong></p><ul><li>Love coding, love problem solving, and love seeing your products work</li><li>Love building things</li><li>Curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets</li><li>Determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way</li><li>Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver</li><li>Like working like an owner, not 9-to-5 or contractor mentality</li><li>Ideally like working in the team environment (not fully remote), at least half-time working from our London or Singapore office but we are also open to candidates who wants to work fully remotely</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project or trading firm</li><li>A unique opportunity to join one of the strongest and most successful DeFi teams globally</li><li>With Wintermute you don’t make a bet on a single product, platform, chain or technology; we’ll win if DeFi wins as a whole</li><li>Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A cool office in central London &amp; Singapore with a sci-fi touch</li><li>Although we prefer London or Singapore based candidates and support relocation, we are open to remote candidates; for office candidates, we offer flexibility to work from home about 50% of the time; we support some working hour flexibility</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: a significant part of your compensation is similar to that of owners - significant performance-based variable pay and the best thing - your contribution directly impacts both and the upside is unlimited</li><li>We offer standard perks too, like pension, private health insurance and free food, but that’s probably not the right reason to join us</li><li>We offer UK work permits and help in relocation</li></ul><h3><strong>Location</strong></h3><p>London, United Kingdom</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>At Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products.</p><p>Wintermute is one of the largest algorithmic trading firms in digital assets globally. We manage billions in assets and trade more than $5B+/day across dozens of different trading platforms. Wintermute provides liquidity algorithmically across most CeFi and DeFi exchanges and via OTC.</p><p>Wintermute was one of the earliest adopters of DeFi and is a big supporter of decentralized finance. We are widely known to be one of the largest and most advanced liquidity providers in DeFi. We support all major DEX, trading platforms, AMMs, RFQs, aggregators and we work with most major chains.</p><p>Wintermute is an official market maker for many of the most prominent blockchain projects and we actively support the DeFi ecosystem: we invest in and help scale early stage DeFi projects, we actively participate in governance of various protocols and cooperate with projects of building the missing pieces of the ecosystem.</p><p>Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. 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.</p><p>We are run as a technology company, not a financial service provider, and we build our culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy.</p>

Software Engineer  – DeFi

building new as well as growing Wintermute's existing businesses in Asia

<h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3><p>We are looking for a Business Development &amp; Partnerships Director of Asia who will continue our ambitious expansion in the region. We are looking for someone who knows the Asian financial services markets, is curious about digital assets and is excited to make a big impact for Wintermute in Asia.&nbsp;</p><p>You will be responsible for building new as well as growing Wintermute's existing businesses in Asia. You will own opportunities in the region from end to end and develop your own strategic growth plan, while also getting advice and guidance from the team.</p><p>As a leading algorithmic trading firm in digital assets with one of the largest OTC desks and a wide spectrum of products, your role will be varied with a certain focus that fits your skills and company’s objectives.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li>Grow institutional OTC business in Asia -&nbsp;this includes developing and executing your own growth plan in regards to Asia banks, asset managers and funds&nbsp;</li><li>Work closely with other teams to bring new products (e.g. new derivatives products) to the market, this includes collecting customer feedback, testing products, launch plans, etc.</li><li>Grow the crypto project market making business - deepen and build relationships with high profile projects in the region, as well as local VCs and other important ecosystem players&nbsp;</li><li>Growth partner relationships with important partners such as exchanges, custodians, lenders and other infrastructure providers</li><li>Work with various cross-functional teams to drive brand awareness in the key markets in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Japan, South-East Asia, Australia)</li><li>Execute a structured business development process and work with the teams to further improve operational efficiency (e.g. CRM, effectiveness of campaigns, etc)</li><li>Keep track of key launches and news in the crypto eco-system and proactively identify cooperation and business development opportunities</li></ul><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><p><strong>Hard Skills Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Experience in traditional financial services experience - high performing teams in banking, asset management, funds; experience with eFX platforms is a significant advantage</li><li>Experience with spot and derivatives OTC products is a significant advantage, e.g. options, structured products&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in business development, partnerships or any client-facing role (B2B sales, investment banking, etc)</li><li>Experience delivering business results - be ready to talk about numbers/quota achievement, etc</li><li>Experience in several important Asian markets; deep understanding of both Asian and Western mindsets and ways of doing business</li><li>Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; the role is more around providing education to counterparties about our services rather than a standard sales pitch. Therefore it's important to come across convincing, concise, precise and a good listener whilst also being clear on the next steps as well as ensuring timely follow ups.&nbsp;</li><li>Trading knowledge or crypto knowledge - is a strong advantage; willingness, aptitude and curiosity to understand the fundamentals of blockchain technologies, algorithmic trading and market making is crucial</li><li>Professional level Mandarin (or other major Asia language) is an advantage</li><li>BSc/MSc in Business/Economics/Finance or any related degree</li></ul><p><strong>Other Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Have an owner mentality: you focus on the ultimate result for the company (short and long-term growth)</li><li>Able to understand the bigger picture and be very hands-on and practical</li><li>Love problem solving, and love seeing the tangible results of you work</li><li>Determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard, take feedback and learn on the way</li><li>Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver</li><li>Have an entrepreneurial mindset versus working&nbsp;9-to-5 mentality; prepared to work non-standard working hours (since we are a high-growth start-up operating in 24/7 crypto world)</li><li>Like working in the team collaborative environment (not fully remote), at least half-time working from our office</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><ul><li>A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, take ownership of large projects and deals&nbsp;</li><li>A unique opportunity to join a high growth startup and one of the strongest and highest potential crypto startups globally</li><li>Great culture: highly professional and ambitious, yet informal, friendly, non-hierarchical, collaborative and entrepreneurial</li><li>A cool office in central Singapore</li><li>Regular&nbsp;team events, such as team lunches, team dinners, gaming sessions; these are not obligatory in any sense, but this is what we like to do</li><li>Aligned incentive structure: on top of competitive fixed compensation you get significant performance-based variable pay</li></ul><h3>location</h3><p>Singapore, Asia</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p>Wintermute is a leading algorithmic trading firm that is focused on the innovative digital asset markets and is building the future of finance while also empowering its employees to act like owners and achieve more than it’s possible elsewhere.</p><p>Our Mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent, fair and efficient markets and products.</p><p>We have the best liquidity products in the market, we work with many of the most prominent blockchain projects, we have many strategic growth opportunities in the pipeline, and a long line of counterparties wanting to develop relationships with us. We have no legacy processes, no corporate bureaucracy, no multiple levels of approvals, yet the highest standards of professionalism.&nbsp;</p>

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