Job Description
About Bitvavo
In 2018, Bitvavo launched the first version of its digital assets trading platform, to bridge the gap between traditional currencies and digital assets. By offering transparent fees, a wide range of assets and an easy to use platform, Bitvavo is making the currency of the future accessible for everyone.
In two years' time, Bitvavo has established itself as the market leader in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, with over one million users exchanging tens of billions of digital assets a year.
Our team, located in Amsterdam, is looking for self-driven, talented people who can help make digital assets available for everyone.
What is the role about?
We are expanding our Data & Analytics team at Bitvavo and therefore we are on the lookout for a Data Scientist to join our team. This role contributes to Bitvavo’s analytics culture through data products and services, and is specifically focussed on helping the Retail trading Product domain build a better consumer trading experience.
As a Data Scientist working with the Retail trading team you’ll be analyzing existing and future features for Retail traders. You drive the improvement of our Product through experimentation and optimization (price setting, fee structures, asset offering). In order to succeed you need to cooperate with Product Managers, Business Controllers and other Data Analysts and Scientists.
How will you make an impact?
This role involves having a deep understanding of consumer trading products, how an order book works and what margin trading involves comes natural to you. There is a lot of freedom to bring your expertise and ideas into practice. You will be responsible, amongst other things, for the following:
- Analyze data and derive actionable insights to solve business challenges and discover opportunities
- Help Product Managers design, set, perform, and analyze experiments using statistical models
- Develop strategies and predictive models that leverage data to optimize user-facing features
- Collaborate with the data engineering team to enhance data sets and pipelines
How will you be successful?
- 2+ years of experience in a similar role
- An academic degree in a STEM related area: e.g. Mathematics, Computer Science, Econometrics, Business Analytics or similar
- Experience in performing predictive modeling and machine learning using programming languages (SQL, Python), BI tools (like Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI) and libraries like sklearn/tensorflow/keras
- End-to-end understanding of database, data warehouse development, and data transformation tools
- Eagerness to work in a fast-paced industry and company that grows in a rapid tempo
- Ability to communicate technical results to non-technical stakeholders
- Interest in the consumer trading and crypto space
Bitvavo does not accept resumes from staffing, search, or recruitment firms without a signed agreement. If you send us a resume without such an agreement, we may contact the candidate directly without any obligation whatsoever and no fee of any kind will be paid should we hire the candidate.
What we offer:
- Excellent employment terms, including:
- a very competitive salary;
- lunch;
- 26 days of annual leave;
- Budget for external training and courses.
- We are flexible in terms of WFH or at our office in the heart of Amsterdam;
- Be actively involved with the latest technologies and innovations;
- A position in a unique, young and fast growing FinTech company.
Our selection procedure in a nutshell
- Apply by clicking the button below. Please share whatever you want about yourself to convince we are a match!
- Let's first have a 'coffee chat' to introduce Bitvavo, the role and get to know you.
- We will follow up with an in-depth interview.
We strive to process applications within a week. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us by mail at recruitment@bitvavo.com.