Tech at the core
Powering millions of trades a day, our technology operates across 100+ global exchanges. Our engineers build the pricing, risk and execution systems that drive competitive edge. Every line of code, every circuit, every system-level decision is engineered to win.
We’ve built one of the most advanced low-latency trading platforms in the world – and we’re not done.
Our engineers continuously examine system behaviour to find our next edge: how components interact with exchanges, how signals move through switches or how systems respond under pressure.
Decades of engineering investment mean we keep rebuilding, refining and rethinking at every level.
How we engineer impact
We build and trade on our own systems, where every engineering choice has a clear and attributable impact on real-time trading performance.
Live feedback loops fuel rapid iteration, turning daily challenges into opportunities to optimise solutions and sharpen our competitive edge.
End-to-end partnership
Our engineers are embedded across the firm—refining strategy logic with traders, strengthening models with researchers, or pushing hardware performance alongside FPGA specialists.
Our teams approach solutions from every angle, applying technical strengths where they deliver the greatest impact.
What our engineers say
“Our systems run under pressure. You’re expected to understand how things work at a deep level and keep pushing them further.”
Software Engineer in Mumbai
“Markets don’t wait. We have to design hardware that’s first in line with the right answer, every time.”
Hardware Engineer in Amsterdam
“I know a lot of engineers who are smart and motivated. Finding both in the same person is rare. Finding a whole team of them is even rarer.”
Senior Software Engineer in Chicago
What you’ll work on
Tackle engineering problems at the core of trading performance: pricing models for real-time valuations, risk engines that track exposure continuously, and execution engines that run strategies at nanosecond speed.
Engineer the low-latency C++ systems behind our competitive edge—thousands of applications built for scale, reliability and nanosecond execution. From architecture to algorithm, every layer is optimised to capture opportunity in real time.
Work across teams to develop bespoke hardware and FPGA solutions that are scalable, fast and built to handle complexity in real-time. Dedicated R&D labs continuously push the boundaries of low-latency hardware performance.
Build scalable and robust training and inference pipelines for deep learning models. Tackle market-scale challenges: petabytes of time-series data, continuous retraining and ultra-low-latency deployment.
Engineering daily performance
>10M
Trades executed
every day
Sub-second order execution platforms built for scale and reliability under extreme market conditions.
Terabytes
of market data
processed daily
High-throughput systems handling massive volumes of complex market data streams in real-time.
1M+
financial
instruments priced
Pricing engines delivering continuous valuations with extremely low error tolerance.
Accelerated growth,
continuous learning
With 800+ engineers openly sharing knowledge across software, hardware, infrastructure, machine learning—growth is a natural outcome of how we operate.
Deep technical expertise is amplified through collaboration, debate and solving real problems.
Global hands-on training
Engineers start their journey with the Global Optiver Tech Academy, an intensive onboarding program led by our in-house education team. Bringing together peers from across global offices, the academy offers hands-on, production-level training, equipping engineers with the technical depth to start making meaningful contributions.
Where the best learn from the best
Our global knowledge network connects Olympiad medalists, PhDs, industry veterans, and specialists to solve some of the most complex challenges in the industry. We keep codebases open, encourage debate, and run internal tech talks that spark new ideas across disciplines.
Whether sense-checking a solution, analysing system performance, or exploring new technical domains, every challenge becomes an opportunity to accelerate engineering growth.