Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies.
Optiver’s Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets, trading a range of products. Established in 1996, we're an active participant on the Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan exchanges, and act as Optiver’s APAC head office.
What You’ll DoWe’re building out our Data Reliability & Quality Engineering function in Sydney, the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) arm of our global data platform.
This team ensures that data is reliable, accurate and available when it’s needed. You’ll sit at the intersection of data engineering, operations and market data, monitoring critical pipelines, improving system resilience and building automation to detect and prevent issues before they impact trading or research.
You’ll play a key role in shaping how we ingest and deliver trusted, high-quality data at scale, supporting a growing, data-driven global business. In this role, you will:
Monitor and optimize the performance and stability of data pipelines to meet SLAs.
Design and maintain data quality tests for accuracy, consistency and completeness.
Investigate data incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement preventive measures.
Apply SRE principles to enhance reliability, alerting and recovery mechanisms.
Develop automation and tooling to reduce manual intervention and improve scalability.
Collaborate with data engineers, researchers and market data teams to align reliability goals with business priorities.
2+ years of experience in data engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE) or data operations.
Proficient in SQL, ETL processes and at least one programming language (Python, Scala or C++).
Strong focus on automation, system resilience and continuous improvement.
Passionate about data quality, observability and performance optimization.
Structured and methodical in problem-solving, with strong debugging skills.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, proactive mindset.
Nice to have:
Experience with Databricks, data observability platforms or distributed/cloud-based data systems.
Familiarity with alerting and monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, Airflow or similar).
Exposure to financial data pipelines or low-latency trading environments.
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Driven by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle some of the most complex problems in the financial markets.
In return for your expertise, you will have access to a range of Optiver perks, including:
A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool, fostering a truly collaborative environment.
The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.
Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities.
Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista.
Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages.
Regular social events, including a company trip every two years.
Guided relocation, a competitive relocation package and visa sponsorship where necessary.
If you’re passionate about supporting reliable, high-performance data systems and want your work to directly impact trading outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us build the next evolution of Optiver’s global data platform.
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.
Questions? Get in touch with the recruitment team at [email protected]
Skills Required
- At least 2 years of experience in data engineering, site reliability engineering, or data operations
- Proficiency in SQL
- Experience with ETL processes
- Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python, Scala, or C++
- Strong focus on automation, system resilience, and continuous improvement
- Knowledge of data quality, observability, and performance optimization
- Structured problem-solving and strong debugging skills
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills
- Experience with Databricks, data observability platforms, or distributed/cloud-based data systems
- Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus, Airflow, or similar monitoring and alerting tools
- Exposure to financial data pipelines or low-latency trading environments
Optiver Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Optiver and has not been reviewed or approved by Optiver.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered highly competitive in trading, quantitative, and engineering paths, with performance-linked bonuses materially elevating total earnings for strong contributors. High performers are described as seeing outsized upside when firm and team results are strong.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is depicted as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, alongside HSA/FSA options and mental-health support. Some locations note unlimited therapy access through a partner platform.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. roles are often described as offering 25 days of paid vacation plus market holidays, alongside generous parental leave. This breadth of time off is highlighted as helping to offset a high-intensity environment.
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What We Do
Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management.
Why Work With Us
People at Optiver love challenges, welcome collaboration, and strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Improving the market is an extraordinary challenge that requires a carefully crafted approach. Optiver provides a collaborative working environment to tackle these challenges. In fact, it is this way of working that sets us apart.
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