Digital Assets Quantitative Researcher New

Trading Interview; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flow Academy access

Daily catered lunch

In-house gym

Bi-weekly massages

Annual company trip

Global rotations across offices

Discretionary profit share

Job summary

Flow Traders, Amsterdam, seeks a Senior Quantitative Researcher to expand Digital Assets trading capabilities using advanced research and a quantitative platform. You will translate research into profitable trading strategies and collaborate with Trading and Technology to productionize models.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in systematic trading, a track record in profitable strategies, and strong ML/data expertise.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in systematic trading.
• Proven track record of profitable trading or market-making strategies.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, electronic trading, and market microstructure.
• Experience with large-scale market data, ML operations frameworks, and HPC.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across Trading and Tech.
• Strategic vision for ML/AI in algorithmic trading.
• Experience in Digital Assets markets is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify competitive advantages in Digital Assets markets and build quantitative strategies.
• Develop pricing and execution models for end-to-end quantitative trading strategies.
• Research and optimise systematic market‑making strategies across Digital Assets products and venues.
• Collaborate with Trading and Technology to bring quantitative strategies from research into production.

Skills

Systematic trading

Quantitative research

Machine learning

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Digital assets knowledge

Tools

Machine learning frameworks

High-performance computing

Large-scale data processing

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 optimise 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.

Flow Traders is a principal trading firm founded in 2004. We are a leading global technology‑enabled liquidity provider, specialized in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Flow Traders is at the intersection…