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As a Trading Supervisor you will be first responder to incidents and responsible for seeing problems through until resolution, all the while communicating updates to relevant stakeholders and taking preventative action afterwards to ensure the issues do not reoccur. Having a decisive nature and problem-solving mindset are essential to succeeding in this role.
You will be supporting multiple globally oriented automated trading strategies and have the following responsibilities:
- Supervise and monitor our automated trading systems in various markets that we trade in
- Assess live trading for any issues (e.g. risk, compliance, production issues) and quickly respond to unusual behaviours or market conditions.
- Working closely with risk managers and trading teams to alert key staff of any intraday trading issues and collaborating with Optiver's engineers, brokers, and exchanges to resolve problems in real time.
- Documenting procedures and logging production issues as they occur.
WHO YOU ARE:
- At least 5 years’ experience in a Trade Supervision, Trading, Risk, Application Engineering, or similar role.
- Prior trading exposure across asset classes and strategies highly desirable
- An understanding of exchange-specific rules and procedures
- Extremely organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.
- Excellent communication, project management and time management skills
- Solid experience with high-frequency automated trading strategies will be preferred.
- Experience with Python, Linux command line and the ability to extract and manipulate large data sets will be preferred.
- Full Singapore working rights essential.
WHAT YOU’LL GET:
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 and lunch.
- Weekly in-house chair massages.
- Corporate health insurance.
- Regular social events, including a company trip every two years.
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 5 years of experience in trade supervision, trading, risk, application engineering, or a similar role
- Understanding of exchange-specific rules and procedures
- Extremely organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently
- Excellent communication, project management, and time management skills
- Full Singapore working rights
- Prior trading exposure across asset classes and strategies
- Experience with high-frequency automated trading strategies
- Experience with Python, Linux command line, and extracting and manipulating large 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 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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