Where talent
meets opportunity
Five critical domains
At Optiver, each domain offers a new opportunity
Whether you’re seeking an internship, graduate or experienced role, our career opportunities are abundant. We work across five critical domains: trading, technology, risk & control, data science and business operations.
Our business is driven by technology
Technology isn’t just a component of Optiver’s business – it powers everything we do.
We leverage technology to solve a variety of complex problems: optimising for scarce bandwidth, responding to market events in nanoseconds, pricing complex sets of financial instruments with low error tolerance and analysing huge volumes of data. Our systems are built to add stability to the market; therefore they must operate at peak efficiency in extreme conditions.
Trading is at the core of what we do
Optiver trades thousands of financial instruments on exchanges worldwide, using our own capital and at our own risk. As a market maker, we aim to improve the markets in which we trade by continuously offering the most competitive prices possible.
To be not only active but also precise, across all of these markets and products is a hugely complex challenge. We continuously refine and optimise our proprietary trading strategies and algorithms to price the thousands of instruments we trade. After all, the only constant in markets is change, and keeping up requires nimble, decisive thinkers — a pretty accurate description of an Optiver trader.
Risk management is in our DNA
At Optiver, risk management and control are built into our financial and operational processes. Our dedicated team of Risk and Control professionals ensures we’re operating in accordance with local regulations, laws, market requirements and expectations. It’s one reason why we’re trusted to provide continuous prices for thousands of financial instruments on 70+ exchanges around the globe.
We focus on five core risk and control domains at Optiver – market risk, automated trading risk, operational risk management, compliance and control.
Data scientists improve our trading strategies
How does Optiver continuously price hundreds of thousands of financial products in real-time? One word: Data.
Data Science is at the very core of Optiver’s pricing strategies. Our teams tackle challenges at the intersection of technology and trading – where some of the most complex and valuable financial market data resides. With world-class skills that cut through the noise, Optiver’s data science teams directly contribute to the precision and scalability of our trading business.
People shape the future of our firm
At Optiver, people are our greatest strength. That’s why we’re passionate about empowering them and championing inclusivity in everything that we do. From wide-ranging benefits to countless learning opportunities, we pride ourselves on enriching our people’s well-being and investing in their development.
Transparency is at the heart of Optiver’s culture – it allows for collaboration at every level to tackle difficult problems
Our programs
Launch your career
Accelerate your future at Optiver.
Check out our internship and graduate programs.
Or become a campus ambassador.
Your chance to achieve exponential growth
Optiver’s internship programme isn’t just a step forward in your career – it’s a launch pad. Get ready to be immersed in the fast-paced, dynamic world of market making. Owning projects that directly impact our world-class trading systems. Entrusted to develop and execute live market strategies. Collaborating with and mentored by the industry’s best and brightest. Learn more in a few weeks than during the years studying for your degree. Not to mention having fun exploring the cities in which we operate alongside your class of global peers.
With Optiver’s internship programme, your work improving the market starts today.
Discover your future improving the market
Spend some time with the Optiver team, and a couple things become clear: there is no single path to a successful, lucrative career here, and there is no single major that’s best suited to it. Watch the videos below to meet some of our team members and hear about their journeys to Optiver. You might just see yourself in them.
Discover our interview process
Our interview process varies by role, but there are a few things they all share in common.