Trading Surveillance Analyst
Da Vinci Derivatives
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Description
Da Vinci is a unique proprietary trading firm specializing in market making, volatility trading and arbitrage across major global exchanges. Leveraging cutting-edge, in-house developed strategies, we identify market opportunities while providing liquidity and enhancing market efficiency.
We are currently looking for a Trading Surveillance Analyst to join our compliance team. This compliance role has a particular focus on monitoring and surveillance activities. You will work closely with the wider compliance team and business stakeholders in a high-performance trading environment, across both traditional finance (such as stocks and derivatives) and digital assets. This role is well suited to someone at the start of their compliance career who wants broad exposure to the function. The role is based in our Amsterdam office.
Da Vinci offers a dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.
Responsibilities
- Perform ongoing monitoring and surveillance of trading activity to identify, assess and escalate potential compliance risks.
- Investigate and document alerts generated by surveillance systems and help refine and calibrate surveillance rules and thresholds.
- Build out and improve our surveillance stack, combining third-party tools with in-house developed systems.
- Support the wider compliance team on day-to-day tasks, including regulatory requests, audits, inspections and internal reviews.
- Help prepare compliance reporting and management information.
Requirements
- A university degree, preferably in law, finance, economics or a related field.
- 2-5 years of relevant experience in a compliance, regulatory or a related quantitative role.
- Comfortable working with large volumes of trading and system data.
- Proficient with MS Office, in particular Excel. Basic SQL and/or Python for data analysis is a plus, as is a willingness to learn.
- Demonstrable affinity with financial markets and a genuine interest in how trading and market structure work.
- Strong analytical skills, with an eye for detail.
- A proactive, curious mindset and willingness to take ownership.
- Comfortable working in a technology-driven trading environment.
- An interest in AI and new technology is a strong plus.
- Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus but not required.
Benefits
- An opportunity to work beside the best in the field.
- Total package ranging between EUR 60k - 90k (based on experience).
- A relocation package when moving from abroad, including a relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support.
- Fresh breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by our in-house chef.
- Social events and after-work drinks.
- Reimbursement of travel costs to and from the office.
- In-house game room (pool table, board games and console games).
About this role
Da Vinci Derivatives is seeking a Trading Surveillance Analyst to join its compliance team in Amsterdam. You'll monitor trading activity across stocks, derivatives, and digital assets to identify and escalate compliance risks, investigate system-generated alerts, and help refine surveillance rules. The role also involves building out Da Vinci's surveillance infrastructure by combining third-party tools with in-house systems, supporting broader compliance functions like regulatory requests and audits, and preparing compliance reporting.
This position suits someone early in a compliance career who wants exposure across the full function within a fast-paced proprietary trading environment. You'll need a university degree (ideally in law, finance, or economics), 2–5 years of compliance or regulatory experience, and strong comfort with large datasets and Excel. SQL or Python skills are valuable but not essential; what matters more is analytical rigor, curiosity about how markets work, and the ability to thrive in a technology-driven setting. An interest in AI and new technology is a plus.
The total package ranges from EUR 60k to 90k depending on experience. Da Vinci offers relocation support for international candidates, in-house catering, travel reimbursement, and a collaborative office environment in Amsterdam North Holland, with full-time in-office work required.
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