Working at Optiver
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working at Optiver
Where talent
meets opportunity
CHOOSE YOUR path
Launch your career
Whether you’re a student considering an internship, a graduate looking for a full-time role, or simply curious about life at a leading trading firm, Optiver offers a range of opportunities to navigate your future career in tech, trading, risk and research.
Global opportunities
Our five critical domains
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Market-making
Trading
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Trading is at the core of what we do
Optiver trades thousands of financial instruments on exchanges worldwide, using our own capital and at our own risk. As a market maker, we aim to improve the markets in which we trade by continuously offering the most competitive prices possible.
To be not only active but also precise, across all of these markets and products is a hugely complex challenge. We continuously refine and optimise our proprietary trading strategies and algorithms to price the thousands of instruments we trade. After all, the only constant in markets is change, and keeping up requires nimble, decisive thinkers — a pretty accurate description of an Optiver trader.
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Cutting-edge
Technology
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Our business is driven by technology
Technology isn’t just a component of Optiver’s business – it powers everything we do.
We leverage technology to solve a variety of complex problems: optimising for scarce bandwidth, responding to market events in nanoseconds, pricing complex sets of financial instruments with low error tolerance and analysing huge volumes of data. Our systems are built to add stability to the market; therefore they must operate at peak efficiency in extreme conditions.
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Deep, quantitative
Research
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Data scientists improve our trading strategies
How does Optiver continuously price hundreds of thousands of financial products in real-time? One word: Data.
Data Science is at the very core of Optiver’s pricing strategies. Our teams tackle challenges at the intersection of technology and trading – where some of the most complex and valuable financial market data resides. With world-class skills that cut through the noise, Optiver’s data science teams directly contribute to the precision and scalability of our trading business.
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Compliance-led
Control and risk management
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Risk management is in our DNA
At Optiver, risk management and control are built into our financial and operational processes. Our dedicated team of Risk and Control professionals ensures we’re operating in accordance with local regulations, laws, market requirements and expectations. It’s one reason why we’re trusted to provide continuous prices for thousands of financial instruments on 70+ exchanges around the globe.
We focus on five core risk and control domains at Optiver – market risk, automated trading risk, operational risk management, compliance and control.
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People-led
Business operations
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People shape the future of our firm
At Optiver, people are our greatest strength. That’s why we’re passionate about empowering them and championing inclusivity in everything that we do. From wide-ranging benefits to countless learning opportunities, we pride ourselves on enriching our people’s well-being and investing in their development.
OUR PEOPLE
Combining IQ and EQ
When solving some of the most complex financial challenges, we seek people with bright minds and humble mindsets.
Chinmay – AMSTERDAM
Tech intern
Joris – Amsterdam
Engineer
Winnie – Sydney
Market Risk Intern
OUR VALUES
We look for…
Collaborative thinkers
While most of our people are competitive at heart, we still believe that our best work is done together. Our unique internal culture fosters an environment that not only accepts working together on projects but encourages it.
Continuous learners
At Optiver, continuous innovation is the name of the game. Whether it’s Trading, Technology, Compliance, Risk or Business Operations, our flexible career paths provide opportunities for our people to continuously improve upon and fine tune their skills.
Challenge seekers
The strategies and technology we deploy to keep the markets stable are deeply complex. Our people thrive on finding ways to do all of these things faster, smarter and more efficiently — every single day.
Entrepreneurial spirits