Trading Data Platform Engineer

Optiverus; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

27 vacation days

Breakfast and lunch

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

ClassPass membership

Training & conferences

International transfers

Job summary

Optiver, a leading market maker, is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Global Data Engineering team to expand coverage, quality, and robustness of reference data powering trading strategies. Based in London, UK, you will work on data infrastructure used by traders and researchers to support high- and low-frequency trading.

You will collaborate with traders and engineers to raise data quality, implement robust systems, and ensure alignment with architectural standards.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering instincts and CS fundamentals.
• Experience writing software in C++, C, C# and/or Python.
• Innovative, big-picture thinking grounded in pragmatism.
• Desire to continuously improve in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Readiness to set technical direction and promote engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Establish vision and technical direction for major initiatives across our reference data platform.
• Expand and harden existing reference data products across asset classes and datasets.
• Design, develop, support, and maintain critical components of our data infrastructure that traders and researchers rely on every day.
• Ensure new and existing programs adhere to our coding, architectural, and operational standards.
• Develop a deep understanding of trading, exchanges, and the data domains that underpin them.
• Collaborate with traders, engineers, and researchers to identify gaps and deliver datasets that meet top-tier standards.

Skills

CS fundamentals

C/C++/C#/Python

Big-picture thinking

Continuous improvement

Technical leadership

Job description

Optiver, a leading market maker, is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Global Data Engineering team to expand coverage, quality, and robustness of reference data powering trading strategies. Based in London, UK, you will work on data infrastructure used by traders and researchers to support high- and low-frequency trading.

You will collaborate with traders and engineers to raise data quality, implement robust systems, and ensure alignment with architectural standards.