Quantitative Trader
ABOUT WINCENT
We do HFT on crypto. We make ~1% of global crypto trading volume. Our team is 150 people—mostly engineers, traders, and quants. We are a bit weird:
- We strongly care about our culture.
- We are self-taught. Our founders do not come from any of the big HFTs.
- No VCs on our cap table. We reserve the spot for our employees instead.
- Our central hub is neither in London nor Amsterdam, but in Bratislava.
CULTURE
We spend half of our waking hours working. That’s a lot. We don't see why we should treat work as a chore. We want it to be worth it.
INTEGRITY ISN’T FOR SALE.
No amount of money is worth your soul. We choose to be the good guys in the market. Handshakes are sacred for us.
SAY THINGS AS THEY ARE.
Life is too short for games of politics, or fluff in general.
WE CHOOSE TO TRUST PEOPLE.
We embrace radical transparency inside—whether it’s compensation, bonuses, or trading strategies.
ABOUT THE POSITION
We are looking for someone who can enrich our knowledge and bring bits and pieces of HFT experience that we might be missing today.
EXPECTATIONS
MUST-HAVES
- Previous quant experience in HFT.
- Deep understanding of probability & statistics, data modeling skills, scientific thinking.
- Some coding skills, e.g., in Python.
- High agency. You care about results, you care about improving things around you, you own things end-to-end.
- Willingness to relocate to Bratislava.
NICE-TO-HAVES (ABSOLUTELY NOT NECESSARY)
- Crypto experience.
- Ability to write production-grade code.
- Leadership experience.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
You’ll work in small teams within an open, transparent environment (no pods). We expect you to be generating research ideas, but we also have a backlog of our own. These can be either improvements to our existing strategies, or completely new ones. Depending on your level of experience, you may be the primary driver of the research direction.
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