Developer

About Da Vinci Derivatives

Da Vinci, as proprietary trading firm, trades solely with its own money creating natural risk awareness and does not have clients. It is supervised by the Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (DNB).

Da Vinci identifies and trades opportunities in financial derivatives based on in-house developed strategies with a short to medium term horizon focused on volatility. This can mean that multiple products are traded against each other based on correlations but also that long (short) positions in under- or overpriced volatilities are taken across asset classes. We also provide liquidity as a market maker to end investors.

Position

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Understanding, designing and implementing algorithms and strategies in close collaboration with Trading and Research
• Working closely with Trading, Research and MidOffice to automate and optimize their workflows, making sure that ‘the business’ runs as effectively and efficiently as possible
• Various operational aspects, such as system deployment, monitoring and tweaking and in general making sure the trading systems are always running as smooth, reliable and fast as possible
• Your own code and the quality thereof, taking full responsibility and accountability for your contributions

Your qualification

Smart, enthusiastic and skilled C++ and Python developer with a talent for simplicity and the drive to get things done. Together with a strong and fun team of highly skilled people you will be required to perform at the highest level with the goal to beat the markets and build one of the best proprietary trading firms in the world.

What we offer

• A once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing young company
• A very exciting and dynamic work environment
• An opportunity to learn from the best in the field
• The freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion
• A base salary of EUR 60K to 80K (depending on the level of experience) and a variable pay plus excellent career prospects
• For people coming from abroad we provide a relocation package and expat service
• Lunches and dinner during work hours
• Reimbursement of travel costs
• In house gym available