Digital Assets Trader
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Flow Traders is seeking an experienced Digital Assets Trader to join the global Digital Assets Trading team, based in Amsterdam. You will have a proven track record in low-latency CeFi trading and/or on-chain DeFi trading, with demonstrated significant and consistent PnL generation through strategies deployed in production and deep expertise in crypto market structure.
You will be part of a highly collaborative global team, working closely with traders, quants, and engineers to develop and scale trading strategies across centralized and decentralized markets.
What you'll do
- Develop, implement, and optimize profitable trading strategies across CeFi and/or DeFi markets
- Contribute to the 24/7 trading, monitoring, and risk management of digital asset strategies
- Identify and capitalize on market inefficiencies across exchanges, instruments, and protocols
- Collaborate with global teams to enhance execution, tooling, and trading infrastructure
- Contribute research and insights to improve overall team performance and strategy portfolio
What you bring
- Minimum 3+ years of professional trading experience at a leading proprietary trading firm, market maker, or crypto-native trading desk (this is not an entry-level or junior role)
- Proven PnL generation from strategies you personally built, deployed, and managed in live production
- Experience in low-latency CeFi trading and/or on-chain DeFi trading
- Strong understanding of execution, liquidity, and market dynamics
- Practical experience with exchange APIs and latency-sensitive systems
- Ability to generate and validate trading ideas using data and real-time feedback
- Comfort working flexible hours
- Strong quantitative skills with solid programming and data handling capabilities, such as Python and SQL
What we offer
- Competitive salary and annual discretionary profit share
- Flow Academy and opportunities to attend domain-related conferences
- Daily catered lunch, great coffee, and 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 nutritionist or personal trainer
- Bi-weekly massages
- Annual company trip and variety of events throughout the year
- Global rotations across offices worldwide
- Comprehensive benefits
About Flow Traders
Flow Traders creates conditions for hard-working, high-performing people to do their best work, with thorough onboarding, latest technology, and a collaborative, non-hierarchical culture. The company maintains a close-knit, small-company feel while offering competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
Flow Traders has 6 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 2 in Engineering, 2 in Legal & Compliance and 2 in Research. All are on-site or hybrid, mostly in the Netherlands and Hong Kong.
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