Senior Quantitative Researcher
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Before you apply
LocationAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SenioritySenior
Experience5+ yrs
DepartmentResearch
Company size51–200 people
PostedAug 6, 2026 · 2mo ago
Verified live12h ago
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5+ years of relevant experience in HFT companies
Extensive expertise in using ML models for HFT strategies
Know-how and hands-on experience with ML pipelines running on multiple exchanges
Experience in building non-trivial statistical arbitrage strategies
Willingness to acquire deeper knowledge of high-frequency trading
Knowing how to work on an entire pipeline: from sampling data and creating features to launching strategies in production
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python is preferred)
Being a confident, resilient, highly motivated, and proactive person
Being capable of working with colleagues with different backgrounds and willing to learn new things
Experience with mentoring, people management, and leading interns or a team of researchers
Skills
Python
ML
statistical arbitrage
ML pipelines
Benefits
High base salary
Bonus
Profit sharing
Tuition reimbursement
Conference sponsorship
Training sponsorship
About the role
We are currently seeking a highly skilled Senior Quantitative Researcher to join our team in our Amsterdam office. This role will be instrumental in exploring new research directions and will involve leading and managing people.
Responsibilities
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Using ML methods to develop and deploy statistical arbitrage strategies;
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Exploring new trading ideas by analyzing market data;
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Designing features and models to predict the behavior of hundreds or thousands of securities over 10-second to 10-minute timeframes with different underlyings;
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Working with ML pipelines to help the strategy development process;
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Driving consistent optimization and advancement of existing models;
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Communicating with internal teams;
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Mentoring and (potentially) leading team members.
Requirements
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5+ years of relevant experience in HFT companies;
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Extensive expertise in using ML models for HFT strategies;
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Know-how and hands-on experience with ML pipelines running on multiple exchanges, separately or together;
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Experience in building non-trivial statistical arbitrage strategies profiting from differences in prices between two or more instruments;
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Willingness to acquire deeper knowledge of high-frequency trading and apply it to trading on multiple (tens of) exchanges;
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Knowing how to work on an entire pipeline: from sampling data and creating features to launching strategies in production;
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Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python is preferred);
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Being a confident, resilient, highly motivated, and proactive person;
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Being capable of working with colleagues with different backgrounds and willing to learn new things.
Would be great if you had this
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Experience with mentoring, people management, and leading interns or a team of researchers.
What we offer
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High base salary and social benefits;
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Generous bonus structure and profit-sharing scheme. We are very flexible in discussing salary and conditions of employment;
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Cutting-edge hardware and software in production, as well as high technical expertise of the company, which allows implementation of bold ideas and boosts great results. Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems;
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Ability to trade on dozens of international exchanges;
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Flexible workflow (lack of formalism and bureaucracy, no pressure and over-management) and working schedule;
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Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship.