Quantitative Developer

We are Pinely, a high-frequency algorithmic trading firm based in Amsterdam.

Our team specializes in developing robust and adaptive strategies applicable across a wide range of financial instruments and exchanges. We actively support the Olympiad movement, and many of our colleagues are prize-winning mathematicians, researchers and engineers.

Researchers at Pinely benefit from working in a fast-paced HFT environment, where the impact of their ideas is quickly visible in production. The research teams are supported by a world-class infrastructure group that ensures smooth deployment and reliable experimentation at scale.

Our flat organizational structure encourages autonomy, creativity, and direct ownership. We value an informal, idea-driven culture where innovation is celebrated and every contribution matters.

We are looking for a Quantitative Developer for our Amsterdam-based office who will join one of our Trading teams.

Responsibilities

• Owning the team’s strategy code.
• Maintaining the base of analytical scripts.
• Coordinating technical work with infrastructure teams.
• Helping researchers overcome infrastructure friction.
• Developing features in strategies that don’t require deep research.
• Coordinating work on open problems in analytics.

Qualifications

• Strong mathematical and algorithmic thinking, and a solid understanding of mathematical statistics and probability theory.
• Willingness to dive deep into strategy details and market microstructure.
• Desire to improve infrastructure, code, and surrounding processes.
• Ability to write high-quality code in Python 3 and C++.
• General understanding of ML and experience working with basic models.
• Proficiency with pandas/pyspark or similar libraries for data analysis.

Benefits

• A dynamic and international environment within a fast-growing tech company.
• Competitive salary at the upper end of the market, along with significant bonuses twice a year.
• Freedom to shape internal culture and create meaningful employee experiences, team-building activities.
• Health insurance, reimbursement of sports expenses; coverage for language courses.
• A supportive, experienced team that values collaboration — and where your impact will be visible every day.