APAC Risk & Post-Trade Support Engineer

Optiver; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Visa sponsorship where necessary

Daily meals & in-house barista

Gym membership + chair massages

Regular social events

Job summary

Optiver is seeking a Support Engineer for its APAC Risk, Treasury, and Post-Trade IT team in Sydney. You will own day-to-day production support for risk and post-trade platforms, investigate incidents from alert to root cause, and implement fixes while coordinating with development teams.

You will work with stakeholders to assess impact, automate repetitive tasks, and extend AI-assisted tooling. A strong Linux background, Python scripting, SQL proficiency, and an interest in AI are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years operating and supporting production software systems with potential financial/operational impact.
• Debugs systematically by tracing logs, data and config to root cause, prefers code fixes (C++).
• Strong Linux fundamentals and ability to investigate on the machine (processes, memory, FS, networking).
• Fluent in scripting language, preferably Python, with a bias to automate recurring tasks.
• Strong SQL skills and numerical curiosity to spot wrong vs right answers.
• Interest in AI and readiness to apply it day-to-day, with careful validation of outputs.
• Clear communication with non-technical stakeholders under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day production support for risk, treasury and post-trade platforms, from alert to root cause, with fixes and escalation as needed.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess real impact and keep them informed during resolution.
• Drive problems to resolution, including issues outside the team scope.
• Reduce support burden by automating manual workflows and improving alerting, monitoring and diagnostics.
• Extend AI-assisted operational tools for triage, investigation and remediation.
• Oversee production environment operations: capacity planning, layout, and deployment across 1,000+ instances.

Skills

2+ years production systems

Linux fundamentals

Python scripting

SQL

C++

Problem debugging

Artificial intelligence (AI) awareness

Tools

Observability tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Configuration management

LLMs / agentic tooling

Job description

Optiver is seeking a Support Engineer for its APAC Risk, Treasury, and Post-Trade IT team in Sydney. You will own day-to-day production support for risk and post-trade platforms, investigate incidents from alert to root cause, and implement fixes while coordinating with development teams.

You will work with stakeholders to assess impact, automate repetitive tasks, and extend AI-assisted tooling. A strong Linux background, Python scripting, SQL proficiency, and an interest in AI are essential.