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About Wintermute

Wintermute is one of the largest algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across all major 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 is not just a trading company, it is one the most prominent and influential players in the digital asset markets: we are connected and partnering with all major players in the industry, we actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects. You can read more here.

Working at Wintermute

Wintermute is a global company with offices in London and Singapore. It opened its US office in early 2025 and it is set to grow significantly over the next several years. It's a unique opportunity to play a role in the early rapid expansion of Wintermute Americas.

Responsibilities

• Crypto Settlements: Manage the settlement process for digital assets; this involves direct communication with counterparties to agree on settlement figures and coordinating the settlement of assets
• Operational Risk Management: Maintain an extreme level of attention to detail to mitigate risks, ensuring zero errors in high-value transactions that directly impact the firm's PnL.
• Inventory management: Working closely with the traders to ensure inventory is being distributed for maximum efficiency across our trading venues
• Trade Lifecycle Management: Manage end-to-end middle office operations for equities (single stocks and ETFs), options, futures, and FX. Be able to execute complex reconciliations, settlements, and the management of corporate actions and dividends.
• New Initiatives & Process Development: Assist in the design, creation, implementation and improvement of robust operational workflows and controls
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Trading, Finance, Compliance, and Legal teams to identify and act on regulatory implications across multiple products
• Adhoc tasks: Answering trade queries internally and externally

Hard skills requirements

• BSc in business/finance/quantitative subjects
• 3+ years of experience in Middle Office/Trade Operations function in a financial services company with high-volume and complex operations (multiple products, multiple geographies, financial regulations); experience in an hft/market making business is a significant advantage
• Excellent Excel skills
• Proven experience in process improvement
• Strong interest in trading and a curiosity about blockchain, crypto, and DeFi

Strong Preference to have:

• Experience with databases/SQL/reading and writing simple Python scripts would be a significant advantage
• Deep practical knowledge of traditional financial instruments, including equities, options, futures, and FX
• Series 99 license
• Professional crypto experience

Other Requirements

• Have an owner mentality: take ownership of tasks and projects.
• A drive to understand the business beyond own role to add value to the overall business.
• Keen to get involved with the different areas of Middle Office; you should be comfortable working in a very non-hierarchical organization without necessarily having direct reports.
• Determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way.
• Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset; prepared to work non-standard working hours when necessary (since we are a pivotal player in the crypto markets that don't stop 24/7).
• Like working in the team collaborative environment.

Here is why you should join our dynamic team

• Opportunity to work at the world's leading algorithmic trading firm in digital assets.
• Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership growth compared to traditional finance environments.
• A vibrant working culture with team events, celebrations 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 yet with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial.
• A performance-based compensation with a significant earning upside alongside standard perks like private medical insurance

Note

• Please ensure you are eligible to work in the US, at the moment Wintermute USA is unfortunately not able to sponsor US visas; if visa is a consideration for you, feel free to apply to the UK or Singapore offices where we offer visas and potential longer term reallocation to the US.