Digital Assets Options Trader

flowtraders; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flow Academy

Catered lunch

In-house gym

Company boat

Massages

Annual trip

Global rotations

Job summary

Flow Traders in Amsterdam is seeking a Digital Assets Options Trader to join our global trading team. You will develop and optimize options strategies, manage OTC flow, and contribute to desk processes and risk controls.

You will work with traders, quants, and engineers to improve execution, develop pricing models, and generate trading ideas from real-time data. Strong programming and math skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with options trading at a prop trader, market maker, or crypto desk.
• Experience with crypto or digital asset options across OTC/listed markets.
• Solid understanding of options theory, trading basics and risk management.
• Experience with OTC options, RFQ handling, pricing, and counterparty interaction.
• Strong quantitative and programming skills in Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize digital asset options strategies across OTC and listed markets.
• Manage OTC trading flow, including RFQs, pricing, execution, and counterparty interaction.
• Run day-to-day activities of an options desk.
• Improve desk processes, pricing, monitoring, and risk-management framework.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and engineers to enhance execution and infra.
• Generate and validate trading ideas from data and real-time feedback.

Skills

Options trading

Crypto assets

Quantitative skills

Python

SQL

Risk management

RFQ handling

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Flow Traders is looking for a Digital Assets Options Trader to join our global Digital Assets Trading team in Amsterdam . We are seeking candidates with ideally experience in digital asset options, volatility trading, market making, or related derivatives strategies. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of crypto options market structure and is motivated to help build and develop our digital assets options trading capabilities.

What you will do

• Develop and optimize digital asset options strategies across OTC and listed markets, including CeFi and/or DeFi venues
• Manage OTC trading flow, including RFQs, pricing, execution, and counterparty interaction
• Manage day-to-day activities of an options desk.
• Help build and improve the desk's trading processes, pricing, monitoring, and risk-management framework
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and engineers to improve execution and trading infrastructure
• Generate and validate trading ideas using data and real-time feedback

What you will need to succeed

• Experience in options trading at a proprietary trading firm, market maker, options desk, or crypto-native trading desk
• Experience with crypto or digital asset options preferred , across OTC and/or listed markets
• Working knowledge of options theory, trading basics and risk management
• Experience with OTC options, including RFQ handling, quoting, pricing, and counterparty interaction
• Strong understanding of options pricing, volatility, execution, liquidity, and market dynamics
• A proactive and collaborative approach, with an interest in helping build a growing options trading function
• Comfortable working flexible hours
• Strong quantitative and programming skills, including experience with tools such as Python and SQL

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 the 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.

• 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 Year's Event
• Global rotations across our offices worldwide
• And more