Experienced C++ Software Engineer

About Da Vinci

Da Vinci is a proprietary trading house founded in 2015 and specialised in solving market inefficiencies, identifying opportunities based on volatility arbitrage and delta1 strategies and providing liquidity to the markets. We are headquartered in the home of the world’s first stock market, Amsterdam, and we have offices in Miami, Mumbai and Hong Kong. Today, we trade on the most prominent exchanges across Asia and the US. Our vision is set on sustainable growth and collaboration across teams and offices.

We always keep our work smart and innovative and are building a team of trading enthusiasts. The key to our success is hiring not only intelligent but inventive, laser-focused and highly efficient individuals. Across all departments; trading, quantitative research and development alike, Da Vinci is made up some of the sharpest minds and most passionate players in the industry. We are non-hierarchical and support employees in exploring their interests and strengths, placing no limit on personal growth.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer you will have direct, immediate, and large-scale impact on the company. Whether you focus on our trading algorithms or the architecture of the core components that form the backbone of our trading technology, your work will make a difference.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding, designing and implementing trading algorithms and strategies in close collaboration with Trading and Research
• Working closely with Trading, Research and MidOffice to automate and optimize their workflows, making sure that ‘the business’ runs as effectively and efficiently as possible
• Various operational aspects, such as system deployment, monitoring and tweaking

Requirements:

• Experience (some or a lot) with creating C production code; Python experience is preferable but can otherwise be learned on the job
• Serious about code quality, taking full responsibility and accountability for your contributions
• Practical and results-driven attitude
• Ability to work well with others, including other departments, such as Trading and Research

Benefits:

• Base salary ranging between 140k and 200k USD.
• Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
• Outstanding performance is also rewarded with shareholding in the company
• Meals during work hours
• Social events and after-work drinks

Our trading system:

As a trading company, one of our proudest moments was going live with our very own trading system, developed from scratch by our excellent engineers. Melzi, named after Leonardo Da Vinci’s favourite student, was designed with our very own unique needs and priorities in mind. Since launching, our traders have been very excited to work with this custom-made and highly efficient system.

Process:

HR Interview: If your experience and profile match what we look for, we will invite you to an initial conversation with the recruiter. In this conversation, you will learn more about Da Vinci and give us the opportunity to get to know you better. We will assess whether your soft skills and motivators fit our way of working.

Coding challenge: This take-home assessment will give you a chance to understand the role further through similar tasks to the ones you’ll encounter on our trading floor. It allows us to assess your coding skills, as well as your approach to problem solving.

Technical Interview: During this conversation with one of our lead engineers you will get to geek out on your knowledge of computer science and C programming.

Final Round: This is a combination of an in-dept technical interview where you will do some live coding, and a final HR interview.