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Quantitative Trader - Hong Kong

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wincent logoWincent · Hong Kong
Full-timeOn-site1mo ago
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About the role

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

Requirements

  • Previous quant experience in HFT.
  • Deep understanding of probability & statistics, data modelling 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 Hong Kong, regular travelling to Bratislava.
  • Nice-to-Haves (Absolutely Not Necessary)
  • Crypto experience.
  • Ability to write production-grade code.
  • Leadership experience.
  • What Will You Do?
  • Responsibility for a strategy means responsibility for: modelling, testing, but also monitoring trading in production.
  • Lastly, we also expect you to collaborate with others and share findings and knowledge.
  • Interview Process
  • Our interview process is pretty simple:
  • Online Problems: Low-to-medium complexity problems focused on probability, logic, and mathematical skills. This is a take-home challenge that you can do in your free time.
  • Quant Interviews: Video-call with our quants focused on solving medium-to-hard complexity problems.
  • Betting Games: Engage in a set of betting games to evaluate your quantitative reasoning and decision-making skills.
  • Deep-Dive into Your Experience: Our CIO would discuss your experience and quant/trading knowledge with you.

Benefits

Our compensation package consists of four parts: cash, equity, bonuses, and the ability to invest into our fund.EquityWe want you to have skin in the game and big upside if we succeed as a company. We typically give 5-year equity grants to senior people.BonusesWe pay bonuses twice a year. These are discretionary and based on factors such as direct P&L you generated for the company, but also on your positive influence on the wider team. All bonuses are fully transparent within the company.Fund InvestmentSince its 2017 inception, our fund has achieved a net annualized return of over 50%. You can choose how much money you'd like to invest.Working at WincentAt Wincent, we foster a culture of transparency, ownership, and autonomy, where every team member is empowered to make a meaningful impact. We prioritize clear objectives and give you the freedom to innovate and grow within a supportive, high-performing environment.We value exceptional TOP 1% talent over a perfect match to a job description. If our vision and values resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you. Don't hesitate to reach out-let's explore how you can be part of shaping the future of cryptocurrency trading with us!Vision insurancePaid time offEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus

Additional Information

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.

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