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Prediction Markets Trader

Wintermute

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Strong Python skills (1-3 years experience)
  • Excellent quantitative and analytical skills
  • Demonstrated interest in prediction markets
  • Owner mentality focused on PL and strategic growth

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and trade prediction markets in real time
  • Implement strategies across various market categories
  • Improve the whole stack of the prediction system
  • Provide coverage for key events and market activities

Key facts

Hard skills

Python (Programming Language) Algorithmic Trading

Other skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Wintermute

Blockchain, Crypto & Web3

Wintermute is a hyper-growth algorithmic trading firm and one of the largest players in the global digital asset markets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Culturally, we combine the best traits of both trading companies and technology startups. As a trading company, we manage hundreds of millions in assets, trade more than $5B+/day across dozens of trading platforms. As a technology startup, we build, innovate and move incredibly fast, we create best-in-class liquidity products that create more efficient markets. We believe that traditional finance has to change and we are on a mission to define and build the decentralized future of finance. Wintermute is a hyper-growth profitable proprietary trading business. We are backed by top tier global venture capital investors such as Lightspeed, Pantera Capital, Sino Global Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Avon Ventures by Fidelity Investments, DeFi Alliance and others. Learn more about our team and culture on our website and on Twitter.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryBlockchain, Crypto & Web3
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

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.
 
What will you work on
 
You will be responsible for monitoring and trading prediction markets in real time across Kalshi, Polymarket and other venues; implementing strategies across categories such as sports, upDown markets, elections and weather.
 
You will be hands-on, improving the whole stack. Predictions is a greenfield project within Wintermute and you will have lots of freedom to build the system you want. You'll have to wear many hats and provide coverage for key events, for example major sports games where market activity is heightened, and can fall on evenings or weekends.

Hard Skills Requirements:

  • Strong Python skills - you have 1-3 years of experience coding in Python, be that through work, study or personal project experience - we will test!

  • Excellent quantitative and analytical skills - we will test!

  • Demonstrated interest in prediction markets - you are engaged in the space (personal trading, following major developments, contributing to discussions, etc.)

  • Have an owner mentality - you focus on the ultimate result - P&L for the company and strategically growing the business and Wintermute partnerships.

  • 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.

  • Like working in a 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.
  • 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:
  • This will a remote position with occasional travel as required to our London and New York offices.
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