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title: 'Product Engineering - Team Lead at Wintermute'
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# Product Engineering - Team Lead at Wintermute

- **Company:** Wintermute
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-04-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/wintermute-trading/66a6c9f0-b504-4942-af22-b555969564e5

## Job description

## About Wintermute

Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading products as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial insituitions 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 at Wintermute We are looking for a Team Lead to serve as the technical authority within our Product team. Think of this as a mini-CTO role: you will own architecture decisions, set technical direction, and drive the engineering culture for the team building Wintermute's client-facing and internal trading platforms. You will have significant autonomy to shape how we build, what technologies we adopt, and how we scale our systems to handle the data volumes and performance demands of a world-class trading operation. You'll lead a team of talented engineers while staying deeply hands-on with the codebase.

What you will work on:

- Define and own the technical architecture for Wintermute’s trading products, client-facing portals, and internal applications — making the key technology and design decisions that determine how these systems are built and scaled.

- Lead and mentor a team of engineers across the full stack, setting standards for code quality, review processes, and engineering best practices.

- Drive technical strategy and roadmap alongside product leadership, translating business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.

- Architect systems that handle high data volumes, real-time streaming, and low-latency interactions — the kind of challenges you’d find on a trading platform processing millions of events per second.

- Oversee frontend experience across the full customer lifecycle, from onboarding portals to real-time trading dashboards.

- Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, trading, and backend engineering teams to ensure alignment and delivery.

- Establish and evolve engineering processes — sprint planning, incident response, deployment pipelines — that let the team ship with confidence and speed.

Hard skills requirements:

- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership role (tech lead, engineering lead, or similar).

- Proven track record of making architecture decisions for complex, data-intensive applications — ideally in trading platforms, financial services, or other high-throughput/low-latency environments.

- Deep experience building and scaling real-time, high-data-volume systems (e.g., trading dashboards, live data feeds, streaming analytics, order management systems).

- Strong command of the modern frontend stack: TypeScript, React, Node.js — and the ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies as needed.

- Hands-on server-side experience: building and maintaining backend services, APIs, and data pipelines using languages such as Node.js, Python, Go, or similar.

- Solid understanding of end-to-end system architecture: APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, WebSockets, message queues, databases, and how frontend and backend systems work together in high-performance environments.

- Experience with infrastructure and DevOps fundamentals: CI/CD, cloud platforms, CDN, monitoring/observability, and deployment strategies.

- Strong understanding of security best practices (OWASP, authentication/authorization patterns, secure data handling) — especially in a financial context.

- Experience hiring, mentoring, and growing engineers — building a high-performing team, not just managing one.

Nice to have:

- Experience at a trading firm, fintech, or any environment where milliseconds matter and data volumes are extreme.

- Familiarity with algorithmic trading concepts and financial market infrastructure.

- Experience with performance optimization at scale — profiling, caching strategies, efficient rendering of large datasets.

- Experience with backend technologies beyond Node.js (Python, Go, Rust, or similar) for performance-critical services.

Write to us if you:

- Love making hard technical decisions and seeing them pay off at scale.

- Get energized by building high-performance systems that handle serious data volumes.

- Want to shape the technical direction of a product team, not just execute on someone else’s plan.

- Are passionate about engineering culture — code quality, mentorship, and continuous improvement.

- Are curious about algorithmic trading and financial markets.

- Are determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to lead by example.

- Thrive in a meritocratic environment where impact matters more than titles.

- Prefer ownership over process — you’d rather build the right thing than follow a playbook.

- Enjoy working in-person with your team (not fully remote).

Tip for a successful application:

- Only apply if you are genuinely excited about leading a technical team in a fast-paced trading environment; this is not a people-management-only role — you will be deeply technical.

- Write us a short, honest, and direct message about why you want to lead engineering at Wintermute. Tell us about a hard architecture decision you made, what the tradeoffs were, and how it played out. Do not send generic applications — we are looking for authentic technical leaders who share our values and ambitions.

- We will arrange a UK visa sponsorship and help with relocation to London.

## About Wintermute

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wintermute is an algorithmic trading firm and market maker that provides liquidity across centralized and decentralized exchanges to make digital asset markets more liquid and efficient.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no public funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: London, UK (registered in England & Wales)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Digital asset market making, algorithmic trading, and DeFi infrastructure.
- **Target Customers**: B2B – centralized exchanges (CEXs), decentralized exchanges (DEXs), DeFi protocols, institutional investors, and blockchain projects.
- **Mission**: “Making digital asset markets liquid and efficient.” [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/)

## Products & Services
- **OTC Trading**: Spot and derivatives trading across the widest range of digital assets via a desk that sits at the source of liquidity. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/)
- **Market Making**: Algorithmic liquidity provision on 60+ centralized and decentralized exchanges, including support for token listing and market making services. [leviathan.news](https://leviathan.news/atlas/wintermute)
- **DeFi**: Active participation as a builder, liquidity provider, blockchain researcher, and governance contributor. Key innovations include work on MEV and the Rizzolver protocol. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
- **Wintermute Ventures**: An investment arm focused on early-stage DeFi protocols, providing capital and value-add support. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/)
- **Wintermute Node**: Platform product for counterparties, covering the full trade lifecycle. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Over $10 billion in average daily trading volume across global venues. [cryptoslate.com](https://cryptoslate.com/wintermute-takes-aim-at-wall-streets-crypto-etf-gatekeepers/)
- **Notable Partners/Clients**: Supplies liquidity for the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund; whitelisted market participant for BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized money-market fund via UniswapX. [cryptoslate.com](https://cryptoslate.com/wintermute-takes-aim-at-wall-streets-crypto-etf-gatekeepers/)
- **Growth Signals**: In August 2025, Wintermute USA secured SEC broker-dealer registration and FINRA membership, clearing the way to act as an authorized participant for digital asset ETPs. The firm also benefited from the SEC’s 2025 approval of in-kind creations/redemptions for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. [cryptoslate.com](https://cryptoslate.com/wintermute-takes-aim-at-wall-streets-crypto-etf-gatekeepers/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Technology- First Edge**: Low-latency trading systems, data & market signal engineering, and top-tier infrastructure security give Wintermute a performance advantage over many competitors. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
- **Cross- Ecosystem Reach**: Provides liquidity across both CEXs and DEXs, bridging traditional finance and DeFi with deep expertise in both domains. [leviathan.news](https://leviathan.news/atlas/wintermute)
- **Non-hierarchical Culture**: Flat structure where results outweigh seniority – every role is expected to have a direct revenue impact. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
- **Regulatory First- Mover**: SEC broker-dealer registration positions Wintermute to compete with traditional market makers like Jane Street for ETF authorized participant roles. [cryptoslate.com](https://cryptoslate.com/wintermute-takes-aim-at-wall-streets-crypto-etf-gatekeepers/)

## Strategic Focus
- **U.S. Securities Expansion**: Leveraging the new broker-dealer license to become an authorized participant for crypto ETPs and trade securities for its own account. [cryptoslate.com](https://cryptoslate.com/wintermute-takes-aim-at-wall-streets-crypto-etf-gatekeepers/)
- **Deepening DeFi Leadership**: Continuing to build innovative protocols (Rizzolver), contribute to governance, and expand the DeFi research practice. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
- **Scaling Ventures & Partnerships** Growing the BD team to onboard more blockchain projects and institutional counterparties globally. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Non-hierarchical, informal, and direct. “We empower everyone from day 1 to act like an owner.” Results are rewarded generously, and every role is treated as revenue-generating. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
- **Work Mode**: Hybrid and on-site roles available across London, New York, and Singapore. Some positions are full-time on-site. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/wintermute-trading)
- **Team Dynamics**: High- performing, collaborative, and fast-paced. The company values versatility and expects all team members to make a true impact. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
- **Perks**: Working lunch options, social events, and a “work hard, play hard” balance. [wintermute.com](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)

## Sources
1. [Wintermute Careers Page](https://www.wintermute.com/company/careers)
2. [Wintermute Job Listings (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/wintermute-trading)
3. [Wintermute Main Website](https://www.wintermute.com/)
4. [Leviathan News Wintermute Explainer](https://leviathan.news/atlas/wintermute)
5. [Cryptoslate: Wintermute takes aim at Wall Street’s crypto ETF gatekeepers](https://cryptoslate.com/wintermute-takes-aim-at-wall-streets-crypto-etf-gatekeepers/)

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