Graduate Trader

Study Association VSAE; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

High base salary

Shareholding option

Relocation package

Expat support

Gym membership

Social events

Travel reimbursement

In-house game room

Job summary

Da Vinci is seeking a Graduate Trader who will work with a fun team of researchers and engineers. Traders develop and utilise algorithmic trading strategies to help build one of the best proprietary trading firms in the world.

Da Vinci offers an exciting and dynamic work environment, where employees have the freedom to come up with great ideas and push them to completion. This is a chance to join a fast-growing company with strong upside through performance-based pay and equity options.

Qualifications

• Quantitative background in Maths, Physics, Engineering, Econometrics or similar

Responsibilities

• Generate profits through volatility trading by position-taking and market making
• Risk management of your portfolio
• Improve and refine our trading infrastructure and setup
• Devise new trading strategies for current and prospective markets

Skills

Quantitative background

Trading interest

Decision making under pressure

Understanding of risk/reward

Numerical aptitude

Analytical problem solving

Entrepreneurial mindset

Team collaboration

Fast learner

In-house training

Job description

As a Graduate Trader at Da Vinci, you’ll work with a fun team of highly skilled researchers and engineers. Our Traders are key to developing and utilising algorithmic trading strategies that help us reach our goal of building one of the best proprietary trading firms in the world.

Da Vinci offers an exciting and dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.

Responsibilities

• Generate profits through volatility trading by position-taking and market making
• Risk management of your portfolio
• Improve and refine our trading infrastructure and setup
• Devise new trading strategies for current and prospective markets

Requirements

• Technical background (Maths, Physics, Engineering, Econometrics, Quant Finance or similar quantitative studies)
• Strong interest in trading (Experience in real or simulated trading is a plus)
• Ability to make decisions under pressure
• Understanding of risk and reward patterns
• Strong affinity with numbers
• Analytical approach to solving complex problems
• Competitive but cooperative attitude
• Proactive and an entrepreneurial mindset
• A comprehensive theoretical and practical training program provided by our dedicated in-house trainer
• Sign-on bonus of EUR 20k, base salary of EUR 100k
• Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
• Outstanding performance is also rewarded with shareholding in the company
• A relocation package when moving from abroad, including a relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support
• Social events and after-work drinks
• Reimbursement of travel costs
• Sponsored gym membership
• In-house game room (pool table, board games and console games)