Optiver is accelerating its Global Cash ambition, expanding our footprint across cash equities and ETFs worldwide. As part of this growth, we are looking for an ETF Pricing Specialist to play a critical role in scaling and strengthening our ETF pricing infrastructure. It's an opportunity to sit at the intersection of trading, technology, and market structure, directly influencing the robustness, scalability, and precision of our ETF platform across global markets.
Why This Role Matters:
As Optiver expands its Global Cash business, ETF pricing quality becomes a strategic differentiator. In this role, you'll help shape the infrastructure that enables traders to compete with confidence and precision. If you're excited by markets, systems, and the challenge of building something that scales globally, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll do:
- Analysis and processing of ETF PCF and related data pipelines.
- Day to day validations of ETF PCFs and related data products, handling edge cases around corporate actions or data quality/availability.
- Work closely with trading and development teams, building systems to improve data quality and process automation
Who you are:
- 2+ years of experience working with ETF and related financial datasets
- Comfortable working with data; experience with Python or similar languages is beneficial
- Preference for experience processing PCFs or corporate action datasets
- Clear communicator who works well in highly collaborative, cross-functional teams
- Diligent, with strong attention to detail
What you'll get:
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and 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.
Diversity statement
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
- 2+ years of experience working with ETF and related financial datasets
- Experience with Python or similar programming languages
- Experience processing PCFs or corporate action datasets
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 that materially elevate total compensation. High performers receive differentiated rewards tied to impact.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous paid vacation alongside market holidays is a consistent component of the U.S. package. This breadth of leave is a notable element of the offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive health coverage—including medical, dental, and vision—is prominently offered in U.S. roles, with indications that employee premiums are fully covered in some cases. Disability and life coverage further strengthen the core health benefits.
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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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