Graduate Quantitative Trader – Crypto HFT – Amsterdam
The eFinancialCareers vacancy is for a Graduate Quantitative Trader at a fast-growing proprietary trading firm in Amsterdam, focused on fully automated high-frequency strategies for digital-asset markets. Previous finance or trading experience is not required.
Relevant to PhD candidates, researchers and exceptional graduates from highly quantitative programmes, particularly those with strong Python, probability, statistics, mathematical modelling and data-analysis skills. The role is full-time and on-site in Amsterdam, and previous financial-markets experience is not required. Suitability depends on meeting the stated requirement for an exceptionally强?
- Employer
- eFinancialCareers
- Location
- Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Pay
- €7.36-€14.71/hour
- Hours
- Not listed
- Language
- English-friendly
- Posted
- 23 Sept 2026
- Open until
- Not listed
The eFinancialCareers vacancy is for an exceptional Graduate Quantitative Trader at a fast-growing proprietary trading firm in Amsterdam. It is aimed at candidates with outstanding quantitative ability, typically from a top academic or research background, who want to move into systematic trading. Previous finance, trading or financial-markets experience is not required.
You will join a small, highly technical team trading digital-asset markets with fully automated high-frequency strategies. Working closely with experienced quantitative traders, researchers and engineers, you will:
- Analyse large, high-frequency datasets.
- Research and test new quantitative trading ideas.
- Identify patterns and opportunities in market data.
- Help implement and optimise systematic trading strategies.
- Monitor live algorithms and investigate trading behaviour.
- Apply statistical and mathematical techniques to real market problems.
- Help take research from the initial idea through to production.
Requirements
- An exceptionally strong academic PhD background in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Econometrics, Engineering or another highly quantitative field.
- Excellent Python programming ability.
- Strong probability, statistics and mathematical modelling skills.
- Excellent data-analysis and critical-thinking ability.
- Evidence of solving difficult quantitative problems independently.
- Strong attention to detail and communication skills.
- A genuine interest in financial markets and quantitative trading.
PhD candidates, researchers and exceptional graduates from highly quantitative programmes are particularly encouraged to apply.
Details
Employer: eFinancialCareers
Location: Amsterdam
Working model: full-time, on-site
Asset class: Crypto / Digital Assets
Experience: Graduate / Early Career
Compensation: Above-market salary + performance bonus
Exact salary: not provided
Application URL: not provided
Good to know before applying
Relevant to PhD candidates, researchers and exceptional graduates from highly quantitative programmes, particularly those with strong Python, probability, statistics, mathematical modelling and data-analysis skills. The role is full-time and on-site in Amsterdam, and previous financial-markets experience is not required. Suitability depends on meeting the stated requirement for an exceptionally强?
