Wintermute
Options Trader
London/New York · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 30, 2026
- Experience
- 3–5+ years of options trading experience; the posting states a preference for proprietary trading experience with significant systematic and algorithmic trading.
About the job
Build and scale Wintermute’s crypto options trading business, including research, trading, risk management, and strategy development.
What you'll do
- Analyze crypto market flows and derivatives data to identify volatility, skew, and relative-value opportunities.
- Research, backtest, and develop alpha signals and systematic or semi-systematic volatility strategies.
- Trade and manage a multi-exchange options portfolio, owning the investment lifecycle and working with engineering to improve execution and automation.
What they ask for
- 3–5+ years of options trading experience at a top-tier trading firm.
- Deep understanding of options pricing and risk frameworks, with the ability to design them from scratch.
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills.
- Coding experience, or willingness and ability to learn Python within several months on own time.
Nice to have
- Proprietary trading experience with a significant systematic and algorithmic trading component.
- Python/coding skills.
Tools
Python
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