Senior Quant Researcher, Mid-Frequency Crypto Options

Block Tech; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Learning & development budget

On-site breakfast and lunch

Gym and sports facilities

Job summary

BlockTech in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to own our mid-frequency research agenda from hypothesis to live deployment. You will sit with traders, researchers, and engineers, shaping the research roadmap while building robust models and production-grade systems.

You’ll lead price-prediction, signal and execution models for crypto derivatives and spot, while mentoring others and raising the bar for scientific rigour on the floor.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of quantitative research experience in hedge funds or trading environments.
• Fluent in Python and the ML stack (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas).
• Able to explain model reasoning and avoid overfitting; production-grade code skills.

Responsibilities

• Own price-prediction, signal, execution, and anomaly-detection models across crypto derivatives and spot markets from idea to live PnL.
• Shape our research, backtesting, and trading infrastructure together with engineers, so good ideas reach production quickly and safely.
• Own models in production: monitor live performance, diagnose decay, and iterate on what you ship.
• Set research direction alongside traders, deciding which trades are worth making and why.
• Raise the research bar by mentoring colleagues, reviewing work, and setting standards for rigour.

Skills

Quantitative research

Trading floor collaboration

Communication with traders

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

NumPy

pandas

Job description

BlockTech in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to own our mid-frequency research agenda from hypothesis to live deployment. You will sit with traders, researchers, and engineers, shaping the research roadmap while building robust models and production-grade systems.

You’ll lead price-prediction, signal and execution models for crypto derivatives and spot, while mentoring others and raising the bar for scientific rigour on the floor.