Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$175k–$200k/yr
Optiver’s Equity Options Trading team is looking for a Grad Equity Analyst to drive our fundamental research-driven trading. Ideal candidates are self-starters, have a competitive mentality, and are excited by the opport…
Skills: Fundamental Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Probabilistic Thinking, Quantitative Analysis, Problem Solving
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site
An exciting opportunity now exists to join the APAC People Team on a 12-month contract as a HR Business Partner. This role is focused on independent delivery of people outcomes, with the ability to take on open-ended pro…
Skills: HR Business Partnering, Employee Lifecycle Management, Stakeholder Management, Employee Relations, Performance Management
Austin, Texas, United States · On-site
As an FPGA Engineer, you’ll work side-by-side with teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. You’ll create solutions with nanosecond response times, highly parallelized algorithms, and …
Skills: FPGA, ASIC, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
As an FPGA Engineer Intern, you’ll work side-by-side with your mentor and teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. Your projects will be scoped based on your team’s real needs — not hy…
Skills: FPGA, ASIC, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site
As an Institutional Trader at Optiver you will be instrumental in the decision making and execution of our large-order trading strategies through the management of our relationships with brokers and direct counterparties…
Skills: Quantitative Analysis, Communication Skills, Negotiation, Relationship Management, Decision Making
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
As a Graduate Quantitative Researcher, you’ll tackle some of the most challenging quantitative problems in global financial markets. Working alongside researchers, engineers, and traders, you’ll analyze large-scale datas…
Skills: Quantitative Research, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Stochastic Modeling
Austin, Texas, United States · On-site
As an FPGA Engineer Intern, you’ll work side-by-side with your mentor and teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. Your projects will be scoped based on your team’s real needs — not hy…
Skills: FPGA, ASIC, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
As an FPGA Engineer, you’ll work side-by-side with teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. You’ll create solutions with nanosecond response times, highly parallelized algorithms, and …
Skills: FPGA, ASIC, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog
Austin, Texas, United States · On-site
As a Graduate Quantitative Researcher, you’ll tackle some of the most challenging quantitative problems in global financial markets. Working alongside researchers, engineers, and traders, you’ll analyze large-scale datas…
Skills: Quantitative Research, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Stochastic Modeling
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site
We're looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our high-performing People team. You'll partner closely with leaders in a fast-paced, high-performance environment where ideas are challenged and standa…
Skills: HR Business Partnering, Organizational Design, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations, Performance Management
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
We are looking for a hands-on Treasury Operations Specialist in London to support new trading entities and expanded product coverage. The immediate driver is the launch of our OTC exotics business, but the role will broa…
Skills: Treasury Operations, Cash Management, Collateral Management, OTC Derivatives, Margin Validation
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
Optiver's Global Enterprise Clients team owns the global Microsoft 365 platform — collaboration, messaging, identity, and mobile access — that our entire worldwide workforce runs on every day. It's treated as critical pr…
Skills: Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Entra ID, Azure AD
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
What we are looking for: We are looking for a senior Valuations Control Specialist to join our Finance and Middle Office function in London and help build Optiver's independent valuation and pricing control capability fo…
Skills: Independent Price Verification, OTC Exotic Derivatives, Valuations Control, IFRS 13, XVA Frameworks
Taipei, Taiwan · On-site
As our Quantitative Trading Intern, you’ll spend your summer or winter break tackling complex, quantitative problems at one of the world’s leading tech-driven trading firms. Under the guidance and mentorship of industry …
Skills: Quantitative Reasoning, Logical Problem Solving, Mathematical Precision, Python, Algorithmic Trading
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site
Optiver is looking for a software engineer to join our real-time pricing systems team. Team builds and runs the highly reliable, traceable and scalable pricing platform responsible for automated real-time pricing of mill…
Skills: C++, Distributed Systems, Real-time Systems, Low-latency Data Processing, Software Engineering Fundamentals
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$45k–$50k/yr
As an Institutional Trader Intern at Optiver, you’ll spend your summer embedded in the fast-paced environment of our trading floor, learning from industry experts. Through a combination of structured education sessions a…
Skills: Quantitative Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Communication, Relationship Management, Strategic Partnerships
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site
Who We Are 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 …
Skills: SQL, ETL, Python, Scala, C++
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site
Our cash equities engineering team is building out systems that must ingest and react to market data feeds from major US exchanges in microseconds or less, efficiently price and hedge positions of single stocks and ETFs …
Skills: Python, C++, Distributed Systems, Simulation Frameworks, Backtesting
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site
WHO WE ARE 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 …
Skills: Options Theory, Option Pricing Models, C++, Git, Linux
Shanghai, Shanghai, China · On-site
WHO WE ARE 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 …
Skills: LAN/WAN Design, Network Security, Infrastructure as Code, Arista, Cisco
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The role involves leveraging fundamental research and current events to identify trade opportunities and influence daily trading decisions. The analyst will collaborate with traders and quantitative researchers to maximize desk PnL and develop research-driven trading positions.
Candidates must be graduating between December 2026 and June 2027 or have 1-2 years of relevant experience, with a willingness to pursue the CFA program. Strong analytical, quantitative, and communication skills are required, with computer programming skills preferred.
Optiver’s Equity Options Trading team is looking for a Grad Equity Analyst to drive our fundamental research-driven trading. Ideal candidates are self-starters, have a competitive mentality, and are excited by the opportunity to bring their knowledge and skills to a growing team.
Having a determined and proactive risk-taking mindset is essential to perform well in this role. As an Equity Analyst, you will play a critical role on our team and have the opportunity to make a material impact to the firm’s PnL. You will sit directly on the trading desk, where you will be able to influence trading decisions and positions daily. In addition, you will have the ability to put research-driven trading positions in your own book from day one.
As Optiver’s Equity Analyst, you will be responsible for leveraging current events and your research experience to impact the team’s trading decisions. As a member of our team, you will work in close collaboration with Traders, Quantitative Researchers and Developers to creatively solve problems and identify new trading opportunities.
In this role, you can expect to:
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.
In addition, you’ll receive:
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilising the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritise safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.
Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.
Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.
A global technology- and research-driven trading firm where ideas become breakthroughs in global markets.
At Optiver, we continuously quote buy and sell prices across financial markets, using our own capital and advanced technology to provide liquidity at scale across products, venues and market conditions. We are a global company with offices in Amsterdam, Sydney, Chicago, Austin, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, New York, and Singapore.
Offices: Strawinskylaan 3095, Amsterdam, 1077ZX, NL · 275 Kent Street, Level 32, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, AU · 130 East Randolph Street, Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois 60601, US · 1568 Century Avenue, 35F, China Fortune Tower, Shanghai , 200122, CN · 1 Connaught Rd Central, Suites 3206-09, 32F, Hong Kong, HK
A global technology- and research-driven trading firm where ideas become breakthroughs in global markets.
At Optiver, we continuously quote buy and sell prices across financial markets, using our own capital and advanced technology to provide liquidity at scale across products, venues and market conditions. We are a global company with offices in Amsterdam, Sydney, Chicago, Austin, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, New York, and Singapore.
Offices: Strawinskylaan 3095, Amsterdam, 1077ZX, NL · 275 Kent Street, Level 32, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, AU · 130 East Randolph Street, Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois 60601, US · 1568 Century Avenue, 35F, China Fortune Tower, Shanghai , 200122, CN · 1 Connaught Rd Central, Suites 3206-09, 32F, Hong Kong, HK
