Senior Quant Researcher, Crypto Mid-Frequency Options

BlockTech; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + attractive bonus

Pension plan

Laptop provided

Internet costs reimbursed

Training & development budget

Gym membership reimbursement

Social events & trips

Relocation package & Dutch classes

Job summary

BlockTech in Amsterdam is seeking a senior Quantitative Researcher with a mid-frequency background to join our trading floor. You will own price-prediction, signal, execution, and anomaly-detection models across crypto derivatives and spot markets from idea to live PnL.

You’ll work closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to shape our research, backtesting, and trading infrastructure, ensuring ideas reach production quickly and safely while maintaining rigorous validation and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of quantitative research experience at hedge funds, trading firms, or similar.
• Strong academic foundation in mathematics, physics, statistics, or computer science.
• Fluency in Python and the modern ML stack (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas).
• Deep grasp of overfitting, validation design, and feature engineering with explainability.
• Software engineering instincts: production-grade code that is readable, testable, and runnable.
• Ability to prioritize research bets and communicate clearly with traders and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own price-prediction, signal, execution, and anomaly-detection models from idea to live PnL.
• Shape research, backtesting, and trading infrastructure with engineers for rapid, safe production.
• Maintain models in production: monitor, diagnose decay, and iterate improvements.
• Set research direction with traders on which trades are worthwhile and why.
• Mentor colleagues, review work, and raise the bar for rigor.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

NumPy

pandas

Education

Quantitative discipline

Job description

BlockTech in Amsterdam is seeking a senior Quantitative Researcher with a mid-frequency background to join our trading floor. You will own price-prediction, signal, execution, and anomaly-detection models across crypto derivatives and spot markets from idea to live PnL.

You’ll work closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to shape our research, backtesting, and trading infrastructure, ensuring ideas reach production quickly and safely while maintaining rigorous validation and