What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Quant position at davinciderivatives?
Da Vinci is looking for graduate quants to join a highly skilled, collaborative team in solving complex problems. You will play a key role in ensuring our operations perform at the highest level possible, working to achieve our goal of building one of the best proprietary trading firms in the world. Are you looking for an exciting and dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion? Then this is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.
Responsibilities
Depending on your background and focus, your responsibilities may include:
As a Quant Trader:
- Analyse market data to build new trading strategies
- Develop tools that translate data analysis results into useful inputs for trading
- Continuously monitor trades and improve our existing strategies
- Evaluate prospective markets for opportunities
As a Quant Researcher:
- Analyse market data to build new trading strategies
- Develop tools that translate data analysis results into useful inputs for trading
- Continuously analyse and improve our existing strategies
- Improve and refine our data infrastructure and setup
- Evaluate prospective markets for opportunities
As a Quant Developer:
- Design and implement high-performance trading systems and tools
- Collaborate with researchers and traders to translate ideas into robust, scalable code
- Improve infrastructure, latency, and deployment workflows
- Ensure reliable operation in live trading environments
Requirements
- Technical background (Maths, Physics, Engineering, Econometrics, Quant Finance or similar quantitative studies)
- Programming knowledge in Python, MATLAB, R or C
- Passion for financial markets, in-depth analysis, and modelling
- Ability to understand mathematical theory and translate it into practice
- Understanding of risk and reward patterns
- Good communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Analytical approach to solving complex problems
- Competitive but cooperative attitude
- Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset
Benefits:
- An opportunity to work beside the best in the field
- Competitive compensation
- Excellent variable pay based on performance, with a fair bonus-structure awarding company profits to software engineers, traders and researchers alike
- Outstanding performance is also rewarded with shareholding in the company
- Relocation package when moving across states
- Training period in Amsterdam to get to know the team
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 25 vacation days each year
- Meals during work hours
- Social events and after-work drinks
Currently we are not offering opportunities to write a thesis. This may change in the future. Please visit our website periodically and follow us on social media to stay up to date.