HBO Meewerkstage Full Stack Engineer

https://jobs.kpn.com/vacatures/hbo-meewerkstage-full-stack-engineer-324219/

Wil jij onderdeel zijn van de marktleider op het gebied van vooruitstrevende en veilige ICT-dienstverlening? Heb jij nieuwe ideeën over onze dienstverlening? Wil jij stage lopen zodat jij het geleerde in praktijk kan brengen voor jouw opleiding in de richting van Techniek/IT, zoals Informatica? Kom dan meewerken als stagiair-Full Stack Engineer. 

KPN beheert bedrijfsapplicaties, specifieke applicaties en daarmee totale werkplekken voor verschillende bedrijven. Daarnaast verzorgt KPN hosting, storage, WAN- en LAN connectiviteit en Helpdesk & local support dienstverlening. KPN heeft datacenters op verschillende locaties door heel Nederland.

Binnen het public operations team 2, dat voornamelijk in het KPN-pand in Amsterdam is gevestigd, werken wij nauw samen met Gemeente Amsterdam om zo hun dienstverlening optimaal te maken en te houden. Wij werken met de nieuwste tools en technieken.

Jouw rol als stagiair

In jouw rol als Full stack Engineer kan je met van alles kennis maken en aan de slag gaan. Je werkt samen met een full stack engineer om een optimalisatie binnen onze toolingsystemen zoals Splunk en Puppet te maken. Of je zit bijvoorbeeld aan de knoppen om met Linux aan de slag te gaan. Vooral je handen uit je mouwen steken en zelf initiatief tonen wordt verwacht in jouw rol.

Deze meewerkstage leent zich er ook toe om gecombineerd te worden met een onderzoek/afstuderen. De werkzaamheden zullen voornamelijk vanuit Amsterdam uitgevoerd worden (locatie KPN).

Wat verwachten wij van jou?

• HBO in de richting van IT/Techniek (zoals: Informatica, Business Informatics, Software Developer, Data Science e.d.)
• Je bent minimaal 5-6 maanden beschikbaar
• Je hebt kennis van Agile werken.
• Kennis van Microsoft en/of Linux producten en operating systems is een vereiste
• Kennis/interesse in ‘IT Security frameworks and standards’
• Initiatief, een hands-on mentaliteit en een frisse blik!
• Je staat open voor modern technieken en tools (big data, Service Orchestration, Puppet, e.d…)

Wat bieden wij?

• Werken in een zeer innovatieve omgeving met de nieuwste tools en methodieken
• Leren met verschillende technieken.
• Doorgroeien? Stagiair(e)s worden zeer gewaardeerd, KPN streeft ernaar om jou door te laten groeien naar de baan die jij wilt.
• Marktconforme stagevergoeding.
• Gezellige bijeenkomsten zoals uitjes, borrels en lunches georganiseerd.

Wie zijn wij?

KPN Business Operations is marktleider in het ontwerpen, implementeren, beheren en adviseren over vooruitstrevende en veilige ICT dienstverlening. We willen hierin de beste zijn. Dankzij onze dienstverlening kunnen onze grootzakelijke klanten altijd en overal op een veilige manier toegang krijgen tot informatie. Wij bieden een breed spectrum aan ICT-producten en diensten, zoals mobile, fixed, werkplekbeheer en gebruikersondersteuning, datacentra, applicaties en cloud diensten.

Meer informatie of solliciteren?

Wij zien graag jouw sollicitatie tegemoet, door op de blauwe button ‘solliciteer direct’ te klikken. Voor meer informatie over deze functie of procedure kun je contact opnemen met Lisa de Kok, lisa.dekok@kpn.com, 06 22 29 76 40.

HBO Meewerkstage Tooling Implementatie

Implementeer de toolingset in onze bruisende omgeving

Hoe? Tooling en implementatie specialist
Waarom? Leren implementeren van toolingsystemen en optimaal inrichten.
Waar? Amsterdam, naast station Sloterdijk
Met wie? Generic Application Services Team samen met diverse KPN klantenteams

Ben jij goed met Puppet, volg je een studie in de richting van IT/Techniek en wil jij laten zien dat je klaar bent om dit tijdens een leerzame stage bij KPN te laten zien? Lees snel verder!

Als stagiair Tooling Implementatie bij KPN…

ga je aan de gang met onze IT deploy en beheertooling als tooling en implementatie specialist.  Je maakt kennis met diverse tools en gaat hier zelf mee aan de gang. Je werkt in het team samen met technisch consultants en developers. Je bent betrokken bij het optimaal inrichten en implementeren van onze toolset bij de diverse teams. Puppet is hiervoor de basis. Daarnaast zal je ook te maken krijgen met tooling voor patching, antivirus, service orchestration en dashboarding.

In deze opdracht ga je vooral zelf aan gang en wordt er veel initiatief van je verwacht.

De stageplek is opgezet als meewerkstage maar leent zich er ook toe om gecombineerd te worden als onderzoekstage.

Zo ziet je nieuwe team eruit

KPN Business Operations is marktleider in het ontwerpen, implementeren, beheren en adviseren over vooruitstrevende en veilige ICT dienstverlening. We willen hierin de beste zijn. Dankzij onze dienstverlening kunnen onze grootzakelijke klanten altijd en overal op een veilige manier toegang krijgen tot informatie. Wij bieden een breed spectrum aan ICT-producten en diensten, zoals mobile, fixed, werkplekbeheer en gebruikersondersteuning, datacentra, applicaties en Cloud diensten.

Wat verwachten wij van jou?

Als stagiair Tooling Implementatie …  

• Volg je een HBO of WO studie in de richting van IT/Techniek, zoals (Technische) Informatica, Computer Science
• Sta je open voor moderne technieken en tools (big data, Service Orchestration, Puppet, e.d.)
• Heb je enige ervaring met programmeren / scripting
• Heb je kennis van Microsoft en/of Linux producten en operating systems
• Proactief, hands-on, zorgvuldig, overtuigend
• Teamspeler en individueel sterk
• Goede beheersing van Nederlandse en Engelse taal
• Minimaal 5-6 maanden beschikbaar, startdatum in overleg

Dit krijg je ervoor terug

Naast een enthousiast team met talentvolle collega’s bij een bedrijf dat volop in ontwikkeling is van telecombedrijf naar innovatief ICT-bedrijf, bieden we je het volgende:

• Begeleiding van een ervaren collega, die je graag helpt om je verder te ontwikkelen
• Werken in een zeer innovatieve omgeving met de nieuwste tools en methodieken
• Doorgroeien? Stagiair(e)s worden zeer gewaardeerd, KPN streeft ernaar om jou door te laten groeien naar de baan die jij wilt
• Marktconforme stagevergoeding
• Gezellige bijeenkomsten zoals uitjes, borrels en lunches georganiseerd

Wij zijn KPN

We werken en leven steeds meer in de Cloud. Apparaten communiceren via het Internet of Things. Met onze smartphone hebben we de hele wereld op zak. En het mooiste is: het begint pas. De nieuwe mogelijkheden zijn eindeloos en bij KPN zit je er bovenop. Elke dag werk je mee om het leven leuker, vrijer en makkelijker te maken. Voor onze ruim vijf miljoen klanten, voor Nederland en voor jezelf. Wat je functie of vakgebied ook is.

Wil jij aan de basis staan van de nieuwe mogelijkheden? Ontdek hoeveel impact jij kunt hebben als stagiair bij KPN.

Meer informatie of solliciteren?

Wij zien graag jouw sollicitatie tegemoet. Voor meer informatie over deze functie of procedure kun je contact opnemen met Lisa de Kok, lisa.dekok@kpn.com, 06 22 29 76 40.

Optiver - Algorithmic Trader

Algorithmic Trader Would you like to price and trade financial products while being responsible for the design, development and improvement of our trading algorithms at the same time? As an Algorithmic Trader at Optiver you will be fully responsible for the performance of an algorithm, from analysis to the actual implementation and execution. Ideally, you have a technical academic degree, solid programming skills and a great interest in financial markets and research.

Who we are We are Optiver, an international trading company, headquartered in Amsterdam. With more than 700 colleagues across four continents we constantly offer fair and highly competitive prices for the buying and selling of stocks, bonds, options, futures, ETF’s et cetera. It is called ‘market making’. We build markets and provide liquidity to international exchanges in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. We make financial markets fair, open and reliable. We do not only trade when we feel like it. Not only when our outlook is bright, but 24 hours a day. Whichever way the markets go, we are there, always at our own risk, using our own capital. ‘Value the difference’ sums it up perfectly. It explains in a nutshell what we do every day. It also invites you to explore how we do our job differently. We have valued that difference since 1986; the year we started on the Amsterdam based European Options Exchange with a single floor trader. Today we are one of the most dynamic, innovative and successful companies in The Netherlands and beyond.

What you’ll do As our Algorithmic Trader you will not only trade and price financial products, but you will also analyse current strategies as well as optimise and implement new trading strategies. You will be fully responsible for the performance of an algorithm, from observing and analysing to testing and implementing it in real life. In order to seize every opportunity in the market and stay ahead of the competition, you are able to combine you pro-active and innovative mind with a strong work ethic. Finally, you are determined to be constantly on top of your market knowledge and personal development. In short, as our Algorithmic Trader you will:

• price and trade financial products;
• analyse, optimise and implement current and new trading strategies;
• improve our trading methods and models, which varies from development to implementation;
• be constantly on top of market knowledge and new theories on trading related subjects.

After a two-month intensive training program involving classroom work, trading desk simulation exercises and live market trading – with real money – you will start trading at your own desk. We believe hands-on experience is the best way to learn and that is exactly what we provide.

What you’ll need

• a technical academic degree, preferably in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics/Physics, Engineering or a relevant degree with a research component;
• at least 6 months solid working experience with C++, C#, JAVA, VBA and/or MATLAB;
• a desire to work closely with various technology- and trading teams to translate complex algorithms to elegant technical solutions;
• excellent numerical and analytical skills;
• a strong affinity for financial markets and a numbers-orientated character;
• an accurate, pro-active mind and the ability to solve problems;
• a competitive attitude and eagerness to constantly improve yourself;
• the ability to cope with increasing responsibility;
• good communication and teamwork skills;
• experience with numerical analysis, probability theory and statistics.

What you’ll get Optiver is above all a state of mind. We are looking for you when you believe in daily improvement, when you like to be seriously rewarded for your performance and when you easily adapt to change and enjoy some humour and fun. To be concrete, we offer you an excellent remuneration. But we also offer you great secondary benefits such as fully paid first-class commuting expenses, attractive profit sharing structure, relocation packages, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages.

Interested? We are 350 highly educated professionals from over 30 different countries that work at Optiver in Amsterdam. We aim to be unrivalled in our industry, by being talented, creative and result driven. And it doesn’t matter how we dress or what we believe in, as long as we exceed our and each others expectations. If you are ready to apply, and we hope you are, apply directly for the position of Algorithmic Trader here. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. Applications without a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. When we think the ‘magic’ is there, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. If you have any questions feel free to contact the recruiter on +31 (0)20 708 70 00. N.B. Once you have applied for the Algorithmic Trader position and got selected, you will be required to take 3 numerical tests to measure your mathematical and analytical skills.

Optiver - Junior Researcher

Junior Researcher Are you looking for bigger challenges? Do you want to use your analytical skills to solve real world problems and see the results right away? Do you enjoy writing computer programs? Then the Junior Researcher position might be a great opportunity for you!

What you’ll do As a Junior Researcher you will work in a team with traders and researchers, right on the trading floor. You will spend your first weeks at Optiver in a structured training program to learn about options, market making and delta 1. You will then immediately start your first project, with the support of a senior researcher. Within a few months, you will play a key role in developing automated analysis programs and trading algorithms.

What you'll need

• academic degree with very good grades (e.g. engineering, physics, math, econometrics, computer science);
• programming experience in any language (C, C++, Python, Basic, JAVA, etc.);
• ability to apply basic concepts of probability, calculus and linear algebra;
• ability to carry a project on your own in a structured way within a short timeframe;
• competitive attitude and eagerness to constantly improve yourself;
• self-starting, ‘can do’ attitude;
• ability to learn quickly;
• excellent verbal and written English skills.

What you'll get Optiver is above all a state of mind. We are looking for you when you believe in daily improvement, when you like to be seriously rewarded for your performance and when you easily adapt to change and enjoy some humour and fun. To be concrete, we offer you an excellent remuneration. But we also offer you great secondary benefits such as fully paid first-class commuting expenses, a premium-free pension, attractive profit sharing structure, relocation packages, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages. We consider the Junior Researcher position to be a starting point for a motivated talent who wants to develop further within Optiver. Interested? We are 350 highly educated professionals from over 30 different countries that work at Optiver in Amsterdam. We aim to be unrivalled in our industry, by being talented, creative and result driven. And it doesn’t matter how we dress or what we believe in, as long as we exceed our and each others expectations. If you are ready to apply, and we hope you are, apply directly for the position of Junior Researcher here. Please provide us with a CV, a letter of motivation and the puzzle solution (see our website) in English. Applications without an answer to the puzzle and a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. When we think the ‘magic’ is there, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. If you have any questions feel free to contact the recruiter on +31 (0) 20 708 70 00.

Optiver - Trader

Trader Getting excited about pricing and trading financial products in a dynamic, fast changing environment? As a Trader at Optiver you will not only trade, but you will also develop an excellent understanding of risks, position management and market trends. If you can complement this with an academic degree, a passion for financial markets and excellent numerical skills, you might be the Trader we are looking for.

Who we are We are Optiver, an international trading company, headquartered in Amsterdam. With more than 700 colleagues across four continents we constantly offer fair and highly competitive prices for the buying and selling of stocks, bonds, options, futures, ETF’s et cetera. It is called ‘market making’. We build markets and provide liquidity to international exchanges in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. We make financial markets fair, open and reliable. We do not only trade when we feel like it. Not only when our outlook is bright, but 24 hours a day. Whichever way the markets go, we are there, always at our own risk, using our own capital. ‘Value the difference’ sums it up perfectly. It explains in a nutshell what we do every day. It also invites you to explore how we do our job differently. We have valued that difference since 1986; the year we started on the Amsterdam based European Options Exchange with a single floor trader. Today we are one of the most dynamic, innovative and successful companies in The Netherlands and beyond.

What you'll do At Optiver we don’t hire trading clerks; we hire traders. As our new Trader you will be working in a highly competitive and fast changing environment. You need to be able to continuously price and trade financial products while managing a complex portfolio of financial instruments. This means you will also develop a strong understanding of risk- and position management. We value traders who take initiative in improving pricing models and show innovation with new trading strategies in order to seize any opportunity that should arise in the market. Finally, you need to be dedicated to constantly improve your market knowledge and develop your personal skills. So in short, as Trader you will:

• price and trade financial products;
• maintain a complex portfolio of financial instruments;
• manage positions in derivatives and equities;
• continuously analyse the risk of your position;
• take initiative to improve trading methods and models;
• be keen to enhance your market knowledge and personal skills.

After a two-month intensive training program involving classroom work, trading desk simulation exercises and live market trading— with real money—you will start trading at your own desk. We believe hands-on experience is the best way to learn and that is exactly what we provide.

What you’ll need

• an academic degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Econometrics, Finance or equivalent;
• excellent numerical and analytical skills;
• a strong affinity for financial markets and a flair for numbers;
• a pro-active, accurate mind and a problem solving nature;
• fast decision making skills under pressure;
• competitive attitude and eagerness to constantly improve yourself;
• the ability to cope with rapidly increasing responsibilities;
• computer programming skills are not required but definitely a plus.

What you’ll get Optiver is above all a state of mind. We are looking for you when you believe in daily improvement, when you like to be seriously rewarded for your performance and when you easily adapt to change and enjoy some humour and fun. To be concrete, we offer you an excellent remuneration. But we also offer you great secondary benefits such as fully paid first-class commuting expenses, attractive profit sharing structure, relocation packages, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages.

Interested? We are 350 highly educated professionals from over 30 different countries that work at Optiver in Amsterdam. We aim to be unrivalled in our industry, by being talented, creative and result driven. And it doesn’t matter how we dress or what we believe in, as long as we exceed our and each others expectations. If you are ready to apply, and we hope you are, apply directly for the position of Trader here. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. Applications without a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. When we think the ‘magic’ is there, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. If you have any questions feel free to contact the recruiter on +31 (0) 20 708 70 00. N.B. Once you have applied for the Trader position and got selected, you will be required to take 3 numerical tests to measure your mathematical and analytical skills.

Optiver - Trader Assistant (20 hrs/week)

Trader Assistant (Academic part-time job) (20 hrs per week) Do you have the ambition to become a Trader, but still have at least 9 months to study? Getting excited about the option to write your thesis at a leading global trading firm? If you are currently based in the Netherlands, studying towards an academic degree combined with a significant interest in financial markets and solid working experience in Excel and VBA, you might be our new Trader Assistant.

Who we are We are Optiver, an international trading company, headquartered in Amsterdam. With more than 700 colleagues across four continents we constantly offer fair and highly competitive prices for the buying and selling of stocks, bonds, options, futures, ETF’s et cetera. It is called ‘market making’. We build markets and provide liquidity to international exchanges in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. We do not only trade when we feel like it. Not only when our outlook is bright, but 24 hours a day. Whichever way the markets go, we are there, always at our own risk, using our own capital. ‘Value the difference’ sums it up perfectly. It explains in a nutshell what we do every day. It also invites you to explore how we do our job differently. We have valued that difference since 1986; the year we started on the Amsterdam based European Options Exchange with a single floor trader. Today we are one of the most dynamic, innovative and successful companies in The Netherlands and beyond.

What you’ll do As a Trader Assistant within Optiver you will be working in a highly competitive and fast changing environment. You will not only act as the key link between our traders and our Mid Office department, but your daily tasks will also exist of assisting the traders, managing and importing large amounts of data, structuring trading sheets and administrating trading files. With your solid VBA skills you are able to complete these tasks, but we will also challenge you to learn new programming languages like Lua and C++. Please note: For this junior trading role we are looking for someone who is in university for at least the next 9 months and you are determined to start your career in Trading after finishing your studies. What you’ll need

• an academic degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Econometrics, Finance or equivalent;
• advanced knowledge of Excel and experience with VBA;
• strong affinity for financial markets;
• a numbers-orientated character and a great attention to detail;
• excellent numerical and analytical skills;
• the ability to work in an accurate and structured way in order to solve problems;
• willingness and ability to learn new programming languages (C++, Lua).

What you’ll get Optiver is above all a state of mind. We are looking for you when you believe in daily improvement, when you like to be seriously rewarded for your performance and when you easily adapt to change and enjoy some humour and fun. To be concrete, we offer you an excellent remuneration. But we also offer you great secondary benefits such as the possibility to write your thesis at Optiver, explore trading from different perspectives, fully paid first-class commuting expenses, attractive profit sharing structure, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages.

Interested? We are 350 highly educated professionals from over 30 different countries that work at Optiver in Amsterdam. We aim to be unrivalled in our industry, by being talented, creative and result driven. And it doesn’t matter how we dress or what we believe in, as long as we exceed our and each others expectations. If you are ready to apply, and we hope you are, apply directly for the position of Trader Assistant here. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. Applications without a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. When we think the ‘magic’ is there, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. If you have any questions feel free to contact the recruiter on +31 (0) 20 708 70 00. N.B. If you are selected to proceed to the next round for the position of Trader Assistant, you will be required to take an online assessment and the official trading tests.

Riskquest

INTERNSHIP: DEVELOPMENT OF DIELECTRIC RESONATOR METASURFACE LENSES

https://www.tno.nl/en/career/vacancies/internship-development-of-dielectric-resonator-metasurface-lenses/a0sb000000vplddeaw/

Junior Trader

Up for a challenge? Do you see yourself as part of a young, dynamic and dedicated team? Ready to give it your all and learn the tricks of the trading industry? Then we might be looking for you as our new junior trader!

You manage and optimize our position using a wide range of financial products. You formulate innovative trading strategies and - in close collaboration with our software engineers - develop trading models and tools that allow us to capitalize on opportunities efficiently.

We provide a six-month intensive in-house training program, covering all facets of the trading processes. Gradually you take on more responsibilities, like monitoring markets and making portfolio adjustments.

Requirements:

• University degree and a demonstrable interest in trading
• Understanding of financial products
• Knowledge of Excel
• Innovative & creative high potential with excellent mental arithmetic skills
• Ability to reason logically and deliver under pressure
• Ability to spot opportunities and the assertiveness to seize them
• Maximum of three years’ work experience
• You have excellent English communication skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. You are ambitious, assertive and outgoing. You instantly react to any issues affecting mission-critical trading decisions.

Meet Traders from our Team: Bram, Alex, Victor.

We Offer

This exciting position in a dynamic working environment offers many opportunities and an excellent compensation package. We believe in nurturing talent and provide continuous support. We offer a competitive salary and reserve a large percentage of our business results in our bonus pool. You will receive 26 days of annual leave.

Company

Flow Traders is a principal trading firm and one of the world’s largest liquidity providers in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Cluj, accommodate over 400 employees.

Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and achievement. We invest in our talented, highly motivated people since they hold the key to our success. Our demanding, sophisticated work continuously puts us to the test. We wouldn’t have it any other way. We. Love. This. Job.

Recruitment process

• A numerical test and a capacity test.
• A face to face interview with a recruiter and a trader in our Amsterdam office, immediately following your successful completion of the first-round tests.
• A case-study interview in our Amsterdam office, conducted by two senior traders.
• For more information, please email careers.amsterdam@nl.flowtraders.com.

Quantitative Trader

We are looking for a Quantitative Trader to join our Quantitative Trading team in our Amsterdam office. As a firm, we are at the intersection of scientific research, finance, and cutting edge technology. Financial markets have made a rapid shift from trading in the pit towards algorithmic trading, and our firm has developed into a FinTech company.

Our new Quantitative Trader will be responsible for developing trading strategies from scratch. Therefore, we expect you to be innovative, analytical, hands on and have a winning mentality. You will come up with your own trading ideas who will be profitable for Flow and you will receive the full support you need to develop this strategy. Thereafter, you will be monitor your own trading strategies in real-life to see how successful it is.

A Day in the Life

08:00

Start up systems and check on the latest news and market movements.

08:15

Stand up meeting trading: analysts give a briefing on the latest market developments and figures of the day, an IT operations representative briefs on the health of our systems: all systems are good!

08:30 - 9:30

A new developed strategy based on a curve model is live at another trading desk. I check if the setup is correct and if the model behaves correctly. Since the model is in a deployment phase it is very important to monitor the behavior of the strategy until someone else can fully takeover. I keep monitoring the strategy until 09:30.

09:30 - 12:00

Back at my own desk. I analyze last weeks data in Python while monitoring the behavior of the curve model on the site. Discuss the model with a fellow quant trader to see where we can improve.

12:00

Grab some lunch and eat it at my desk.

12:30 - 14:00

On my way to the training room. Today I am going to teach a group of junior traders how to implement a model as a new strategy in our trading platform.

14:00 - 15:00

Discus latest developments and planning with a development team.

15:00

Sync on the behavior of the curve model strategy.

15:30

Testing another new strategy in the simulation environment. This model is not ready for production yet but the results look promising. Most likely it is ready to run in production at my desk next week.

17:15

Monitor the curve model until markets close.

17:40

Back at my desk. Do some java coding to improve the curve model.

19:00

Going home.

Responsibilities

• Develop trading strategies from scratch (eg: relative value) for our financial products;
• Apply AI and Machine learning techniques (e.g. deep neural networks);
• Manage your own trading book;
• Work in close collaboration with our Software Developers, Quant Researches and Traders;
• Back-testing and optimize models;
• What You need to Succeed
• University degree in engineering, physics, math, statistics, computer science (or similar) or PHD and a demonstrable interest in trading;
• Interest in Machine Learning Techniques and AI, experience is an advantage;
• Experience with a scientific programming language (C, C++, Python, JAVA, or similar);
• Strong mathematical and statistical skills;
• Ability to reason logically, deliver under pressure and take ownership;
• Ability to spot opportunities, innovative and creative;
• Competitive attitude, eager to learn, proactive and able to work in a team;
• Maximum of three years’ work experience
• Excellent verbal and written English skills.
• Recruitment Process / onboarding
• As we do not expect you to have any trading knowledge upfront, we offer you an extensive onboarding program. Within two months, you will learn about our core business, the financial products we trade, and the mathematics required for pricing them. You will go through quantitative and trading classes given by our senior Quants and Traders. Finally, you will finish your onboarding program with a co-project with Junior Traders.

Recruitment process

Please apply through our website with a CV and convincing cover letter. You will need to pass our IQ test and numerical test to be invited for the technical interview. During the recruitment process, you will meet several people from the Quant and Trading teams who will test your problem solving skills and your mathematics background. Up for a real Quant Trading challenge? Apply now!

Quantitative Researcher

Flow Traders is a leading principal trading firm with Headquarters in Amsterdam, and offices worldwide in New York, Singapore, Cluj, Romania and Hong Kong.

What you do:

We are looking for a Quantitative Researcher to join our Quantitative Research team. This is an exceptional opportunity for candidates to join a principal trading firm, working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

As a firm, we are at the intersection of Scientific Research, Finance and cutting edge Technology. Financial markets have made a rapid shift from trading in the pit towards algorithmic trading, and our firm has developed into a FinTech company. 

A successful Quantitative Researcher, first and foremost, must be an expert in mathematics and statistics. We are looking for someone who loves to work with numbers and code automated trading algorithms. You should have an innate desire to generate and backtest new trading ideas, with generation of alpha and automated strategies as ultimate output goals. You will work alongside Traders and Quantitative Researchers on state of the art trading solutions and apply cutting-edge machine learning techniques. If this sounds like music to your ears, and passion to solve and code mathematical problems are your trademark traits, then this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Traders and Quant Researchers to optimize and improve trading strategies;
• Research and analyze financial data to find exploitable patterns;
• Design and implement complex quantitative models and automated trading algorithms.

A day in the life:

08:00 - 08:15 AM:        

I arrive at the office and walk into the lounge to get myself a sandwich and a glass of orange juice and while I am at it, I bring some coffee for my teammates. I log in to my computer and walk towards the huddle area to listen to the daily morning meeting which gets us up to speed on what has happened over night and the most important things to expect for today.

08:30 - 10:00 AM:        

After the morning meeting I start running the quantitative models that are already in production and send updated parameters to Traders so they can put it in their trading engine. 

10:00 - 12:00 AM:          

Mostly programming, I start working on my to-do list which are mostly researching and designing new trading algorithms, but projects can range from statistically investigating a trading idea in Python, R or MATLAB to coding new improved versions of trading algos in JAVA. As an example today I was working on a bug in one of the trading algorithms that I wrote as we noticed it doing some weird trades.

12:00 - 12:30 PM:        

Lunchtime! At Flow we enjoy a great lunches. To illustrate this: Every now and then, we get spareribs and nothing makes me happier.

12:30 - 17:45 PM:        

After lunch I continue where I left off and try to finish any projects with pressing deadlines, or ad-hoc research requests that come in.

17:45 PM:                   

As most European exchanges close, I shut down my PC and head home. However, on Fridays it usually worthwhile to stay and have a drink at our in-house bar where some good old trash talking usually leads to a counterstrike team battle at our gaming room combined with a few beers.

What You Need to Succeed:

• A Master or PhD degree in Econometrics, Data Science or Statistics;
• Experience with a scientific programming language (e.g. Python / MATLAB / R or similar);
• Experience with JAVA and/or C ++ (or similar) is an advantage;
• Strong mathematical and statistical skills;
• Ability to reason logically, deliver under pressure and take ownership;
• Competitive attitude, eager to learn, proactive and able to work in a team;
• Maximum of five years’ work experience;
• Excellent verbal and written English skills.
• Onboarding:
• As we do not expect you to have any trading knowledge upfront, we offer you an extensive onboarding program. Within two months, you will learn about our core business, the financial products we trade, and the mathematics required for pricing them. You will go through quantitative and trading classes given by our senior quants and traders. Finally, you will finish your onboarding program with a co-project with Junior Traders.

Application Process:

Please apply through our website with a CV and convincing cover letter. You might receive an invitation for an IQ test and a puzzle for you to solve. During the recruitment process, you will meet several people from the Quant and Trading teams who will test your problem solving skills and your mathematics background. Do you love solving puzzles? Great, then this could be the job for you!

We Offer

Flow Traders offers you an exciting job and lots of opportunities within the most dynamic of environments with an excellent compensation package. We like to think that talent grows at Flow and stays at Flow. To ensure this, we provide our employees with the best working environment, the latest technology, continuous support, and we go out of our way to retain the small business feeling with which we started. We offer a competitive salary and reserve a percentage of our business results for our bonus pool.

Trader

Da Vinci Derivatives is a unique trading firm that specializes in trading volatility across multiple instruments listed on major European and US exchanges. Da Vinci was founded in 2015 by industry experts and has grown successfully in a short period of time. We are looking and are open to expand in new markets, like Brazil, India, Japan, Hong Kong in the future.

In this role we are looking for:

Smart, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial traders with an academic degree who apart from trading are also willing and capable of adding long term value. Together with a strong and fun team of highly skilled people you will be required to perform at the highest level with the goal to beat the markets and build one of the best proprietary trading firms in Europe. 

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Generating profits with trading/position taking;
• Risk management of your portfolio;
• Coming up with new trading strategies for current and new markets;
• Evaluating new markets for opportunities.  

In this role you will be offered:

• A once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful start-up;
• A very exciting and dynamic work environment;
• An opportunity to learn from the best in the field;
• A base Salary of 60k and a variable pay after successful completion of one year within the company plus excellent future prospects.

What should you do now:

If you think you are ready for the challenge, you have an entrepreneurial mind and you are ready to build on a great future with Da Vinci trading, please upload your CV and motivation letter using the below link. 

https://da-vinci-derivatives.onlinevacatures.nl/en/Vacancy/Apply/87456