Job Description
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 strategies and providing liquidity to the markets. We are headquartered in the home of the world’s first stock market, Amsterdam, and we have just opened a second office in Mumbai. Today, we trade on the most prominent exchanges across South America, Asia and the US. Our vision is set on sustainable growth, with new offices opening in the US soon.
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, lazer-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 Trading Analyst, you will get the opportunity to work closely with the core business and obtain a holistic view of the company operations. You will join the Trading Intelligence department which oversees Risk, Mid-Office and Tooling. As a member of the team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operations of the company. Alongside your daily tasks, you will have ample opportunities to work on exciting projects and innovative ideas. We value individuals who can quickly adapt to changing circumstances, have a proactive and hands-on mentality, and are adept at problem-solving.
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:
· Set up and optimise workflows using Python, PostgreSQL and Excel
· Create and maintain interactive tools used by trading in our inhouse built UI
· Assist the trading team on strategic requirements
· Take ownership of and manage databases of company metrics
· Analyse multiple datapoints (costs, trading volumes, market share, etc.)
· Monitor company risk
· Various day-to-day tasks ensuring that trading runs smoothly
· Daily reconciliation of clearing accounts and trading positions
Requirements:
- 0-2 years of work experience in a similar role
· Educational background in a technical study (Econometrics, Maths, Physics, Engineering or similar quantitative studies)
- Strong knowledge of Python and object-oriented programming
- Demonstrated experience with SQL
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and VBA
· Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset
- Ability to work diligently and get things done in a timely manner
- Excellent attention to detail
- Team player but able to work independently
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English
Benefits:
- An opportunity to learn from some of the most qualified professionals in the industry
- Base salary of EUR 60 to 80K
- Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
· Outstanding performance is also rewarded with shareholding in the company
Da Vinci is a privately-funded company that is owned and managed by professionals who have set high standards around trading, technology and company culture.
Our Story
Da Vinci is the brainchild of David, Vidit and Jiteshu. After a long career in trading, they decided to start on their own. Founded in 2015, Da Vinci is focused on trading derivatives on multiple exchanges across the globe. The company is based in Amsterdam as it has historically been a central place for trading, with the world’s first stock market established here in 1602 and the European Options Exchange in 1978. Also many electronic trading companies have their base in Amsterdam, which creates a perfect infrastructure and workforce availabilities. In the near future we are looking to open new offices to facilitate further growth in Asia and the US.
Our Vision
We aim to create the best proprietary trading house in the world. We like to work with smart, talented and passionate people from all around the world. Our philosophy towards work is best captured by the saying:
“Be good, work hard and
great things will happen”
Our Business
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.
By arbitraging and market making these differences Da Vinci helps markets to become more efficient providing benefits to end investors. The instruments traded include, but are not limited to:
- options and futures on single stock equities
- index and fixed income futures and options
- options and futures on volatility indices and dividends
Da Vinci trades solely with its own money creating natural risk awareness and does not have any customers.
Our Company
Over the past couple of years Da Vinci has been growing successfully and will continue to do so. This growth is largely due to the experience within the company and the ability to attract the most talented people in the industry, train them, provide them with all the required tools, continuously challenge them and thus allowing them to grow both professionally and personally. Our business is highly innovative, IT driven and entrepreneurial by nature. As a company we strongly feel that attracting the best requires providing the best.