WHAT YOU'LL DO
As a Senior Portfolio Manager / Quantitative Researcher on our Shanghai team, you'll lead the development of systematic intraday strategies that capture opportunities from minute to hour horizons across a range of asset classes. You'll own the full research-to-production lifecycle and have direct impact on live trading performance. You can expect to:
- Lead alpha research: generate ideas, discover signals, and decide what's worth pursuing at intraday horizons
- Build and validate models: design predictive models tailored to intraday dynamics and ensure robustness through rigorous backtesting
- Construct portfolios: combine signals, manage intraday risk exposures, and optimise for costs, turnover and capacity
- Drive production & execution: own performance end-to-end and ensure strategies are tradable and aligned with real market microstructure
WHO YOU ARE
We expect someone who is a driven, passionate and collaborative researcher with a strong track record in systematic intraday trading. To succeed in this role, you'll need:
- 3+ years of experience in quantitative research or trading, preferably at a proprietary trading firm, with solid production results in live intraday strategies
- A strong research mindset, and a proven ability to generate original ideas and take them from concept to production
- Programming experience in languages such as Python, Java or C++, and experience working with large-scale datasets and data pipelines
- A quick-learning, team-oriented and open-minded attitude, with a continuous improvement mindset and drive to succeed
WHAT YOU'LL GET
- The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment
- Competitive remuneration including an attractive bonus structure and additional leave entitlements
- Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
- Daily office breakfast, lunch, snacks etc.
- Sponsored gym membership, sports and leisure activities, plus weekly in-house chair massages
- Regular social events, clubs and Friday afternoon drinks
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.
Questions? Get in touch with the recruitment team at [email protected].
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in quantitative research or trading
- Proven ability to generate original ideas and take them to production
- Programming experience in Python, Java or C++
- Experience working with large-scale datasets and data pipelines
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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