Trading Automation Architect — Market Making Edge

Optiver; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 50%

Comprehensive health, dental, vision,

25 paid vacation days

Office perks and meals

Job summary

Optiver in Chicago seeks a Trading Automation Specialist to automate daily desk workflows, build data pipelines, and improve trading operations. This role sits close to the business side and requires hands-on coding, analytics, and a mindset for operational excellence.

You'll collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to own critical workstreams, reduce risk, and scale edge across markets with a focus on reliability and performance in a fast-paced trading environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in trading operations, trading technology, quantitative finance, or a closely related field.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (CS, Eng, Math, Physics, or related).
• Strong programming skills in Python or similar languages, with experience building automation and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Automate the desk — build the workflows and tooling traders rely on every session; eliminate manual work and reduce operational risk
• Work with data — build the pipelines and analytics that turn market and order-flow data into trading decisions
• Own reliability — take end-to-end ownership of core trading automation systems, act as an escalation point, and lead root-cause analysis
• Partner across the floor — translate operational insight into system improvements alongside traders, researchers, and engineers
• Find and scale your edge — use breadth across data, code, and markets to set direction where your impact is greatest

Skills

Python programming

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM fields

Tools

Python

Job description

Optiver in Chicago seeks a Trading Automation Specialist to automate daily desk workflows, build data pipelines, and improve trading operations. This role sits close to the business side and requires hands-on coding, analytics, and a mindset for operational excellence.

You'll collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to own critical workstreams, reduce risk, and scale edge across markets with a focus on reliability and performance in a fast-paced trading environment.