Join Optiver as a Production Engineer
Optiver is seeking a talented Production Engineer to join our dynamic team in Amsterdam. As a Production Engineer, you will play a crucial role in managing our live trading environment, which spans over 50 global exchanges and involves hundreds of thousands of interconnected financial products. Our infrastructure is a blend of distributed systems, high-performance computing, and low-latency trading algorithms, all supported by high-throughput dataflows and data analysis.
About Optiver
Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and a leading global market maker. We are committed to improving the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, and increasing transparency. Our Amsterdam office, where it all began over 35 years ago, is one of the most dynamic trading floors in Europe.
What You'll Do
As a Production Engineer, you will be responsible for deploying, maintaining, monitoring, and enhancing the reliability, scalability, and performance of our in-house trading systems. Your role will involve:
- Ensuring the reliability of our software to guarantee optimal functioning in extreme market conditions.
- Managing market access, monitoring, compliance, strategy evaluation, and performance tuning.
- Engaging in face-to-face interactions with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers on the trading floor.
- Setting standards for our production environment and making a direct impact on our trading capabilities.
Who You Are
We are looking for a pragmatic, logical thinker with a facilitating and enabling attitude. You should be naturally curious about hardware and software interactions and eager to work on a broad range of projects. Key skills and experiences include:
- Experience managing software and hardware infrastructure operations.
- Strong affinity with Unix/Linux systems.
- Ability to automate tasks using Python.
- Strong design, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
- Understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols.
No prior trading or financial experience is required, as our onboarding program will provide you with all the necessary knowledge.
What You'll Get
- Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 countries.
- Enjoy secondary benefits such as 25 paid vacation days, fully paid commuting expenses, training opportunities, and more.
- Relocation packages and visa sponsorship for international candidates.
How to Apply
If you are interested in furthering your career on one of the most exciting trading floors in Europe, apply directly with your CV and a letter of motivation in English. Applications without a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. Successful candidates will be required to take an online assessment.
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- 25 paid vacation days
- Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
- Training opportunities
- Discounts on health insurance
- Breakfast and lunch facilities
- Sports and leisure activities
- Friday afternoon drinks
- Weekly in-house chair massages
- Relocation packages
- Visa sponsorship
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