Enterprise Corporate Engineering Lead

Optiver - Trading Academy; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Optiver is seeking Software Engineers in Amsterdam to design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading systems and tools. You will work closely with traders and researchers to understand business problems and craft robust software solutions that meet the fast-paced needs of the market.

We value engineers who bring strong CS fundamentals, clean code, and a passion for continuous improvement in a real-time, data-driven trading environment.

Qualifications

• Experience writing software in C++, C#, C, or Java.
• Strong engineering instincts and fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, support, and maintain trading systems, tools, and infrastructure
• Collaborate deeply with traders, risk analysts, researchers, and other engineers
• Gain and develop an in-depth understanding of trading theory and practice

Skills

C++

C#

C

Java

Software design

Collaboration

Job description

Our Software Engineers build proprietary trading systems which directly impact the financial markets. Our software engineering teams leverage technology to solve a variety of difficult problems.

Our trading strategies must respond to market events in microseconds or less, and we automatically price large, diverse sets of financial instruments with extremely low error tolerance. We continually refine, store, and analyze terabytes of data produced by market activity and our trading systems. Our user interfaces must present coherent, responsive real-time visualizations of market activity and system performance while providing intuitive control of a highly complex system. Our core systems must provide a stable, performant, and trusted foundation on which our systems are built.

Technology at Optiver:

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, support, and maintain trading systems, tools, and infrastructure
• Collaborate deeply with traders, risk analysts, researchers, and other engineers
• Gain and develop an in-depth understanding of trading theory and practice

What you’ll need:

• Strong engineering instincts and a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Experience writing software in C++, C#, C, or Java
• A passion for clean code, simple well-architected systems and continuous improvement
• Ability to collaborate with developers, traders, and business operations

Who we are:

Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management. With over 1,000 employees globally and 200 in our Chicago office, our mission to improve the market unites us.