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Digital Assets Quantitative Researcher

Flow Traders

Amsterdam
Full-time
5-10 years experience
On-site

Key Skills

Systematic trading
Quantitative research
Market microstructure
Pricing models
Execution models
Market-making
Machine learning
Statistics
Computer science
High-performance computing
Algorithmic trading
Digital assets
Data analysis
Stakeholder management
Financial markets

Job Description

Flow Traders is looking for a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join our Digital Assets business. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and quantitative culture at the heart of its business. As a firm, we are committed to leveraging advances in computer science, statistics, and machine learning to generate value in the financial markets.

As a Senior Quantitative Researcher, you will be responsible for expanding our Digital Assets trading capabilities by leveraging Flow Traders’ cutting-edge research and quantitative trading platform.

 

What you will do

  • Identify our competitive advantages in Digital Assets markets and build quantitative strategies to convert them into actionable trading opportunities.
  • Develop pricing and execution models and oversee their deployment in profitable, end-to-end quantitative trading strategies.
  • Research and optimize systematic market-making strategies across Digital Assets products and venues.
  • Collaborate with Trading and Technology to bring quantitative strategies from research into production.

 

What you need to succeed

  • 3+ years of experience in systematic trading.
  • A proven track record of developing profitable trading or systematic market-making strategies.
  • A nuanced understanding of financial markets, electronic trading, and market microstructure.
  • Demonstrated success translating modern quantitative methods into profitable trading strategies.
  • Experience working with large-scale market datasets, machine-learning operations frameworks, and high-performance computing.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience managing stakeholders across Trading and Technology.
  • A strategic vision for the role of machine learning and AI in the future of algorithmic trading.
  • Experience in Digital Assets markets is preferred.

 

What we offer

At Flow Traders, we create the conditions for hard‑working, high‑performing people to do their best work. From a thorough onboarding and ongoing access to Flow Academy, to latest technology and a collaborative, non‑hierarchical culture, we give you the tools, ownership, and support to move fast and drive outcomes. We keep a close‑knit, small‑company feel while offering competitive salary, annual discretionary profit share, and comprehensive benefits, so talent can grow here, and stay here. See our benefits below:

  • Flow Academy and opportunities to attend domain-related conferences
  • Daily catered lunch, great coffee, and a fully stocked kitchen and snack bar
  • In-house Bar and Lounge with arcade, table tennis, billiards, and game consoles
  • Company boat
  • In-house gym and sessions with our nutritionist or personal trainer
  • Bi-weekly massages
  • Annual company trip and a variety of events throughout the year, such as the New Years Event
  • Global rotations across our offices worldwide
  • and more

 

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.

Core Responsibilities

The researcher will identify competitive advantages in digital asset markets and develop quantitative strategies to convert them into actionable trading opportunities. They will also collaborate with technology and trading teams to deploy pricing and execution models into production.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 3 years of experience in systematic trading and a proven track record of developing profitable strategies. A deep understanding of financial markets, market microstructure, and machine learning is required.

Benefits

  • Flow Academy
  • Conference attendance
  • Daily catered lunch
  • Stocked kitchen
  • In-house bar and lounge
  • Arcade
  • Table tennis
  • Billiards
  • Game consoles
  • Company boat
  • In-house gym
  • Nutritionist sessions
  • Personal trainer
  • Bi-weekly massages
  • Annual company trip
  • Annual discretionary profit share

About Flow Traders

Industry: Financial Services

Company size: 501-1,000 employees

Founded in 2004, Flow Traders is a leading trading firm operating globally. Specialized in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), Flow Traders trades a broad range of asset classes, including digital assets and fixed income both on- and off-exchange. Our headquarters are in Amsterdam and we have offices in 10 locations worldwide, with more than 600 employees. Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and development. We value creative minds and out-of-the-box thinkers and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. Flow Traders fosters a strong team-oriented culture which rewards people for their contributions to the company as a whole rather than only in their direct area of responsibility.

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