Graduate Trader

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)

Currently we are not offering opportunities to write a thesis. This may change in the future. Please visit our website periodically and follow us on social media to stay up to date.