Graduate Algorithmic Trader 2027

Wintermute • New York, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Wintermute is a global electronic trading firm operating across digital assets, prediction markets, and traditional financial markets. We provide liquidity and trade at scale across major cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, while expanding our activity across traditional financial products, including equities and commodities. Alongside our liquidity provision and proprietary trading activities, we provide a broad range of OTC trading solutions and work with leading financial institutions, exchanges, blockchain projects, and other major participants across global markets. Wintermute has scaled beyond digital assets and continues to expand into new markets where technology and market structure create opportunities for innovation. This includes our growing presence in prediction markets and traditional finance, alongside our established position as one of the leading liquidity providers in digital assets.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing global trading firm, work across emerging and established markets, and play a meaningful role in the continued expansion of Wintermute. We are looking for a Graduate Algorithmic Trader with strong coding skills (Python) and a curiosity about HFT, liquidity provision, and crypto trading. At Wintermute, you will eventually be responsible for your own “desk”. You will have the opportunity to develop your own product (trading algorithms, trading strategies), while also getting 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.

After a short training period with the traders, 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 Quant/research) role first and foremost.

Requirements

• Strong Python skills - 1-3 years of experience coding in Python (through work, study, or personal projects)
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills
• Strong willingness and curiosity to learn algorithmic, high-frequency, quantitative, and liquidity provision trading
• Owner mentality - 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
• 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 a team environment

Nice To Haves

• Trading knowledge isn’t required but a strong willingness and curiosity to learn algorithmic, high-frequency, quantitative and liquidity provision trading is crucial. We will be testing you on your trading intuition.

Responsibilities

• Improving existing strategies
• Adding new trading products
• Improving the technology behind our trading systems
• Analyzing large amounts of trading and transaction data
• Generating insights
• Prioritizing insights
• Building solutions based on findings
• Making an immediate impact on P&L
• Exploring new ideas and strategies

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Opportunity to work at one of the world's leading algorithmic trading firms in digital assets
• Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership compared to traditional finance environments
• A vibrant working culture with team meals, festive celebrations, gaming events and company wide team building events
• A cool office in the heart of New York City which often hosts some of the leading industry events
• Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial
• A performance-based compensation with a significant earning upside alongside standard perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed