In order to be successful in our trading domain, we
constantly need the most advanced technology, trading software and
connections to the market. In short, we need the best technologists to
develop, optimise and support our systems and tools. With 12 datacenters
and thousands of servers we run ten thousands of trading components
executing hundred thousands of trades every day. These systems produce a
lot of data that needs to be wrangled to turn it into valuable
information for different areas of the business.
What you’ll do
As member of the Core Applications team you will be focusing on the
infrastructural and strategic components of our software landscape. We
provide the rock-solid software backbone on which the business relies
every single day, and we lay out the technical arena in which the
trading-focused development teams can continue to innovate.
As
developer in our team you will not only be challenged on your technical
knowledge and skills, but also on your capacity for producing simple and
elegant solutions in face of a hectic and ever changing business
environment.
What you’ll need
- A genuine and deep desire to write clean and correct code, mixed
with a strong desire to deliver architectural and strategic solutions,
topped off with a considerable dose of realistic and sustainable
pragmatism allowing you to simply get things done;
- A solid grasp of computer science, knowing your algorithms, memory-,
and concurrency models, CPU-architecture, operating systems, relational
databases, etc;
- As our main body of software is written in C++ (14) and runs on
Linux, you will either need to have extensive experience in this
language and platform or be more than willing to learn on the job. Next
to C++, we also extensively use Python, C# and other languages in
Optiver and you are therefore expected to be willing and able to pick up
on new languages quickly;
- We are looking for both senior and junior ‘great minds’. If you feel
comfortable with the characteristics outlined above we encourage you to
apply!
What you’ll get
Optiver is above all a state of mind. We are looking for you when you
believe in daily improvement, when you like to be seriously rewarded
for your performance and when you easily adapt to change and enjoy some
humour and fun. To be concrete, we offer excellent remuneration and
great secondary benefits, such as an attractive profit sharing
structure, training opportunities, fully paid first-class commuting
expenses, a premium-free pension, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports
and leisure activities, even weekly chair massages and of course Friday
afternoon drinks. We are used to guiding expats through their
relocation and offer relocation packages and discounts on health
insurance.
Interested?
The first step after applying for this job is an online (HackerRank)
test assessing your programming fundamentals (in C++, C# and/or Java).
No prior trading knowledge needed.
