Tech Career Jumpstart: 5-Day Immersive Program

NWU; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily meals (breakfast, lunch, coffee)

Travel & accommodation covered

Mentorship by education team

Job summary

Optiver in Sydney invites final-year students to join Career Kickstarter: Technology, a five-day immersive program designed to accelerate a university path into a full-time tech career. You’ll learn options theory, coding practices, and low-latency design, mentored by our education team, with hands-on projects and real-world trading context.

Eligible graduates may receive an offer for our 2028 Graduate Program.

Qualifications

• Final year student with Australian working rights
• Studying a technical degree (CS/Software/Engineering)
• Experience with OO design and development concepts

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience designing high-performance, low-latency systems
• Learn through lectures, projects, and mentorship from educators
• Build and test trading-related software concepts in a team setting

Skills

Object-oriented design

C++

Java

Python

Problem solving

Education

Final year student (graduating 2027 or earlier)

CS/Software/Engineering degree or similar

Job description

Optiver in Sydney invites final-year students to join Career Kickstarter: Technology, a five-day immersive program designed to accelerate a university path into a full-time tech career. You’ll learn options theory, coding practices, and low-latency design, mentored by our education team, with hands-on projects and real-world trading context.

Eligible graduates may receive an offer for our 2028 Graduate Program.