Trading Analyst
About Wintermute
Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Wintermute also has a Wintermute Ventures arm that invests in early stage DeFi projects.
Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. To Wintermute digital assets is not just another asset class, we believe in the innovative potential of blockchain, the fundamental innovations, we have a long-term view on the digital asset market and are taking a leadership position in building an innovative and compliant market. Read more here.
Working at Wintermute
We are looking for a Trading Analyst in London with strong Python coding skills and demonstrable experience working collaboratively within a development team. This should be accompanied by a genuine curiosity about HFT, market making, and crypto trading. You will be working on the front line with the traders to expand and improve trading activities across multiple markets and strategies. This is a highly cross-functional role offering direct exposure to all areas of the business. You will have the opportunity to learn directly from traders and be at the centre of the action, as well as collaborate with developers to integrate and upgrade infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
Roll out trading for new instruments.
Design, build and deploy automated infrastructure and tools to streamline trading processes across the desk.
Support in troubleshooting and debugging live trading systems, detecting and addressing any system errors.
Design and maintain data visualisations that deliver insights and actionable market information for traders.
Manage service deployments to ensure the trading environment operates reliably and within defined performance thresholds.
Conduct trade reconciliation, ensuring the accuracy of trade economics and settlement agreements.
Hard Skills Requirements:
Strong Python Skills: Strong experience coding in Python within a collaborative development environment (work, team projects, or open-source) - we will test!
Though we are seeking talented graduates, we are still open to experienced individuals coming from analytical roles or software development.
Good quantitative and analytical skills.
Trading knowledge isn’t strictly required for this role, but a strong willingness and curiosity to learn algorithmic, high-frequency, quantitative, and market-making trading is crucial. Candidates should possess trading intuition (e.g., understanding risk, market dynamics, and what fundamentally separates a good trade from a bad trade).
An understanding of DeFi and Blockchain would be a valuable bonus in this role.
Here is why you should join our dynamic team:
Opportunity to work at one of the world's leading algorithmic trading firms.
Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership compared to traditional finance environments.
A vibrant working culture with frequent team meals, holiday celebrations, gaming events, and company-wide outings.
A Wintermute-inspired office, featuring an array of amenities such as table tennis, personalized desk configurations, a cozy team breakout area with games.
Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial.
A performance-based compensation with a significant earning potential alongside standard perks like private health insurance.
Note:
Although we are unable to accept fully remote candidates, we support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours. We operate a hybrid working model but for this role we expect more office presence.
We offer UK work permits and help with relocation.