Optiver is a leading global market maker powered by technology, rigorous research, and deep collaboration. As we become increasingly data-driven, our ability to capture, model, and deliver high-quality data at scale is fundamental to maintaining our trading edge. We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering team. In this role, you will own the end-to-end data lifecycle—from raw market data capture through to normalized datasets used by both trading and research.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:
- Build and maintain robust data pipelines for capturing and processing raw data.
- Ingest, catalog, and manage a variety of data sources, including market data, execution data, reference data, and more.
- Model and normalize complex financial datasets to ensure they are clean, consistent, and easily accessible for research and production.
- Ensure all datasets are well managed and governed within our global data lake.
- Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and engineers across multiple global offices to understand evolving data requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
- Implement rigorous data-quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to guarantee reliability and consistency.
- Contribute to the architecture and scaling of our global data platform to support ever-growing data-intensive strategies.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
- 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role in a high-performance environment, preferably within financial services.
- Proficiency with Python, C++ is a big plus
- Experience with market data & exchange protocol is highly desirable
- Solid understanding of data capturing, data modeling, and normalization.
- Proficiency in designing and implementing distributed data pipelines.
- Experience with lakehouse architectures (e.g., Delta Lake, Databricks) is preferred.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, especially around performance, reliability, and scalability in distributed systems.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
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].
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role in a high-performance environment
- Proficiency with Python
- C++ is a big plus
- Experience with market data & exchange protocol
- Solid understanding of data capturing, data modeling, and normalization
- Proficiency in designing and implementing distributed data pipelines
- Experience with lakehouse architectures (e.g., Delta Lake, Databricks)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals
- Excellent communication skills
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.
Optiver Insights
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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