Graduate Quantitative Developer

-- Direct applications from locally based candidates only (no agencies) --

Who we are

WEBB Traders is a fast-growing, global proprietary trading company driven by data and technology. We act as a market maker using our own capital to trade on global stock and derivatives exchanges. By leveraging a large network of interdealer brokers and the latest advancements in electronic trading technology, we add liquidity to the financial markets, specialized in cash equity and derivatives. With our 70 employees of over 25 different nationalities, we are united in our great ambition to grow WEBB into a global leader in arbitrage and liquidity.

Since our very first trade in 2009, WEBB’s headquarters have been based in Amsterdam. With a focus on derivative trading, the Paris team of 15 highly skilled traders, researchers, and engineers plays a crucial role in discovering untapped market opportunities.

Join us to accelerate your career in the unique trading culture of openness, community, enjoyment, and boundary-free entrepreneurship. 

Come and kick-start your IT career at a growing, high-performance trading scale-up.

WEBB Traders is looking for graduate software engineers to join our R&D team in Amsterdam or Paris. The R&D team is responsible for the evolution of our trading solutions, tools, data processing, workflow automation and connectivity. We are continuously improving our systems and processes, and since we are a small company, we are looking for engineers who are interested in gaining responsibility very quickly and have a significant impact on the short- and long-term future of WEBB Traders as a whole.

During the first few years of your career at WEBB Traders, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, as you rotate through all the different areas of our business. You will learn how to devise and optimise trading algorithms, implement (data) control processes, build crucial infrastructural components and work with big data. We will share with you our secrets to designing and building effective, high-quality software and creating a high-performance environment with a consistently high rate of innovation and true agility.

You will be

• Learning about the trading domain through training sessions and on-the-job interactions

• Developing and optimising software solutions for trading and all supporting processes, using C++, C#, Python, Rust and (postgre)SQL

• Deeply understanding and improving the numerous processes across the company

• Collaborating with your team to devise the most effective solutions

• Interacting with users to understand their objectives and improve their work through your technical ingenuity

Who are you

• Eager, curious, and a fast learner

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science

• Strong computer science fundamentals

• Understanding of computer architecture, networking, and databases

• Hands-on experience with modern C++, design patterns & idioms

• 0 to 2 years of experience in a software engineering role

• Team player who thrives in an agile and fast-paced environment

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills with a ‘get it done mentality

Your future work environment

Challenge yourself. Be part of the dynamic work environment and grow along with us.

Develop yourself. Join internal and external training sessions covering trading software, agile methodologies, and hardware and software management

Treat yourself. Enjoy delicious meals with your personal Swile card

Stay fit. Sports facility access via Gymlib

Keep the spirit up. Fun activities with your teammates on a regular basis 

Team up. A great office vibe in the heart of Paris, right between the 8th and 9th arrondissement

It’s on us. Benefit from a health insurance plan that's 100% paid by us, as well as contingency cover (life insurance, disability pension, etc.)

And finally… A competitive reward package including a bonus scheme

Application process

1.   Apply on our WEBBsite in English!
2.   Share a short motivation for joining WEBB and why you think you are a great fit for this role
3.   Have a video chat with us (unless you are around, you may drop by for a coffee)
4.   Nail the programming challenge to show your engineering superpowers
5.   Visit our Paris office for the interviews and a drink
6.   Accept our offer!