PhD Graduate Quantitative Researcher

Flow Traders is looking for a PhD Graduate Quantitative Researcher to join the quantitative trading team at our Amsterdam office. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm, working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry. As a firm, we are committed to leveraging advances in computer science, statistics, and machine learning to generate value in the financial markets.

A successful Quantitative Researcher is an expert in mathematics and statistics, passionate about translating challenging quantitative problems into equations and models, and skilled at optimizing them using cutting-edge computational techniques. If you're at the top of your quantitative, modeling, and coding game, and excited to test these skills in competitive live markets, this opportunity is for you.

• Design, build, optimize, and deploy state-of-the-art models and algorithms for systematic trading.
• Analyze large datasets to identify patterns and signals that can be translated into trading strategies.
• Collaborate with traders and technologists to bring models from research into live production.
• Monitor and refine existing models based on live market performance.

• A PhD degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• Strong statistical and linear algebra knowledge.
• Proficiency in implementing models and algorithms in programming languages such as Python or C++.
• Experience in Deep Learning is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently on open-ended, ambiguous problems.
• Ownership and entrepreneurship.

At Flow Traders, we create the conditions for hard‑working, high‑performing people to do their best work. From a thorough onboarding and ongoing access to Flow Academy, to latest technology and a collaborative, non‑hierarchical culture, we give you the tools, ownership, and support to move fast and drive outcomes. We keep a close‑knit, small‑company feel while offering competitive salary, annual discretionary profit share, and comprehensive benefits, so talent can grow here, and stay here. See our benefits below:

• Flow Academy and opportunities to attend domain-related conferences


• Daily catered lunch, great coffee, and a fully stocked kitchen and snack bar


• In-house Bar and Lounge with arcade, table tennis, billiards, and game consoles


• Company boat


• In-house gym and sessions with our nutritionist or personal trainer


• Bi-weekly massages


• Annual company trip and a variety of events throughout the year, such as the New Years Event


• Global rotations across our offices worldwide


• and more