SSO Floor Trader

Optiver; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation 25 days

Market holidays

Profit-sharing pool

Performance bonus

Job summary

Optiver, a leading global market-maker, seeks an experienced Options Market Maker to lead our presence on U.S. options exchange trading floors.

You’ll be the primary link between our electronic desks, floor brokers, DPM/LMM communities, and exchange personnel—driving liquidity, execution quality, and market structure opportunities across venues. The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree, a deep understanding of financial instruments and markets, strong math skills, and 3+ years in options

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Deep knowledge of financial instruments, trading exchanges and markets.
• Strong mathematical aptitude.
• Excellent communicator and team player.
• Strong relationship-building with traders, brokers, and exchange personnel.
• 3+ years in options trading, market making, floor brokerage, or exchange operations.

Responsibilities

• Make markets in eligible equity, ETF, and index options.
• Represent Optiver across options exchanges; build relationships with floor brokers, DPMs/LMMs, and exchange officials.
• Track exchange rule changes, fees, and incentive programs.
• Partner with electronic traders to optimize quoting and execution quality.
• Facilitate large or complex executions; monitor floor KPIs, fill rates and market share across venues.
• Ensure compliance with exchange rules and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Options trading

Market making

Mathematics aptitude

Strong communicator

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We're seeking an experienced Options Market Maker to lead our presence across U.S. options exchange trading floors. You'll be the primary link between our electronic trading desks, floor brokers, DPM/LMM communities, and exchange personnel — driving liquidity provision, execution quality, and market structure opportunities across venues.

What You'll Do

• Make markets in eligible equity, ETF, and index options.
• Represent the firm across options exchanges; build relationships with floor brokers, DPMs/LMMs, and exchange officials.
• Track exchange rule changes, fees, and incentive programs.
• Partner with electronic traders to optimize quoting and execution quality.
• Facilitate large or complex executions; monitor floor specific KPIs, fill rates and market share across venues.
• Ensure compliance with exchange rules and regulatory requirements.

Who You Are

• Hold a bachelor’s degree (required)
• Deep understanding of financial instruments, trading exchanges and markets
• Possess a high aptitude with mathematics
• Excellent communicator and team player
• Strong relationship-builder across traders, brokers, and exchange personnel.
• 3+ years in options trading, market making, floor brokerage, or exchange operations.

Preferred

• Prior listed options market-making experience.
• Series 57 active and in good standing.
• Existing relationships within the floor broker and market maker communities.

What You'll Get

• Work alongside best-in-class professionals from 40+ countries.
• Highly competitive compensation, global profit-sharing pool, and performance bonus.
• 401(k) match up to 50%; comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage.
• 25 paid vacation days plus market holidays.

Who We Are

At Optiver, our mission is to improve markets by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing markets in all conditions. As one of the largest market-making firms, we're a trusted partner on 100+ exchanges globally.

Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.

Base Salary Range

$200,000—$200,000 USD