HFT Performance Engineer
Overview
Imagine building systems that think in microseconds — algorithms that move millions with absolute precision. We’re engineers driven by performance, reliability, and meaningful innovation in the crypto trading space.
Job Description
Wincent is developing a next-generation trading platform that executes orders seamlessly across 10+ exchanges and dozens of tokens. The Performance team is dedicated to optimizing the performance of the full trading system — from hardware to software.
Responsibilities
- - Optimize trading system performance – Improve latency, reliability, and efficiency across the full trading stack (hardware, network, and software).
- - Analyze and tune low-level systems – Perform kernel-level debugging, network stack optimization, and hardware benchmarking to enhance system speed.
- - Monitor and profile live trading systems – Collect and analyze real-time performance data, create monitoring tools, and identify bottlenecks.
- - Prototype and implement performance improvements – Test new ideas, optimize configurations, and deploy enhancements in live trading environments.
- - Collaborate across technical teams – Work with trading, infrastructure, and software engineers to ensure consistent, measurable system improvements.
Required Skills
- - Senior Expertise (5+ years) with low-latency hardware and software
- - Strong background in Kernel Linux, Network Engineering, and Deep Network Knowledge.
- - Understanding of market data feeds, order books, and exchange-level protocols.
- - Experience with performance testing tools and scripting.
Benefits
- - Competitive, above-market compensation tailored to your expertise, seniority, and local residency.
- - Every six months, we celebrate impact with bonuses tied to individual excellence and the fund’s overall performance.
- - Equity as part of your compensation package.
- - Opportunity to invest in the flagship multi-strategy fund.
- - Onsite collaboration in Bratislava with relocation support or remote work option.
- - Unlimited paid vacation.
About the company
Wincent is a high-frequency trading and market-making firm specializing in digital assets, operating at the core of global crypto markets since 2017. Combining rigorous quantitative research with proprietary, low-latency infrastructure, Wincent delivers deep liquidity and competitive execution across thousands of cryptocurrencies, even in highly volatile conditions. Driven by a team with backgrounds spanning top tech companies, academia, competitive programming, mathematics, physics, and professional trading, Wincent is built for performance—leveraging adaptive algorithms, transparent systems, and a culture of accountability to consistently produce results at scale.
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