Core Developer (Python)
Wintermute helps you trade digital assets by providing algorithmic liquidity across exchanges and OTC markets.
Maintainer signals as of 8/10/2026
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About Wintermute
Wintermute helps traders and institutions access digital asset liquidity through algorithmic market making and OTC services. Users can trade various tokens, access derivatives markets, and execute large orders without market impact. Wintermute provides deep liquidity across centralized and decentralized platforms.
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About the Role
You will work on a small, highly efficient core development team building and maintaining Python services and high-performance infrastructure. You will capture trading data from exchanges, implement real-time reconciliation and settlement systems, develop trader-facing GUIs, and build storage solutions for machine-learning features. You will collaborate closely with traders, C++ engineers, quantitative researchers and middle office, write clean concise code, and operate services on Linux with SQL databases.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of Python experience
- Experience with SQL databases
- Comfortable working on Linux
- C++ experience is an advantage
- Interest in crypto or finance is advantageous
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Python services
- Develop and maintain high-performance infrastructure components
- Capture and expose trading data from multiple exchanges
- Implement reconciliation systems to match trades and transfers
- Design and implement automated settlement systems
- Develop trader-facing graphical interfaces
- Create storage solutions for machine-learning features used by quants
- Operate and maintain services on Linux
- Collaborate with traders, C++ developers and quantitative researchers
Benefits
- Team meals and social events
- Company-wide team building events
- Office amenities including table tennis and foosball
- Personalized desk configurations and team breakout area
- Performance-based compensation
- Pension
- Private health insurance
- Relocation assistance and UK work permit support
- Flexible working from home and working hours
