Optiver

About Optiver

What is Optiver? Optiver is a leading technology-based trading firm with over one thousand people globally, united in our mission to improve the market. We provide liquidity, using our own capital, at our own risk, trading in tens of thousands of financial instruments on more than 50 exchanges around the world. Engineering is at the core of our trading strategies. We build and maintain low latency trading systems that respond to market events in nanoseconds. Crucial to our success is the precision, reliability and speed of our systems. Engineering at Optiver Our engineers continually refine, store, and analyse hundreds of terabytes of data, enabling us to automatically price large, diverse sets of financial instruments with extremely low error tolerance. To do this we use sophisticated technology and large-scale systems. Our infrastructure is a combination of 10 000 highly customised components and 600 different applications running on 1500 servers, distributed globally. Engineers at Optiver collaborate with traders and researchers on a daily basis to solve complex problems. They develop proprietary software that provides immediate results and directly impacts the bottom-line. The goal is to find the simplest, cleanest solution and to optimise it continually. How we work together Our small autonomous teams of 6-8 people are built around end users. Each team is driven by a specific engineering project goal, e.g. auto trading, control systems, core systems The entire development cycle takes place in-house, from setting requirements, building, testing, deploying to maintaining our systems. We work in an agile way with an emphasis on minimal viable products and quick iterations. We hold daily stand-ups and have frequent interaction with our end-users. Our feedback loops are extremely short - we could be working on a change to a trading system in the morning and see it running live in the afternoon. Engineers are not required to have any prior knowledge about trading. All new starters undergo an extensive onboarding training programme to equip them with everything needed for the role. In short, our biggest technical challenges are: Developing mission critical software in a high-stakes environment Ensuring low-latency application performance in an extremely competitive industry Maintaining system reliability during high load Why our Engineers enjoy working with us Constant, face-to-face interaction with end users, collaborating to build solutions Direct impact where you see the results of your work in real-time End-to-end ownership from your first day, with full responsibility for a component or product Complete autonomy to run your project the way you want Short feedback loops of a few hours, not months Flat hierarchy where teams work together and your opinion matters Never boring, change is the only constant in this dynamic environment Limitless growth opportunity if you are driven and enjoy taking initiative Learning from the best and brightest colleagues Living in Amsterdam - an international, fun and vibrant city No dress code and a friendly atmosphere

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Legal Form: Limited

Company Type: Private

Company Size: 501 - 1000

Revenue: < 1 million (AUD)

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