Graduate Software Engineer: Real-Time Trading Systems

Optiver Holding BV; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Global team work

25 days vacation

Commuting covered

Office perks

Job summary

Optiver Holding BV in Amsterdam is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer to work on systems operating in live financial markets, where speed, reliability and precision impact trading outcomes. You will collaborate with traders, researchers and engineers to understand problems and build real-time solutions.

You will join Optiver’s Global Academy, receive mentoring, and gain hands-on experience with the firm's tech stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in CS/CE or equivalent with outstanding academics.
• Graduating Aug 2024–Aug 2027, maximum 3 years of work experience.
• Proficient in C++, Python or Java with strong system knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Build simple, well-architected solutions alongside traders, researchers, risk analysts and engineers.
• Develop and use frontier agent tooling to create scalable workflows across the trading stack.
• Improve performance, reliability and maintainability as markets and system requirements evolve.
• Contribute tools and capabilities that other engineers and teams can reuse.

Skills

C++

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in CS/CE or equivalent

Job description

Optiver Holding BV in Amsterdam is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer to work on systems operating in live financial markets, where speed, reliability and precision impact trading outcomes. You will collaborate with traders, researchers and engineers to understand problems and build real-time solutions.

You will join Optiver’s Global Academy, receive mentoring, and gain hands-on experience with the firm's tech stack.