Wintermute

Investment Associate, Liquid Strategies

Wintermute

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

PythonSQLWeb3

About the role

  • Source and evaluate new liquid investment opportunities across tokens, protocols, and ecosystems.
  • Develop investment theses on high-conviction liquid tokens by combining fundamental, quantitative, and on-chain analysis.
  • Performing due diligence on investment prospects to drive investment decisions, including market research, product reviews, competitive analysis, metrics analysis, customer/user reviews and technical diligence.
  • Monitor and analyse the performance of the existing liquid token portfolio. Track key catalysts, risks, and market structure for current holdings. Support portfolio optimization and risk management decisions.
  • Being an active contributor to the blockchain/cryptocurrencies community by organizing activities, participating in local events and looking for ways to help grow the Wintermute Ventures franchisee especially with the New York community
  • Assist with admin projects such as liaising and coordinating with internal / external parties including auditors, custody providers, cap table management software and general administrative support as needed across the venture business

Requirements

  • Strong network in the NYC crypto ecosystem to source crypto venture deals
  • Foundational experience in constructing derivatives strategies, including options and perps, and executing these strategies OTC and on-screen.
  • Ability to identify, analyse and execute yield strategies across money market protocols (borrowing and lending), staking and yield farming opportunities.
  • Experience interacting with DeFi protocols via multisigs and a native understanding of blockchain technology with experience reviewing white papers or crypto projects.
  • On-chain analytics: Proficiency with tools like Dune, Nansen, Token Terminal, Artemis, DeFiLlama, Glassnode, or ability to query on-chain data directly.
  • Know your way around CT / Discord / contracts on Etherscan to enhance your insight funnel
  • Tokenomics & valuation modeling: Ability to build and stress-test token models (supply schedules, FDV vs. circulating, emissions, staking yields, etc.).
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Finance, Economics or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in investment research, trading, equity research, hedge funds, or venture capital (liquid crypto experience strongly preferred).
  • The ability to think analytically and strategically about investment decisions and ongoing work with existing portfolio companies.
  • The ability to work well within a team and be self-guided on a day-to-day basis
  • Strong written and analytical skills for deal analysis and internal reporting.
  • Strong relationship building skills and enjoy networking with project founders and broader community