Jobs at Optiver
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Regulatory Compliance Intern (January 2024 - Chicago)
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 28, 2023
Optiver, a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker, is seeking a motivated and driven intern for their Regulatory Compliance Team in Chicago. The intern will research relevant rules and regulations, draft memos, and support ongoing initiatives. They will also assist with regulatory exams, audits, and form filings. The ideal candidate is a rising 2L or 3L with strong research skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and proficiency in MS Office. Optiver offers a highly-competitive compensation package, commuting stipends, office perks, and social events.
Quantitative Hardware Researcher
Company: Optiver
Location: Austin, TX
Posted Sep 26, 2023
We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems. Alongside this you will get great other benefits such as 25 paid vacation days and market holidays, fully paid health insurance, daily breakfast and lunch, training opportunities, 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities, regular social events and clubs, and many more. What’s more, with world-class music, food and art scenes, as well as countless scenic outdoor activities, the quality of life for Austin Optiverians is second to none.What you’ll doYou’ll be involved in a wide variety of tasks which focus around your quantitative skills and understanding of hardware. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.Based in ‘The Domain’ neighborhood, Optiver’s Austin office serves as the firm’s innovation nucleus, with a strong focus on quantitative research, software, and hardware engineering initiatives. With tech innovation an integral part of our core business, the booming city proved an ideal backdrop for our heavy investment into systems, infrastructure, machine learning, big data and computing R&D efforts. We believe that our best work is done together and being in same location gives significant communication advantages, especially for creative and complex work with a hands-on component like this.Who you areThe ideal candidate combines a strong quantitative background with a deep understanding of hardware and can combine both of these skills to drive analysis that helps us improve our designs and strategies.You have a strong understanding of quantitative analysis methods and have the ability to present findings to others.You are grounded in physical reality; you have an understanding of how hardware works and have the ability to use this knowledge to form hypothesis, conduct physical experiments and draw conclusions from that.You are comfortable working with Python and Jupyter notebooks.You’re not afraid to be hands on in a datacenter lab environment.Programming experience in low level languages such as C/C++ or VHDL is a strong plus.Experience with (low-latency) networks and related hardware is a strong plus.An educational background in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or similar (Masters/PhD preferred)A preference for working collaboratively with like-minded people.A passion for solving problems and a drive for resultsWhat you’ll getWork alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. This is just a few of the things you’ll do:Design, build and run experiments to characterize hardware such as switches, routers and trading systems at picosecond scales.Work with execution researchers at all of our offices to understand real world vs lab performance of our trading systems and strategies.Work with our software engineers in the lab to scale out and automate your research such that we can apply it at a global scale.Be part of designing the next generation of systems and strategies which take your findings into account.Your experience with lab measurements makes you a valuable resource for anyone looking at production data or trying to improve our production captures.Help run the lab, make sure we have everything we need to run upcoming experiments and manage the queue of work.Be involved with suppliers to test and understand next generation systems and measurement equipment.The role is on-site at our Domain office. We’re looking to expand the team with a quantitative researcher to help in hardware R&D.With your quantitative skills and affinity for hardware, you’ll work with the engineers in the lab devising experiments, gathering data, running analysis and ultimately building an understanding of how things actually work. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Using this knowledge to help to improve our designs, systems and the strategies that run upon them.Who we areOptiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker.
Equity Derivatives Sales
Company: Optiver
Location: New York City, NY
Posted Oct 29, 2023
Optiver is seeking experienced Equity Derivatives Sales professionals to join their Execution Services team. The role involves leveraging market understanding and relationships to drive profitability and scale the institutional business. Key responsibilities include establishing and maintaining relationships with institutional counterparties, working closely with traders, executing trades, and analyzing market trends. The ideal candidate should have 2-8+ years of experience in equity derivatives sales, strong knowledge of the US index/equity options market, and excellent communication skills. Optiver offers a collaborative environment, competitive compensation, and a range of benefits. The base salary range is $150,000 - $175,000 USD.
Hardware Engineer
Company: Optiver
Location: Austin, TX
Posted Oct 25, 2023
Optiver, a leading global market maker, is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design custom trading hardware systems. The role involves end-to-end PCB development, high-speed signal integrity simulation, and mechanical integration of PCBs with custom enclosures. The successful candidate will work in a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with Traders, Software Developers, and Infrastructure Engineers. Optiver offers a performance-based bonus structure, diverse benefits, and a commitment to creating an inclusive environment.
Quantitative Research Intern (Summer 2024 - Chicago)
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 28, 2023
Optiver is offering a summer internship for a Quantitative Researcher to work on derivatives pricing and trading strategies. The internship provides a unique opportunity to gain insight into the world of trading and make a meaningful impact.
Graduate Equity Analyst (2024 Start - Chicago)
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 22, 2023
Optiver's Equity Options Trading team is seeking a Grad Equity Analyst to contribute to their research-driven trading. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter, competitive, and eager to apply their knowledge and skills to a growing team. The role involves identifying fundamental trade opportunities, performing scenario analysis, and collaborating with traders, researchers, and data scientists. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to significantly impact the firm's PnL, sit on the trading desk, and influence trading decisions. Optiver Chicago's culture mirrors the city's energetic environment, with a focus on continuous improvement and contributing to healthy, efficient markets. The role offers a performance-based bonus structure, ownership over initiatives, and various benefits.
Senior Compliance Analyst (Monitoring)
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 28, 2023
Optiver, a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker, is seeking an experienced compliance professional for its Chicago office. The role involves performing risk-based desk compliance reviews, theme-based target reviews, monitoring key compliance controls, and assisting in the maintenance of the internal control framework. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of experience in compliance in global markets or investment banking, with a keen interest in financial markets, trading, and technology. Sound knowledge of SEC/CFTC regulations and exchange rules is required. The position offers a performance-based bonus structure, ownership over initiatives, and excellent benefits. Optiver is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment.
Campus: Accounting Intern (Summer 2024 - Chicago)
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 21, 2023
Optiver, a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker, is seeking an Accounting Intern for their Chicago office. The intern will gain valuable accounting experience, participate in the month-end close process, create financial reports, and assist with quarterly forecasts. The ideal candidate is an accounting or finance major, preferably a sophomore or junior, with proficiency in MS Excel and Word, and knowledge of GAAP. Optiver offers a competitive compensation package, office perks, and social events.
Senior Trading Infrastructure Engineer - Python
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 22, 2023
Optiver, a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker, is introducing a new senior role within their Trading Infrastructure team. This role involves designing and implementing systems for managing infrastructure, enhancing modelling, provisioning, configuration management, and deployment. The ideal candidate is a highly experienced engineer with a strong background in Python, architecture, design, networks, and Linux systems. They should have experience in building platforms, frameworks, tools, and systems to solve business problems, preferably in an on-prem and/or bare metal environment. The role requires leadership qualities, effective communication, and the ability to build and grow a high-performing team. Optiver offers a collaborative environment, performance-based bonus structure, and comprehensive benefits.
Senior Trading Infrastructure Engineer - Python
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Sep 27, 2023
You've probably accumulated a great deal of experience in some or all of: low level Linux; networking; hardware (FPGA, ASIC, PCB); CI/CD; Observability, but not afraid to take on any challenge that helps our business perform better. What you’ll getWork alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry with our approach of combining our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.Alongside this you will get great other benefits such as 25 paid vacation days and market holidays, fully paid commuting expenses and health insurance, daily breakfast and lunch, training opportunities, 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities, regular social events and clubs, and many more. You are comfortable with being in an empowered position whereby you are often called upon to make decisions, applying a common-sense, pragmatic approach resulting in dealing with the problems that really matter. You will have hands-on experience building platforms, frameworks, tools and systems to solve business problems, working directly with stakeholders to define problems, plans, and ultimately execution. You likely started your career in Software Engineering and have reorientated your focus towards infrastructure/IaC. You will be able to demonstrate your leadership qualities in the way you work, communicate and take independent action when required. This could involve work to enhance or build new systems to improve modelling, provisioning, configuration management and deployment. You will be very used to working with other teams, including global colleagues and be an effective communicator with these groups. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange. What you'll doIn this senior role, you will be working on the design and implementation of the systems used to manage our infrastructure. You will also have the ability to build and grow a high performing team. You will have some area of technical strength you can point to with confidence but also an ability to simplify complex problems and find consistency. It could also involve improving our observability capabilities and alerting, garnering insight and visibility into our systems and properly owning the common systems upon which development relies. Who you areYou are a highly experienced Engineer with a combination of skills from writing production level code in Python, architecture and design as well as networks and Linux systems. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in.
Graduate Quantitative Researcher (2024 Start - Chicago)
Company: Optiver
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 28, 2023
Optiver is seeking a full-time Quantitative Researcher to enhance core derivatives pricing and trading strategies. The role involves working closely with traders and software engineers to develop and improve pricing models, volatility surfaces, yield curves, and other quantitative elements of automated trading systems. The researcher will find solutions to pricing problems, test them with historical and live market data, and modify trading system components. The company values continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence, and offers comprehensive training, mentorship, and a performance-based bonus structure. The ideal candidate is currently enrolled in a PhD program in a related field, with experience in Matlab, R, Python, or similar tools, and strong research, analytical, and modeling skills.
FPGA Engineer Intern (Summer 2024 - Austin)
Company: Optiver
Location: Austin, TX
Posted Oct 27, 2023
Optiver is offering a Hardware Engineer Internship in Chicago, where interns will work on latency-critical applications, parallel systems, and networking interfaces. The role involves tight collaboration with senior engineers and traders, and the opportunity to ship code to production within weeks. Interns will tackle real issues, learn about trading, and participate in a training program. The internship includes a highly-competitive compensation package, flights, accommodations, and various office perks.