Compliance Surveillance Officer

optiverus; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Training and mentorship

Daily meals and in-house amenities

Gym membership

Social events

Relocation with visa sponsorship

Job summary

Optiver in Sydney, Australia, seeks a surveillance analytics professional to turn large market data into actionable insights. You’ll investigate alerts end-to-end, analyze complex datasets with SQL and Python, and build automated tools to enhance surveillance speed and accuracy.

You will work with AI-driven workflows, design controls against market abuse, and collaborate across teams to strengthen the regulatory framework. A bachelor’s degree and strong English communication are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in trade surveillance, market abuse monitoring or related roles.
• Strong integrity and ability to balance business interests with independent judgment.
• Solid data skills with hands-on SQL or Python for large datasets.
• Experience automating analysis or building data tooling is a strong plus.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Investigate surveillance alerts end-to-end, reconstructing activity to identify risk factors and root causes.
• Analyze large market and trade data using SQL, Python, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Build and automate detection logic and data pipelines to improve surveillance scalability.
• Leverage AI workflows to surface risk and refine investigation processes.
• Design and test controls to detect and prevent market abuse, and measure effectiveness.
• Contribute to the compliance monitoring and surveillance framework and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AI workflows

Data pipelines

Automation

Job description

Are you a surveillance or markets professional who has spent the last few years turning large, complex datasets into answers? Someone who investigates unusual trading, understands why a pattern looks off, and won't stop digging until the picture is clear? If you want to bring that experience to a team that pairs deep data analysis with automation to keep markets clean, and to a collaborative environment where success is shared, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Investigating trade surveillance alerts end-to-end: reconstructing order and trade activity from market data, and reviewing related communications, to identify risk factors, potential market abuse and undesired conduct, and to establish what actually happened and why.
• Analysing large sets of market and trade data, using SQL, Python and AI-assisted workflows, to detect, evaluate and explain unusual trading patterns and assess potential risk.
• Building and automating detection logic, tooling and data pipelines, including AI and machine-learning driven systems, that make surveillance faster, sharper and more scalable.
• Leveraging AI workflows and systems to investigate alerts and surface risk more effectively, and helping design, build and refine those systems.
• Designing and testing controls to detect and prevent market abuse, then measuring whether they actually work.
• Contributing to the execution and continuous improvement of the Compliance monitoring and surveillance framework.
• Reviewing surveillance electronic communications alerts and following them up to resolution.
• Combining technical skill with a solid understanding of the regulatory framework to keep our controls fit for purpose.
• Identifying gaps in the surveillance framework and pushing improvements that mitigate the firm's biggest risks and enable growth.
• Advising on and supporting the implementation of compliance requirements.
• Building strong communication lines across functions to enhance collaboration.

Who you are

• An analytical and investigative mind, with a strong eye for detail and a talent for spotting outliers and the unexpected in large, noisy datasets.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in trade surveillance, market abuse monitoring, or a related markets, data or compliance-technology role.
• Strong sense of integrity and the ability to balance business interests with independent judgment.
• Strong data skills, preferable to have hands-on experience using SQL or Python to analyse large datasets.
• Experience automating analysis or building data tooling is a strong plus.
• A genuine interest in using technology and data to solve problems in financial markets and trading.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• A proactive, collaborative and results-driven approach to work.
• A supportive team player with a positive outlook and the ability to build strong relationships.
• Ability to focus and maintain high-quality output in recurring tasks.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.
• Experience working at or with exchanges and regulators is a strong plus.

What you'll get

• A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool, fostering a truly collaborative environment.
• The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.
• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities.
• Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista.
• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages.
• Regular social events, including a company trip every two years.
• Guided relocation, a competitive relocation package and visa sponsorship where necessary.

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion . We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.