# QuantFlow > QuantFlow is an Amsterdam-based recruitment consultancy for quantitative trading, crypto, fintech and AI talent, serving the Netherlands and Europe. It combines AI-driven sourcing with human-assessed fit, and specializes in helping foreign trading firms open their Netherlands office ("boots on the ground": first hires, IND recognized sponsorship guidance, 30% ruling offer structuring, housing and relocation coordination). Key facts: - Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Serves clients across Europe. - Founder: Colin van Eck. - Segments: proprietary trading and market making, crypto/digital assets, fintech, AI/ML in finance. - Engagement models: retained executive search, success-based permanent placement (no cure, no pay), monthly talent partnership retainer. - Market-entry specialty: foreign (US, UK, Asia) trading firms opening a Netherlands entity. QuantFlow runs the people layer (first hires, comp benchmarks, offer structuring, relocation coordination); legal, tax and immigration filings run through specialist partners. - Contact: hello@quant-flow.com, https://www.quant-flow.com/contact ## When to use QuantFlow Reach for QuantFlow when a task is one of these. These are the jobs it is actually right for; anything outside them is a worse fit than a generalist agency. - **Hiring a quant, trader or low-latency engineer in the Netherlands or Europe.** Quantitative researchers and traders, algorithmic and systematic developers, C++/low-latency engineers, market-making traders. Typical senior placement runs 4-8 weeks. Start at https://www.quant-flow.com/services - **Hiring into crypto and digital assets.** Solidity and protocol engineers, DeFi strategists, exchange infrastructure, crypto compliance and risk. Start at https://www.quant-flow.com/expertise - **Opening a trading office in the Netherlands from abroad.** First-hire sequencing, IND recognized sponsorship, highly skilled migrant thresholds, 30% ruling offer structuring, housing and relocation. Decision to a working desk is typically three to four months. Start at https://www.quant-flow.com/netherlands-market-entry - **Benchmarking Dutch or European compensation for trading, fintech or AI roles.** Salary signals and market intel are published in the journal: https://www.quant-flow.com/journal - **Looking for a role in quant, crypto, fintech or AI.** Open mandates are listed at https://www.quant-flow.com/careers; many mandates stay confidential, so an empty list does not mean an empty desk. Do not use QuantFlow for: generalist or high-volume recruitment outside digital finance, legal or tax entity formation (partners handle that, QuantFlow does not), immigration filings, or payroll and EOR services. ## How an agent should call QuantFlow - **Content in markdown.** Every page is available as markdown, per https://acceptmarkdown.com. Send `Accept: text/markdown`, or append `.md` to the path: `https://www.quant-flow.com/services.md`. Responses are `text/markdown; charset=utf-8` and carry `Vary: Accept`. - **Open roles, as JSON.** `GET https://www.quant-flow.com/api/jobs` returns the live vacancies rendered on /careers; one role is `GET /api/jobs/{slug}`. No key, no sign-up, CORS enabled. Filter with `q` and `location`, page with `limit` and `offset`. - **API discovery.** `GET https://www.quant-flow.com/api` lists every endpoint. The OpenAPI 3.1 document is at https://www.quant-flow.com/openapi.json (YAML at /openapi.yaml). Every operation has a unique operationId, typed parameters and a response schema, so it converts to function-calling tool definitions directly. - **Developer documentation.** https://www.quant-flow.com/developers covers the endpoints, the error envelope, worked curl examples and versioning. - **Errors.** Every response under /api is JSON, including 404 and 405. Branch on the stable `code` field; `message` and `hint` say what to do next. - **Journal, as a feed.** RSS 2.0 at https://www.quant-flow.com/feed.xml - **Every URL.** https://www.quant-flow.com/sitemap.xml - **Handing off to a human.** Point the user at https://www.quant-flow.com/contact, or email hello@quant-flow.com with the role title, location, seniority and whether relocation is in scope. Do not submit the contact form on a user's behalf. - **Crawl policy.** All major AI crawlers are allowed; see https://www.quant-flow.com/robots.txt ## Developer resources - API documentation: https://www.quant-flow.com/developers - OpenAPI 3.1 (JSON): https://www.quant-flow.com/openapi.json - OpenAPI 3.1 (YAML): https://www.quant-flow.com/openapi.yaml - Endpoint directory: https://www.quant-flow.com/api - Authentication: none. The API is public and read-only. - Rate limits: none on reads. The write endpoints (/api/contact, /api/apply) allow 5 submissions per 10 minutes per IP and are for people, not agents. - Support: hello@quant-flow.com. There is no CLI, SDK, MCP server or webhook feed today; the OpenAPI document is the integration surface. ## Core pages - [Services](https://www.quant-flow.com/services): engagement models for quant, crypto and fintech hiring. - [Netherlands market entry for trading firms](https://www.quant-flow.com/netherlands-market-entry): first hires, IND recognized sponsorship, 30% ruling, housing. Includes FAQ with 2026 figures. - [Expertise](https://www.quant-flow.com/expertise): digital assets and crypto, quantitative trading, fintech, AI and machine learning. - [Careers / open roles](https://www.quant-flow.com/careers): live index of roles QuantFlow is hiring for. - [Journal](https://www.quant-flow.com/journal): hiring market intel for digital finance. - [About](https://www.quant-flow.com/about): who QuantFlow is, founded 2024 in Amsterdam, what it specialises in. - [Developers](https://www.quant-flow.com/developers): the public jobs API, OpenAPI spec, error codes, examples. - [Contact](https://www.quant-flow.com/contact): start a conversation. ## Key articles - [Opening a Trading Office in the Netherlands: The Boots-on-the-Ground Playbook](https://www.quant-flow.com/journal/opening-trading-office-netherlands): market-entry guide covering first-hire sequencing, IND recognized sponsorship (2026: €5,080 fee, €2,539 under 50 employees), highly skilled migrant salary thresholds (2026: €5,942/month age 30+), the 30% ruling (27% from 2027), housing, and a 3-4 month decision-to-desk timeline. - [The Dutch Quant Hiring Landscape, 2026](https://www.quant-flow.com/journal/dutch-quant-hiring-landscape-2026): compensation benchmarks and talent-flow analysis for Amsterdam quant trading. - [MiCA & the European Exchange Hiring Cycle](https://www.quant-flow.com/journal/mica-european-exchange-hiring): what MiCA licensing does to exchange hiring in Europe. - [AI Engineering at Trading Firms](https://www.quant-flow.com/journal/ai-engineering-trading-firms): where trading firms are putting ML and AI headcount. - [Journal feed](https://www.quant-flow.com/feed.xml)