Proprietary trading house with in-house algorithmic and systems engineering
Da Vinci is a proprietary trading firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Amsterdam. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward quantitative compute (Python, MATLAB, R, C++) and infrastructure automation (Ansible, PowerShell, Bash), with recent hiring across engineering, research, and ops suggesting active scaling of both trading systems and backend infrastructure. Pain points around trading latency, system capacity, and compliance risk monitoring indicate they're optimizing for speed and regulatory tightness — critical edges in prop trading.
Da Vinci operates as a proprietary trading house where traders, software engineers, and researchers collaborate daily to develop and execute trading algorithms at scale. Founded by a group of trading experts seeking an alternative to traditional finance structures, the firm emphasizes a flat organizational culture and internal mobility. Based in Amsterdam since 2015, Da Vinci employs 51–200 people and is actively recruiting across engineering, research, operations, and compliance roles in the Netherlands, United States, China, India, and Peru. The business centers on algorithmic trading system development, strategy optimization, and the infrastructure required to support live trading at competitive latency.
Python, MATLAB, R, and C++ form the core stack. Python is primary for general development; MATLAB and R support quantitative research; C++ handles performance-critical components.
Headquarters in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Founded in 2015, the firm also has hiring activity in the United States, China, India, and Peru.
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