Graduate Quant

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

• A comprehensive theoretical and practical training program provided by our dedicated in-house trainer
• Sign-on bonus of EUR 20k, base salary of EUR 100k
• Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
• Outstanding performance is also rewarded with shareholding in the company
• A relocation package when moving from abroad, including a relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support
• Meals during work hours
• Social events and after-work drinks
• Reimbursement of travel costs
• Sponsored gym membership
• In-house game room (pool table, board games and console games)

Training Overview: Training runs 6 to 12 weeks in Amsterdam, taking you from theory and quant coursework through simulated trading to a live project, before you move to your assigned office