Optiver

Optiver

Optiver is one of the fastest growing and most successful proprietary trading firms in Europe. We deal in highly-automated electronic market making and arbitrage activities. With offices in Amsterdam, Chicago and Sydney, employing 550 talented individuals from over 30 nationalities, we trade in 20 countries, across 5 continents, 24 hours a day.

Although market making and arbitrage are our core activities, we rely heavily on our IT expertise and excellent Business Operations support. We recognize that only the very latest hardware and software will ensure fast and reliable connections with option exchanges worldwide. Our success is the result of our continuous attention to innovation, and we aim to always stay ahead of the technology curve.

OUR CULTURE

Optiver’s unique culture is one of our most valuable assets: we are result-driven, open and informal, team-based, ambitious and exceedingly flexible, whilst striving for professionalism within all our departments.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

Every year we scout for the highest caliber graduates to join both our Trading and IT departments.

Trading

For our Trading department we are scouting for final-year students or recent graduates from a study related to analytics, such as Finance, Mathematics, Econometrics, Financial Engineering or similar. A flair for numbers, a passion for finance and the markets, and a hugely competitive streak are also a must.

As a Trader you will immediately have a high responsibility level, trading your own book within 3 weeks. Initially, your role as a Trader is to price and trade financial options. You will build and maintain positions in derivatives and equities, exercise risk management and implement trading strategies.

IT

For our IT department we are scouting for talented final-year students and recent graduates in an IT related field of study, such as Computer Science, IT Engineering, Informatics, or similar. We offer graduate positions in Software Development and Application Engineering.

As an ITer you will work in a superb high-tech learning environment with Unix, Network, Windows and Software Development experts. To broaden your horizons, you’ll work with access to the latest hard- and software.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

A short overview of our secondary benefits: fully paid first-class commuting expenses, a premium-free pension, attractive bonus structure, training opportunities, relocation packages, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massage. In addition, we offer you the possibility to work in the USA or Australia.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply directly via our website www.optiver.com. For more information, contact recruitment on +31 20 70 87 000 or email recruitment [at] optiver [dot] com.