Do you want to responsible for the full performance cycle of our trading systems and applications? 

    Can you keep it together when your next decision can be crucial for the business? 

    Then you might be our new Trading Application Engineer.

    IT at Optiver 

    Since trading on the floor changed to screen-based trading, we constantly need the most advanced technology, trading software and connections to the market. In short, we need the best IT-professionals to develop, optimise and support our systems and tools. The atmosphere we are working in is fast, but exciting. This makes IT at Optiver a great challenge whereby expertise, innovation and fun go hand in hand every day. 

    What you'll do
    As a Trading Application Engineer you will be responsible for the availability and performance of key trading applications and systems in a complex, dynamic environment. 

    With your distinct IT skills you are able to execute technical trouble shooting, manage application performance and liaise with the end-user regarding requests. 

    You will be working with highly skilled and engaged colleagues such as Developers, System Engineers, Researchers and Traders. 

    On top of that you will constantly search for the best solutions to improve our business performance. 

    You know what it is to take responsibility and you are aware that your actions have a direct impact on our P&L. 

    In short, as a Trading Application Engineer you will:
    Make sure that our trading systems are up and running and solve any issues to guarantee Traders can use their systems at the opening of the market;

    Control deployment of new trading functionalities in existing trading- and exchange systems;

    Set up new trading- and exchange systems at new locations;
    examine the trading flow to the exchange and optimize new trading strategies by analyzing large sets of data;

    Spend time on the trading floor with traders in order to understand our business and contribute to our performance. 

    What youll need 
    Proven affinity for Trading/Finance;

    An excellent track record in working with UNIX ;

    Solid working experience with Python;

    Excellent communication skills;

    A hands-on mentality;

    An academic degree.

    What youll get 

    Optiver is above all a state of mind. We are looking for you when you believe in daily improvement, when you like to be seriously rewarded for your performance and when you easily adapt to change and enjoy some humor and fun.

    To be concrete, we offer you an excellent remuneration. But we also offer you great secondary benefits such as fully paid first-class commuting expenses, a premium-free pension, attractive profit sharing structure, relocation packages, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages. 

    Interested?

    We are 350 highly educated professionals from over 30 different countries that work at Optiver in Amsterdam. We aim to be unrivalled in our industry, by being talented, creative and result driven. And it doesnt matter how we dress or what we believe in, as long as we exceed our and each others expectations. 

    If you are ready to apply, and we hope you are, apply directly via the button below for the position of Trading Application Engineer. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. Applications without a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. 

    When we think the magic is there, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. 

    An assessment is part of the application procedure.

Debbie Holgado
+31-207087000
recruitment@optiver.com

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