Wintermute

HR Operations Associate

Wintermute

34 days ago

## HR Operations Associate **Location:** London **Department:** Operations **Commitment:** Full-time **Workplace Type:** Hybrid --- ### About Wintermute Wintermute is a technology unicorn and one of the largest algorithmic trading companies, specialising in digital assets. We provide liquidity across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as supporting high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Wintermute also has a Wintermute Ventures arm that invests in early stage DeFi projects. Wintermute was founded in 2017 and has successfully navigated industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. At Wintermute, we believe in the innovative potential of blockchain, the fundamental innovations, we have a long-term view on the digital asset market and are taking a leadership position in building an innovative and compliant market. ### Role Overview The HR Operations Associate plays a key role in supporting both HR Operations & Talent Acquisition. This role reports to the Head of Talent & HR Operations and requires a highly organized individual with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a proactive, service-oriented mindset. ### Responsibilities - Own the onboarding processes of employees across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring timely system updates and a positive employee experience. - Support visa applications, extensions, and renewals, including documentation gathering, tracking visa expiry dates. - Draft employment confirmation letters, reference letters, contracts, and other employment-related documentation. - Ensure HR and recruitment processes align with employment law, internal policies, and data protection requirements. - Manage the Employer of Record relationship, acting as the primary point of contact with the account manager and supporting the administration of remote employees hired through the EOR. - Contribute to HR projects such as system implementations, policy rollouts, and process improvements. - Support recruitment activities when required, including job postings, candidate pipeline management, and coordination of interviews across multiple stakeholders and time zones, and other ad hoc tasks. - Initiate and execute various projects and improvements based on your interests and company needs. - Conduct market research and support compensation benchmarking across our various entities. ### Requirements - 1-3 years experience in HR administration, HR operations, or within Talent Operations in a high performing organization. - Strong organizational and time-management skills. - High attention to detail and accuracy. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Comfortable working with HRIS/ATS systems. - Strong Excel skills, including the ability to manipulate data, create formulas, and produce clear reports. - Strong presentation creation skills, with experience producing professional slides and materials for stakeholders. - Experience supporting visa or immigration processes would be a plus. ### Why You Should Join Our Dynamic Team - Opportunity to work at one of the world's leading algorithmic trading firms. - Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership compared to traditional finance environments. - A vibrant working culture with team meals, festive celebrations, gaming events and company wide team building events. - A Wintermute-inspired office in central London, featuring an array of amenities such as table tennis and foosball, personalized desk configurations, a cozy team breakout area with games. - Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial. - A performance-based compensation with a significant earning potential alongside standard perks like pension and private health insurance. --- **Apply for this job** *When applying, mention the word CANDYSHOP to show you read the job post completely.*

Wintermute Trader Assessment Day 2026

Wintermute

65 days ago

## Wintermute Trader Assessment Day 2026 **Location:** London **Department:** Trading **Workplace Type:** On-site ### Overview On March 6, 2026, we’re inviting a small group of exceptional graduates to join us at our London office for an Algorithmic Trader Assessment Day. This is a chance to meet experienced Wintermute traders, take part in interesting technical challenges, and learn more about how we operate. ### At a Glance * **Date:** Friday, 6 March 2026 at 4:00 PM * **Location:** Wintermute office, Central London * **Audience:** Graduates interested in trading roles starting in 2026 * **Registration:** Apply using your CV by Feb 15, 2026 ### Calling all curious problem-solvers! This isn’t a traditional interview. It’s an assessment day designed to challenge you and give you a genuine feel for life at **Wintermute**. You’ll spend the evening tackling practical trading-inspired problems, learning from senior members of our team, and meeting traders and other Wintermute employees. Along the way, you’ll explore our office, get a sense of our culture, and see how we think about markets. There will also be free food and drinks throughout the evening, plus some Wintermute merch up for grabs. ### What We’ve Prepared * Fun technical and quantitative games * Market making challenges * Trading Tests ### Who Should Register You don’t need prior trading experience; curiosity matters more. This is for people who: * Are interested in a trading role at Wintermute starting in 2026 * Love solving hard problems with Python * Are curious about crypto, HFT and liquidity provision * Want responsibility, ownership, and real impact ### How to Join 1. Register using your CV until Feb 15, 2026. 2. Successful applicants will receive our online assessments before February 20. 3. Top performers are invited to the in-person Assessment Day before February 27. This is an in-person event; Wintermute will cover the train ticket costs within the UK. Successful members of the assessment day will be invited for a final interview. **Apply for this job** *When applying, mention the word **CANDYSHOP** to show you read the job post completely.*

DeFi Algorithmic Trading Internship

Wintermute

125 days ago

## About Wintermute Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading products as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects. Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. Read more here. ## Working in the DeFi team We’re looking for a motivated and curious student to join our DeFi team on an internship, preferably on a 6-month placement basis. In this role, you’ll research on-chain protocols and run data-driven experiments to help advance our understanding of decentralized finance. Our trading approach is deeply rooted in technology - our traders are analytical, programmatic problem solvers who thrive on innovation. In keeping with the builder ethos of the DeFi space, this role will give you the opportunity to wear many hats. You’ll likely work across multiple codebases and languages, exploring the frontiers of the ecosystem’s design space. We are a tight-knit, collaborative team that values open dialogue and creative exploration. You’ll work closely with experienced traders and developers, receiving mentorship while being encouraged to form your own perspectives, challenge ideas, and pursue new areas of inquiry together. ## Requirements - Proficiency in programming with at least one of Rust or Python - Comfortable working on Linux environments and Git version control - Experience with programmatic statistical analysis and quantitative / analytic skills - High level understanding of high-frequency market making strategies - Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and mechanics of the EVM - Familiarity with smart contract development and the Foundry toolkit - A passion for learning about protocol microstructure and design mechanisms ## Note - Although we are unable to accept fully remote candidates, we support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours. When applying, mention the word **CANDYSHOP** to show you read the job post completely.

DeFi Algorithmic Trader

Wintermute

131 days ago

## DeFi Algorithmic Trader **Location:** London **Department:** DeFi **Commitment:** Full-time **Workplace Type:** On-site --- ### About Wintermute **Wintermute** is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading products, and support high-profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects. Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. --- ### Working in the DeFi Team We are always on the lookout for potential talent to join our DeFi team. Whether you are a developer, trader, or a graduate, we are keen to hear from you. The focus is to help us build and maintain the systems that drive our on-chain searching. You will focus both on designing and implementing trading strategies as well as the core microservices and backend infrastructure required by the trading engine. Our trading is very technologically focused and our traders are akin to programmatic problem solvers. Similar to the ethos of most builders within the space, this role requires you to wear many hats. You will work and contribute across multiple code bases in a variety of languages whilst pushing and exploring the frontiers of the design space within the ecosystem. We pride ourselves on running a tight-knit and collaborative team. You can expect to work closely with experienced traders and developers who will be teaching and guiding you on how to contribute and improve our systems. Team members are encouraged to cultivate their own narratives, challenge each other, and investigate new domains together. --- ### Requirements - Proficiency in programming with at least one of the following: Python, Rust, or Go - Comfortable working on Linux environments and Git version control - Experience with programmatic statistical analysis and quantitative / analytic skills - High-level understanding of high-frequency market making strategies - Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and mechanics of the EVM - Familiarity with smart contract development and the Foundry toolkit - A passion for learning about protocol microstructure and design mechanisms --- ### Note - Although we are unable to accept fully remote candidates, we support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours. --- **Apply for this job** When applying, mention the word **CANDYSHOP** to show you read the job post completely.