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# Software Engineer - Trading Core at Wincent

- **Company:** Wincent
- **Location:** Slovakia / Czech Republic
- **Compensation:** €80k–€150k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-03-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wincent/a963556e-b974-4f86-8917-a2b96e128601/application

**Skills:** System design, Performance tuning, Low-level optimization, Distributed systems, Rust

> Build high-performance systems for fetching live data from multiple crypto exchanges and execute orders with minimal latency. Normalize and standardize data, monitor system performance, and ensure reliability in a distributed environment using Rust.

## Job description

## ABOUT US

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. Our team — experienced builders from Amazon, and Google, with academic backgrounds from Berkeley, Caltech, ETH, and MIT — is developing a next-generation trading platform that executes orders seamlessly across 10+ exchanges and dozens of tokens.

Here, every line of code matters. Push your work to production, and within minutes it could be driving thousands of trades per hour. It’s fast, impactful, and never dull — the kind of engineering challenge that keeps you sharp and inspired.

## ABOUT THE TRADING CORE TEAM

The Trading Core Team sits at the center of our technology — building lightning-fast systems that pull live data from dozens of crypto exchanges. Working hand-in-hand with other teams, they ensure a flawless data pipeline powering our trading algorithms. Beyond data, they craft and maintain ultra-reliable execution engines that handle complex exchange protocols with precision, security, and zero downtime. Every line of code — written in Rust — keeps our trading edge razor-sharp.

WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE TRADING CORE TEAM

- Fast and Efficient Data Retrieval: The TC team builds high-performance systems to fetch data from multiple crypto exchanges with minimal latency, ensuring access to the most up-to-date market information.
- Order Entry: TC team is responsible for order entry on every venue Wincent trades by employing state of the art techniques and tricks to get model outputs as fast to matching engines as possible in form of create, cancels and amend order requests.
- Data Normalisation: After acquiring raw data, the team normalises and standardises it to create a consistent and uniform format across different exchanges.
- Monitor the live system’s performance and correctness as part of on-call rotation.

## WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU

- Senior Engineering Expertise: 5+ years in system design, performance tuning, and low-level optimization. We don't require knowledge of any specific language or framework.
- Strong Algorithmic Thinking: Ability to capture and analyze data
- Collaborative Spirit: Teamwork, communication, and collaboration are essential, as we work as a single unit, not as a group of individual contributors.
- Systems Thinking: Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Ownership & Problem Solving: We provide a lot of freedom to our engineers, so we expect you to 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.

## INTERVIEW PROCESS

- Introductory call: Learn more about the company and get your questions answered.
- Online assessment: Algorithmic coding challenge
- Technical screening: Interview with one of our engineers, to assess your tech skills.
- Technical interview: The live coding part to evaluate coding skills as well as communication and problem solving skills.
- System Design interview

The entire interview process is online.

COMPENSATION, WORK ARRANGEMENT, AND BENEFITS

- We offer competitive, above-market compensation tailored to your expertise, seniority, and local residency. The typical base salary range is 80,000 € – 150,000 € per year, with the final offer reflecting each candidate’s individual experience and depth of technical skill. We can go even higher on base salary in specific cases.
- Every six months, we celebrate impact. This bonus is tied directly to both individual excellence and the fund’s overall performance. When the team wins, you win too. In some exceptional cases, our engineers could get more than 50% of yearly total compensation in bonuses,
- At Wincent, equity is a part of your compensation package, letting you share directly in the company’s success — when the firm wins, so do you. The equity fund is being regularly reevaluated and has a permanent upward trajectory.
- Fund Investment: As part of our team, you’ll have the rare opportunity to invest in our flagship multi-strategy fund, which has delivered up to 50% annualized net returns since 2017. You decide how much you want to invest — it’s your chance to grow alongside the firm’s success.
- Onsite vs Remote: We prefer onsite collaboration in Bratislava (we are more than happy to provide relocation support if needed). However we are also open to remote work, giving you the freedom to work from anywhere. We only ask for two types of “in-person touchpoints" — a 2-week onboarding at the start and quarterly visit to Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Vacation: We believe great work comes from a balanced life. We have flexible working time and we also offer unlimited paid vacation.

Don't hesitate and apply today!

## WORKING AT WINCENT

At 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!

## About Wincent

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wincent is a high-frequency trading firm focused on digital assets, providing liquidity and execution across global crypto markets using proprietary algorithms and low-latency infrastructure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; profitable since founding)
- **Headquarters**: Gibraltar (with offices in Bratislava, Helsinki, Zurich, Prague, Hong Kong, London, Vilnius, Warsaw, Shanghai, Dubai)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Matus Kopf (CEO), Michal Kopf (CIO), Tom Mazur (Co-CIO), Samuel Hapak (CEO/Director)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Crypto market making, high-frequency trading, digital asset liquidity provision
- **Target customers**: B2B – crypto exchanges, institutional traders, and platforms needing deep liquidity
- **Mission or purpose**: “We are here to win the crypto trading game, not just to participate in it” – ambition to become the number one crypto trading firm globally

## Products & Services
- **Market Making & Liquidity**: Wincent’s algorithms price, hedge, and execute thousands of trades per second across 100+ assets on 15+ venues, providing tight spreads and continuous liquidity.
- **Gibraltar Fund**: An Experienced Investor Fund authorised by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC), offering structured exposure to digital asset trading strategies.
- **Proprietary Technology Platform**: In-house built HFT infrastructure that supports daily notional volume of ~$5B and ~500,000 trades per day.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (privately held)
- **Key Metric**:
  - Daily traded volume: $5B+ notional (~1% of global crypto daily volume)
  - Employees: 150+ across trading, research, and engineering
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors (bootstrapped); trades on every major crypto exchange
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Top 10 global crypto market maker
  - Expanded to 11 offices across Europe and Asia
  - Deployed capital of $750M referenced in leadership bios (likely firm’s own trading capital)
  - Continues to hire across quant, engineering, and operations roles

## Competitive Advantages
- **Flat PnL share model**: Quants and traders receive a fixed percentage of their own profit and loss – no pod politics.
- **Transparency**: All salaries, bonuses, and PnL figures are visible internally; monthly PnL summaries shared firm-wide.
- **Speed**: Strategy ideas can go from paper to production in a day or two.
- **No silos**: Engineers, quants, and ops collaborate directly; nothing is hidden.
- **Integrity focus**: “Be the good guys in the market” – handshake culture, no politics, merit-based decisions.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale trading operations across more assets and venues while maintaining execution quality
- Deepen presence in energy trading (listed Senior Power roles) as a new vertical
- Continue hiring top-tier talent to raise the bar with every new hire
- Maintain a high-performance, low-bureaucracy culture as the firm grows

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: High-trust, transparent, ownership-driven environment with flat structure and no micromanagement.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid options available for many roles (e.g., engineers in Slovakia/Czechia); fully on-site in Gibraltar; some roles allow remote work.
- **Compensation & Perks**:
  - Flat PnL share for revenue-generating roles (no commission caps)
  - Bonuses twice a year with detailed attribution process
  - Public compensation internally
  - Monthly business performance updates
- **Engineering Culture**: Full ownership from idea to production; engineers build systems that move $5B daily; low latency and real-time challenge.
- **Locations**: Opportunities in Gibraltar, Bratislava, Helsinki, Zurich, Prague, Hong Kong, London, Vilnius, Warsaw, Shanghai, Dubai – global mobility potential.

## Sources
1. [wincent.com – Careers](https://www.wincent.com/careers/)
2. [wincent.com – About Us](https://www.wincent.com/about-us/)
3. [wincent.com – Homepage](https://www.wincent.com/)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Wincent Jobs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wincent)
5. [wincent.com – Culture](https://www.wincent.com/featured-insights/culture-at-wincent/)

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