Excited by the idea of having to manage over 5000 components across
more than 20 locations world-wide? Can you make split second decisions
that directly influence our P&L and do you keep your cool when
everything around you seems to fall apart? Are you the type of engineer
who improves their work by automating tasks? Then you will fit right in!
Technology at Optiver
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 a DevOps Systems Engineer you are the custodian of our production
trading environment. You will care for our trading software and systems
using your distinct skillset and insights, and adapt the environment as
required to achieve our business goals. Activities include setting up,
tweaking, optimizing and monitoring the different software and hardware
components manually, as well as developing tools to make these
activities less labour intensive and more consistent.
You constantly
keep an eye on our trading activities, answering questions and
troubleshooting issues as they arise. You will be working with highly
skilled, smart and engaged colleagues within a team of traders,
researchers, software engineers and other systems engineers. Together
you constantly question the status quo; see whether it makes sense and
is the most optimal, and find ways to improve and then make it happen.
What you'll need
- a Bachelor, Master or PhD degree level in IT related study;
- extremely well-developed analytical skills, smartness and stress resistance;
- experience with Unix/Linux as well as Windows systems;
- scripting skills (i.e. Python, Bash, PowerShell, SQL);
- facilitating and enabling attitude, with a hands-on mentality;
- to be a team player with excellent communication skills;
- experience in data analysis is a plus.
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 problem solving and programming (in Python) skills.
No prior trading knowledge needed