Trading Systems Engineer (Equity Options)

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 coverage

25 paid vacation days

Office perks including breakfast and lunch

Job summary

Optiver is seeking a skilled engineer in Chicago to work closely with traders, solving complex challenges in a fast-paced environment. Your role involves building systems that drive trading, leading end-to-end engineering projects, and continuously improving solutions based on feedback. This position offers a competitive salary of $200,000, a global profit-sharing pool, comprehensive health coverage, and extensive office perks, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence among an international team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects.
• Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment.
• Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution.

Responsibilities

• Work side-by-side with traders to identify, prioritize, and solve high-impact problems.
• Build and maintain systems across the stack, including trading logic, infrastructure, and internal tooling.
• Take ownership of problems end-to-end: idea to design to implementation to production to iteration.

Skills

Systems-level programming

Innovative thinking

Strong engineering judgment

Tools

C/C++

Linux

Job description

Optiver is seeking a skilled engineer in Chicago to work closely with traders, solving complex challenges in a fast-paced environment. Your role involves building systems that drive trading, leading end-to-end engineering projects, and continuously improving solutions based on feedback. This position offers a competitive salary of $200,000, a global profit-sharing pool, comprehensive health coverage, and extensive office perks, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence among an international team.