Technical Recruiter

Optiver; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive renumeration salarypackage

Daily breakfast, lunch, and an in‑home

Gym membership, weekly chair massages.

Continuous learning, development andup

Company trip every two years

Fun, fast-paced team

Job summary

Optiver is seeking a Technical Recruiter to advance our end-to-end experienced recruitment strategy for technology talent. You will partner with engineering leaders and hiring managers to identify, engage and hire top engineers, data scientists and platform specialists.

You’ll design sourcing strategies, leverage AI tools, and coach stakeholders on hiring practices while ensuring a high-performing, collaborative culture that moves quickly in a fast-paced trading environment.

Qualifications

• Proven end-to-end experienced recruiter with a focus on technology hiring.
• Background from a leading tech company or financial services/trading firm where tech recruitment was primary.
• Hybrid-capable: comfortable stepping into non-tech searches without losing specialist edge.
• Early adopter of AI in day-to-day work; hands-on with Cursor, Claude Code or similar.
• Curious and high-agency; capable of scripting prompts to solve recurring problems.
• Consultative, organized, data-literate and comfortable with platforms like Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Full Australian working rights essential.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process for technology roles: sourcing strategies, headhunting niche engineering talent, screening, interviewing and closing candidates.
• Flex into non-technology experienced hiring when needed.
• Build strong partnerships with engineering leaders, hiring managers and external agency partners.
• Design innovative ways to identify and engage passive technical talent (open source, conferences, competitor mapping).
• Embed AI into the recruitment workflow using tools like Cursor and Claude Code to accelerate sourcing and reporting.
• Coaching, guiding and advising stakeholders on hiring processes and best practices.
• Use data to provide insight into pipeline health and drive decisions.

Skills

Tech recruitment

AI in recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder management

CV/GitHub assessment

Data-driven

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

Cursor/Claude Code

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

At Optiver, you will find an environment of collaboration and passion for solving challenging problems. As a technology-enabled market maker, we combine diverse skill sets, unique minds and a desire to be better. Our recruitment team must continuously think deeply about how to identify, engage, attract and assess this talent. Experienced talent is one of the foundational pillars to our recruitment strategy. That’s where you come in.

In this role, you will be responsible for advancing Optiver’s end-to-end experienced recruitment strategy to find, attract, and hire experienced technical talent. You will work closely with leaders across the business on what is needed now and into the future. This role will focus on technology recruitment.

What You’ll Do

As a Technical Recruiter, you’ll work alongside a passionate team of specialists, focusing on key areas that contribute to the team’s goals. Responsibilities include:

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process for technology roles: developing sourcing strategies, mapping and headhunting niche engineering talent, crafting the selection process, reviewing resumes, interviewing and assessing candidates, offering and closing of candidates.
• Flex into non-technology experienced hiring when the team needs it.
• Build strong partnerships with engineering leaders, hiring managers and external agency partners.
• Design innovative ways to identify and engage passive technical talent (open source, conferences, competitor mapping).
• Embed AI into the recruitment workflow — using tools like Cursor, Claude Code etc. to accelerate sourcing, outreach, market mapping and reporting. Experiment, prototype and share what works.
• Coaching, guiding and advising stakeholders on hiring processes and best practices.
• Use data to provide insight into pipeline health and drive decisions.

Who You Are

• Proven end-to-end experienced recruiter with a clear specialism in technology hiring.
• Background from a leading tech company or a financial services / trading firm where tech recruitment was your primary craft.
• Credible with engineers — you can read a CV or GitHub profile and form a real point of view on technical depth.
• Hybrid-capable: comfortable stepping into non-tech searches without losing your specialist edge.
• An early adopter of AI in your day-to-day work. Hands-on experience with Cursor, Claude Code or similar is a significant plus, especially with concrete examples of how you've used them to lift day to day recruitment efficiency.
• Curious and high-agency — the kind of person who'll spin up a prompt or script to solve a recurring problem rather than do it manually for the tenth time.
• Consultative, organised, data-literate, and comfortable with platforms like Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Proactive mindset, team player and a genuine passion for hiring top talent in a high-performance environment.
• Full Australian working rights essential.

What You’ll Get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Driven by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the most complex problems in the financial markets.

In return for your expertise, you’ll receive a range of benefits, including:

• A competitive renumeration salary package
• Daily breakfast, lunch, and an in-house barista.
• Gym membership, plus weekly chair massages.
• Continuous learning, development and upskilling opportunities.
• Regular social events, including a company trip every two years.
• A fun, fast-paced team that loves what they do.

Diversity statement

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