Software Engineer - Trading Core
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 Trading Core Team builds lightning-fast systems that pull live data from dozens of crypto exchanges, ensuring a flawless data pipeline powering our trading algorithms.
Responsibilities
- - Fast and Efficient Data Retrieval: Build high-performance systems to fetch data from multiple crypto exchanges with minimal latency
- - Order Entry: Responsible for order entry on every venue Wincent trades
- - Data Normalisation: Normalise and standardise raw data to create a consistent format across exchanges
- - Monitor the live system’s performance and correctness as part of on-call rotation
Required Skills
- - Senior Engineering Expertise: 5+ years in system design, performance tuning, and low-level optimization
- - Strong Algorithmic Thinking: Ability to capture and analyze data
- - Collaborative Spirit: Teamwork, communication, and collaboration are essential
- - Systems Thinking: Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and performance optimization
- - Ownership & Problem Solving: Be a ''manager of one'' who owns their agenda and delivers results
- - Culture Fit: Say things as they are, answer questions truthfully, leave ego at the door, challenge decisions when you disagree, and once a decision is final, commit and deliver your best
Benefits
- - Competitive, above-market compensation
- - Bonuses tied to individual excellence and the fund’s overall performance
- - Equity as part of the compensation package
- - Opportunity to invest in the flagship multi-strategy fund
- - Relocation support for onsite collaboration in Bratislava
- - Remote work flexibility
- - 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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