Lead Trading System Engineer

About WintermuteWintermute is a leading market maker of digital assets globally. We manage hundreds of millions in assets and trade more than $1B+/day across dozens of different trading platforms. Culturally, we combine 1) the best-in-class trading and technology professionalism coming from 70+ years of combined team’s expertise in traditional HFT companies like Optiver and 2) technology startup culture, as we are moving very fast and empowering people to act like owners.  Wintermute provides liquidity algorithmically across most vested exchanges in crypto, across CeFi and DeFi, on-screen and OTC, as well as supporting high profile blockchain projects. At Wintermute, we believe in the decentralization of finance and we believe that trading companies of the future are technology companies, not financial services providers.Wintermute is a proprietary trading business. We are a Series B highly profitable startup backed by Lightspeed, Pantera Capital, Sino Global Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures and other top tier investors. Learn more about our team and culture on our website and Evgeny’s post here.Working at Wintermute  We are looking for a Lead Trading Engineer who is passionate about building systems, automations and optimizations that deliver repeatability, reliability and reduce TCO. At Wintermute you will have an opportunity to grow and make direct impact on trading by automating standard trading functions. You will work very closely with traders to understand how they work and will design and implement solutions that will be used by traders while also being robust and scalable from the technology point of view. You will work closely with other developers to ensure that the systems meet production risk objectives.You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, while getting advice and guidance from experienced developers and traders. No legacy systems, no corporate bureaucracy, no multiple levels of approvals. It is up to you to make an impact.  It is a real challenge and a rare opportunity to make a real difference!We are open to experience from both personal and work-related projects. Interest in algorithmic trading is a plus.What will you work onThis role will involve automating several crucial trading processes in Python. 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. We will share more technical details in the interviews.You will work very closely with traders and trading platform developers. You’ll have an opportunity to improve your knowledge of automating complex and key processes, you’ll understand broader system architecture and algorithmic crypto currency trading.  

Hard Skills requirements

• 5+ years experience designing and building trading systems and automations, e.g. trade reconciliation system, risk system, automating crucial trading processes (note we do not mean maintaining or marginally improving existing systems/processes, we mean designing from scratch or making major improvements)
• Experience automating tasks in Python 3
• Experience building/ugrading and using SQL based databases
• Familiarity with Linux, on desktops and servers
• Understanding of git or any other source versioning systems
• Quantitative/reasoning skills 

Write to us if you

• Love coding, love problem solving, and love seeing your products work
• Love building things
• Are curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets
• Are determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way
• Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver
• Like working like an owner and not like a 9-to-5 "work to pay bills" or contractor
• Like working in the team environment (not fully remote), at least half-time working from our London office (COVID restrictions allowing)

Tips for a successful application

• Only apply to us if you are genuinely interested or curious about this role; this is not for someone who is just looking for "a job"
• Write us a short, honest, and direct message if you'd like to apply. Tell us about why you are interested in this role at Wintermute specifically. Do not send us generic copy paste applications, we are looking for authentic people who share our interests, values and ambitions!
• We are able to arrange a UK visa sponshorship for the right candidates

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