Graduate DeFi Algorithmic Trader

As a Graduate DeFi Algorithmic Trader at Wintermute, you join one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies to build and maintain the systems that drive on-chain searching. You focus on designing and implementing trading strategies alongside the core microservices and backend infrastructure required by the trading engine, working across multiple codebases and exploring the frontiers of the DeFi design space.

What you'll do

• Design and implement trading strategies for on-chain markets
• Build and maintain core microservices and backend infrastructure for the trading engine
• Work across multiple codebases in a variety of languages
• Collaborate with experienced traders and developers to improve and extend our systems
• Investigate new domains and contribute to protocol microstructure research

What you bring

• Proficiency in at least one of: Python, Rust, or Go
• Comfort working on Linux environments and Git version control
• Experience with programmatic statistical analysis and quantitative or analytic skills
• A high-level understanding of high-frequency market making strategies
• Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and EVM mechanics
• Familiarity with smart contract development and the Foundry toolkit
• A passion for learning about protocol microstructure and design mechanisms

About Wintermute

Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets, providing liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges, offering OTC trading products, and supporting blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions entering crypto. Founded in 2017 by industry leaders, the company combines the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms with the innovative culture of technology startups.