Crypto Options Trader

Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Crypto Options Trader to join our growing Digital Assets team in Amsterdam. The ideal candidate combines a strong understanding of options markets and digital assets with excellent local reasoning and mathematical skills. This is a unique opportunity to take a leading role in building and shaping a high-impact crypto options trading desk at a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at its core. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities.

As a Crypto Options Trader at Flow Traders, you will be part of a dynamic global trading team focused on delivering round-the-clock liquidity across centralized and decentralized crypto venues. You will be expected to take ownership of strategy design, implementation, and risk management within the crypto options space, while also playing a critical role in developing the desk's longer-term roadmap and guiding it to successful execution.

What you will do

• Take a leading role in building and executing the strategic roadmap for Flow Traders’ crypto options trading desk
• Design, test, and deploy options trading strategies across major centralized and decentralized venues
• Refine options volatility surfaces and identify arbitrage or relative value opportunities
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and engineers to improve models, infrastructure, and execution
• Monitor risk exposure in real-time and apply sound judgment to manage open positions effectively
• Contribute to the automation and streamlining of trading workflows, pricing, and risk analysis tools
• Provide mentorship and share market insights with team members across the global trading desks

What you need to succeed

• 1+ years of hands-on experience in on-screen trading of crypto options
• University degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field
• Deep understanding of options pricing, Greeks, volatility, and portfolio risk
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership in building out new trading desks or products
• Strong technical intuition and the ability to work closely with quant and engineering teams
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for crypto markets and innovation in DeFi/CeFi.
• A high-performance mindset with excellent decision-making skills under pressure

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.