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PhD Graduate Quantitative Researcher

Flow Traders
🇳🇱AmsterdamJuniorFull-timePosted October 9, 2026

About the Role

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.

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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++
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently on open-ended, ambiguous problems
  • Ownership and entrepreneurship

What You'll Get

  • 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
  • Thorough onboarding
  • Competitive salary, annual discretionary profit share, and comprehensive benefits
  • Latest technology
  • Collaborative, non-hierarchical culture