Market intel, salary signals and recruiting playbooks for crypto, quant, fintech and AI teams across Amsterdam and Europe. Written from the desk, not the brochure.
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Indicative base and total compensation for quant traders, researchers, developers and low-latency engineers at large and smaller Amsterdam trading firms, and what drives the differences.
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Three job titles that get mixed up in specs and on CVs. What the work looks like day to day, which skills firms test for, and how to tell which one you are hiring for.
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A practical guide for trading firms: writing the spec, where candidates come from, how to assess them, and what to know about relocation, sponsorship and the 30% ruling.
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What sets Amsterdam's best-known proprietary trading firms apart, which roles they hire for, and how to prepare for their interview processes.
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What foreign trading firms actually need to land in Amsterdam: first hires, IND recognized sponsorship, the 30% ruling, housing, and a realistic timeline from decision to a working desk.
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Where the talent is moving, what proprietary trading firms are paying, and why crypto-native quant shops are quietly outbidding everyone in Amsterdam.
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The 2025–26 wave of CASP-licensed firms is hiring fast. Here's what they're hiring for, where the talent is coming from, and why the next 12 months will be the tightest market regulated venues have seen.
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Production ML versus research, what skills get hired versus what gets ignored, and the comp ranges nobody publishes.
