Graduate Software Engineer - Real-Time Trading & AI

HireHi; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

25 vacation days in year one

Training opportunities

Relocation & visa sponsorship

Job summary

Optiver is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer to work on mission-critical systems in live financial markets. You will collaborate with traders, researchers and engineers to build fast, reliable solutions that respond in real time to changing market conditions.

Expect a highly technical, data-rich environment with training and global opportunities. You will design and implement scalable software, contribute tools for the trading stack and participate in the Global Academy to expand trading

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/CE with outstanding academics
• Graduating Aug 2024–Aug 2027, max 3 years of work experience
• Passionate about clean, well-architected systems and continuous improvement
• Proficient in C++, Python or Java with strong understanding of architecture
• Knowledge of algorithms, memory/concurrency models, CPU architecture and relational databases

Responsibilities

• Build simple, well-architected solutions with traders, researchers and engineers
• Use frontier agentic tooling and build agents, skills and workflows across the trading stack
• Improve performance, reliability and maintainability as market and system requirements evolve
• Contribute reusable tools for other engineers and teams
• Participate in the Global Academy covering trading theory and Optiver's tech stack

Skills

C++

Python

Java

Algorithms

System design

Concurrency

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Master's degree in CS/CE

PhD in CS/CE

Tools

Git

Linux

CI/CD

Job description

Optiver is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer to work on mission-critical systems in live financial markets. You will collaborate with traders, researchers and engineers to build fast, reliable solutions that respond in real time to changing market conditions.

Expect a highly technical, data-rich environment with training and global opportunities. You will design and implement scalable software, contribute tools for the trading stack and participate in the Global Academy to expand trading