Junior Quant Trader – Agricultural Commodities

Europa Recruitment; Noord-Brabant; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Clear development pathway toward Quant

International trading exposure

Job summary

Europa Recruitment in Bladel, Netherlands is recruiting a Junior Quant Trader – Agricultural Commodities to join a European derivatives trading team. You will develop models, analyze market data and build systematic strategies to support proprietary trading and risk management.

You will work alongside seasoned traders, gain exposure to international agricultural markets and advance toward quantitative trading roles, with a strong focus on Python and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in econometrics, mathematics, quantitative finance or related field.
• Strong mathematical, statistical and analytical skills.
• Programming experience in Python with data libraries (Pandas/NumPy/SciPy).
• Familiarity with SQL and working with large datasets.
• Interest in financial markets, derivatives and systematic trading.

Responsibilities

• Develop quantitative models for agricultural commodity futures, options, spreads and derivatives.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trading opportunities and pricing inefficiencies.
• Design, backtest and implement systematic trading strategies.
• Build forecasting models for prices, volatility and market fundamentals.
• Use Python and statistics to automate market analysis and reporting.
• Support traders with pricing models, risk analytics and insights.
• Develop tools to improve decisions, monitoring and risk management.
• Explore alternative data and ML techniques for trading signals.
• Monitor model performance and iteratively improve strategies.
• Collaborate with international teams to translate insights into commercial actions.

Skills

Python

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

English fluency

Education

Master's degree in quantitative field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

SciPy

SQL

Job description

Europa Recruitment in Bladel, Netherlands is recruiting a Junior Quant Trader – Agricultural Commodities to join a European derivatives trading team. You will develop models, analyze market data and build systematic strategies to support proprietary trading and risk management.

You will work alongside seasoned traders, gain exposure to international agricultural markets and advance toward quantitative trading roles, with a strong focus on Python and data-driven decision making.