Quantitative Trader | Crypto Options

<p style="min-height:1.5em">BlockTech is hiring a Quantitative Trader to join its options trading team in Amsterdam. In this role, you'll take ownership of our trading systems and bring new direction to the desk.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We trade crypto derivatives and spot markets across global venues, 24/7. Our traders don't just watch the systems. They own them end-to-end.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>About BlockTech</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">BlockTech is an algorithmic trading firm headquartered in Amsterdam, with a second office in Singapore. We specialize in market making and trade cryptocurrency derivatives and spot markets globally, using our own capital. We're growing fast and expanding into new markets.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our traders work side by side with quantitative researchers and engineers. Research, engineering, and trading happen a few meters apart, so the path from a market read to live PnL is short.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What will you do?</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll own the systems that trade our capital, from day-to-day operation to the strategies that come next. As a senior trader, you'll also use what you've learned elsewhere to shape where the desk goes.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own the systems. Monitor, operate, and tune our automated trading systems in live markets.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Manage the risk. Manage positions and risk, adjusting pricing and parameters as market behaviour shifts.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Set new directions. Bring new ideas to the desk, drawing on your previous experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build new strategies. Develop and deploy new strategies together with quantitative researchers and engineers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Spot what’s next. Identify and research new business opportunities as markets change.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What we're looking for</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll need:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A strong academic background in a quantitative field such as mathematics, physics, statistics, or computer science.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">3+ years of quantitative trading experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proficiency in Python, with excellent numerical and algorithmic skills.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Focus and sound judgment behind the screen when markets get busy.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bonus points for:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience at a proprietary trading firm or hedge fund, particularly with mid-frequency strategies, prediction markets or DeFi.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>You don't need: </strong>crypto experience. If you've successfully traded derivatives on other asset classes and want to bring that experience to BlockTech, we want to hear from you.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Pay, location, and relocation&