Graduate Quantitative Trader – Crypto HFT Amsterdam

eFinancialCareers describes an opening with a fast-growing proprietary trading firm in Amsterdam for a Graduate Quantitative Trader. The role 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 or trading experience is not required.

You will join a small, highly technical team trading digital-asset markets using fully automated high-frequency strategies. You will work closely with experienced quantitative traders, researchers and engineers to:

• 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 initial idea through to production

Requirements

Candidates should have:

• 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. No previous financial-markets experience is required.

• Location: Amsterdam
• Working model: Full-time, on-site
• Asset class: Crypto / Digital Assets
• Experience: Graduate / Early Career
• Compensation: Above-market salary + performance bonus

Application route: not provided.