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 Graduate Trader at Da Vinci, you’ll work with a fun team of highly skilled researchers and engineers. Our Traders are key to developing and utilising algorithmic trading strategies that help us reach our goal of building one of the best proprietary trading firms in the world.

Da Vinci offers 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. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.

Responsibilities:

Generate profits through volatility trading by position-taking and market making
Risk management of your portfolio
Improve and refine our trading infrastructure and setup
Devise new trading strategies for current and prospective markets
Evaluate prospective markets for opportunities

Requirements:

Technical background (Maths, Physics, Engineering, Econometrics, Quant Finance or similar quantitative studies)
Strong interest in trading (Experience in real or simulated trading is a plus)
Ability to make decisions under pressure
Understanding of risk and reward patterns
Strong affinity with numbers
Good communication skills
Attention to detail
Analytical approach to solving complex problems
Competitive but cooperative attitude
Proactive and an 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)

We are piloting an AI tool that screens applications based on how candidates’ skills and experience align with job requirements. Human recruiters review all applications and will always make all final hiring decisions. If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@davincitrading.com.

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