Engineers - Data PlatformVerified as a real position

Who we’re looking for

• Engineering Experience: 5+ years
• Data Engineering Expertise: Experience with data ingestion, strong data engineering coding skills in Scala, Python, Spark, proficiency in SQL, and cloud technologies (ideally AWS).
• Experience with BigData: Experience with BigData analysis and time series databases.
• 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.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with Data Platform Engineers and other teams to improve data accessibility and tooling.
• Play a key role in ensuring the quality and integrity of data, particularly for core engineering teams.
• Explore opportunities to enhance data processing and analysis using cloud technologies, with a preference for AWS.

About the position

We are a team of 120 people, primarily Engineers, Traders and Quants, focused on HFT with ~1% of global crypto trading volume. Being a bit weird, we Are self-taught; our founders do not come from any of the big HFTs Chose to have no VCs on cap-table; this spot is for our colleagues Made Bratislava the central hub, not London or Amsterdam Culture When you do something you love, it does not feel like work. At Wincent work is purposeful and fulfilling. Integrity is not negotiable Handshakes are sacred for us. Being in the money making business is good, but that alone is not worth our soul; we follow the motto “Be the good guys in the market”. Say things as they are Life is too short for games of politics, fluff, or bullshit in general. Trust each other We embrace internal radical transparency in terms of compensation, bonuses, and trading strategie About the position Would you like to work alongside top global talent, solve complex algorithmic challenges, and leverage advanced technologies to innovate in the crypto trading industry? If you answer "YES," then we have something special for you: Join our team of software engineers from Facebook and Google, with academic backgrounds from Berkeley, Caltech, ETH, and MIT, to help build a world-class trading platform that automatically executes orders on 10+ crypto exchanges with dozens of crypto tokens. This is an opportunity for you to make a significant impact and see the results of your hard work instantly. About the Data Platform team Our Data Platform team is responsible for storage of data from our internal components and external sources into one database. We run additional scheduled computations on top of stored data and execute queries from the database. The data platform enables quants and traders to easily work with large datasets and explore new trading strategies.

Benefits

• Salary + bonuses: Your total estimated annual compensation package includes a fixed salary and performance bonuses paid twice a year. The base salary starts from €84k p.a. for Slovakia, or adjusted to your country of residence, with no ceiling for highly-specialized and top 0.1% engineering candidates. Earning €150,000 in Slovakia can be an equivalent of earning €393,164 in London according to livingcost.org. due to low living costs and low income taxes in Slovakia, see below.
• Monthly fixed salary: We value specific expertise and offer above-the-market rates tailored to your experience and seniority level, adjusted to your local residency.
• Bonuses twice a year: We pay performance bonuses every 6 months. As an engineer, you can typically look forward to taking home between €40k and €70k annually, depending on your and the fund’s performance.
• Equity: You can opt to allocate a portion of your monthly salary toward equity in the company.
• Fund investment: As a member of our team, you have an opportunity to invest in the firm’s proprietary fund, established in 2017 and typically reserved for partners and employees, which has built a strong track record over time.
• Vacation: If you work full-time, you get 25 vacation days plus 12 public holidays each year, which totals approximately 40 days off per year (yes, that's A LOT!). If you need significantly more than that, you can arrange an unpaid leave with your manager and enjoy your sabbatical.
• Full-day catering: All-inclusive breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, fruits, and other treats in our offices save you hundreds of euros every month.
• Additional benefits include unlimited taxi to/from the office, mental health support, education & sports budget, cell phone plan in select countries, parental leave, and more to boost your productivity.