Quantitative Developer

Internetwork Expert; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonuses twice a year

Health insurance

International environment

Friendly team culture

Job summary

Pinely, an Amsterdam-based high-frequency trading firm, seeks a Quantitative Developer to join our Trading teams. You will write production code that directly drives strategy performance, collaborating with researchers.

You will bridge trading research and software development, working on problems where engineering quality has immediate impact on P&L, in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.

Qualifications

• Strong mathematical and algorithmic thinking required.
• Interest in market microstructure and trading research.
• Willingness to improve infrastructure and code quality.
• Experience with Python 3 and C++ preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owning the team’s strategy code.
• Independently building and shipping strategy improvements where production is a significant engineering challenge.
• Accelerating the team's research cycle using our in-house AI development tools.
• Coordinating technical work with infrastructure teams.
• Maintaining the base of analytical scripts, making our solution more scalable.

Skills

Mathematical thinking

Algorithmic thinking

Python

C++

Market microstructure

Team collaboration

Tools

AI development tools

Job description

We are Pinely, a high-frequency algorithmic trading firm based in Amsterdam.

Our team specializes in developing robust and adaptive strategies applicable across a wide range of financial instruments and exchanges. We actively support the Olympiad movement, and many of our colleagues are prize-winning mathematicians, researchers and engineers.

Researchers at Pinely benefit from working in a fast-paced HFT environment, where the impact of their ideas is quickly visible in production. The research teams are supported by a world-class infrastructure group that ensures smooth deployment and reliable experimentation at scale.

Our flat organizational structure encourages autonomy, creativity, and direct ownership. We value an informal, idea-driven culture where innovation is celebrated and every contribution matters.

We are looking for a Quantitative Developer for our Amsterdam-based office who will join one of our Trading teams.

This role bridges trading research and software development: you will write production code that directly drives strategy performance, working alongside researchers on problems where engineering quality has immediate P&L impact.

Responsibilities

• Owning the team’s strategy code;
• Independently building and shipping strategy improvements where the path from idea to production is a significant engineering challenge;
• Accelerating the team's research cycle using our in-house AI development tools - from agentic coding assistants to end-to-end AI-driven research workflows;
• Coordinating technical work with infrastructure teams;
• Maintaining the base of analytical scripts, making our solution more scalable.

Requirements

• Strong mathematical and algorithmic thinking, and a solid understanding of mathematical statistics and probability theory;
• Willingness to dive deep into strategy details and market microstructure;
• Desire to improve infrastructure, code, and surrounding processes;
• Ability to write high-quality code in Python 3 and C++.

Nice to have

• Experience in AI will be a big plus! In our company, Quantitative Developers extensively use AI tools in their workflows, and prior experience in this area is a significant advantage.
• We expect familiarity with core machine learning concepts and a strong willingness to grow in this direction. If your ML/data science experience needs refreshing, we will help you quickly update and expand your knowledge during your first months with us. Deep expertise in ML is not a mandatory requirement.

What we offer

• A dynamic and international environment within a fast-growing tech company;
• Competitive salary at the upper end of the market, along with significant bonuses twice a year;
• Freedom to shape internal culture and create meaningful employee experiences, team-building activities;
• Health insurance, reimbursement of sports expenses; coverage for language courses;
• A supportive, experienced team that values collaboration - and where your impact will be visible every day.

If you're ready to build at the intersection of engineering excellence and trading research - we'd love to talk!