Who We Are Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies. In Asia Pacific, Optiver was one of the first global market makers to establish a presence in the region, with the incorporation our Sydney office in 1996. Since then, we have expanded our footprint by establishing offices in Taipei (2005), Hong Kong (2007), Shanghai (2012) and Singapore (2021). The business in Mumbai is newly established and deemed to be an integral part of the APAC strategy, with an anticipation of significant growth over the coming years. What You’ll Do Optiver leverages technology to solve a variety of complex problems: optimising for scarce bandwidth, responding to market events with nanosecond speed, automatically pricing complex sets of financial instruments with extremely low error tolerance, and analysing huge volumes of data. Our systems are built to add to the stability of the market, not detract from it; therefore, they must operate at peak efficiency in the most extreme market conditions. Our Senior Software Engineers not only lead technical projects, but also help set the direction for our trading infrastructure and serve as role models within the organisation. As one of the first engineers on the ground, you will collaborate with fellow Engineers, Traders, and Researchers to develop a deep understanding of trading, exchanges and what the 'machine' is doing. Your challenge is to further innovate and maintain the foundation underlying our wider infrastructure. Your other responsibilities will depend on what team you go into, but we expect our Senior Engineers to also be involved with: The design, development and deployment of services that comprise our globally distributed trading platform. Delivering large bodies of well-engineered code. Building partnerships across the business to ensure we're feeding the best ideas into our solutions. Managing deployments to reduce risk and provide production support where required. Finding the simplest, cleanest solutions and continually optimise them. Building software that balances complex system performance in a reliable trading environment. Mentoring junior engineers. Who You Are Optiver needs our next Senior Software Engineer to be someone with: A solid grasp of Computer Science fundamentals like operating systems, data structures and algorithms. As our main body of software is written in C++ 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 learn new languages quickly. Proven ability to work through the full software development lifecycle, from gathering requirements, to testing and deployment. Experience making architectural recommendations on IT solutions, design & approach. A passion for solving complex problems with well-engineered, fit for purpose, code. What You'll Get The chance to work alongside diverse, intelligent, and driven peers in a rewarding environment Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities Competitive benefits As an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. Show more Show less

Are you interested in Equity Research? Do you have an analytical mind and excellent quantitative skills? Does pricing and trading equity derivatives sound exciting to you? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our burgeoning India office and wider APAC Equity Team. We are looking for a talented Equity Analyst to provide real-time news analysis and fundamental research on industries and companies in India. You will be collaborating closely with other Analysts and Traders to help generate timely trade ideas with a focus on Indian equities. Are you ready? WHAT YOU’LL DO: Own news-reading and analysis, providing market updates to morning meetings, writing morning/weekly wraps of relevant market observations, and forecast upcoming market moving catalysts. From prep work, generate timely trade ideas working with traders. Achieve this through: Data gathering, analysis, interpretation, and visualization efforts for fundamental analysis projects. Providing real-time news monitoring and fundamental research on industries and companies. Communicating with listed companies for operation updates. WHO YOU ARE: Bachelor’s degree, preferably economics, finance, science / engineering based, Chartered Accountant 5+ years’ experience in relevant role as an analyst, strategist or equivalent Keen demonstrable interest in global markets, economics, and politics. English and Indian language skills Basic technical ability in programming in Python Experience in volatility trading or research WHAT YOU’LL GET: The chance to work alongside diverse, intelligent, and driven peers in a rewarding environment. Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure and additional leave entitlements. Training, mentorship, and personal development opportunities. As an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued, and respected, because we believe our best work is done together. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. Show more Show less

WHO WE ARE: At Optiver, trading is our business, and we believe that to be competitive, we need to adapt, innovate, and continuously improve. Our strategy research team combines data and a systematic approach to identify opportunities in the market. Then, we iterate on these ideas to maximise the performance of our strategies. This is where you come in! In Asia Pacific, Optiver was one of the first global market makers to establish a presence in the region, with the incorporation our Sydney office in 1996. Since then, we have expanded our footprint by establishing offices in Taipei (2005), Hong Kong (2007), Shanghai (2012) and Singapore (2021). The business in Mumbai is newly established and deemed to be an integral part of the APAC strategy, with an anticipation of significant growth over the coming years. WHAT YOU’LL DO: You will improve our trading results using insights driven by data. You'll work closely with the development, research, and trading teams. You will develop hypotheses and test them experimentally. You'll direct engineering efforts and build tools to monitor and optimise our low-latency trading strategies. You'll work with cutting-edge hardware and terabytes of data. You’ll reverse engineer systems to understand how to improve our trading success. In short, you’ll be responsible for defining and driving improvements to our trading through technology. WHO YOU ARE: 2-5 years' years in an equivalent role. An understanding of how computer systems work e.g., memory allocation, caches, system programming, networking. Experience in programming Python (Pandas, Numpy, SciPy) or other data science toolkits (R, Matlab) strongly preferred. Scientific and critical thinking skills, as well as an eye for detail. Outstanding communication skills. You’re able to coordinate with multiple stakeholder groups, challenging thinking and obtaining buy-in. The ability to present complex ideas with data to expedite decision making. A focus on pragmatic outcomes, and the ability to prioritise effectively. An interest in, or knowledge of, trading. Reverse engineering experience a bonus. WHAT YOU’LL GET: The chance to work alongside diverse, intelligent, and driven peers in a rewarding environment Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities Competitive benefits A work-from-home allowance and support As an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. Show more Show less

An exciting opportunity now exists for a self-motivated, ambitious individual to join the APAC People Services Team as a Regional HR Co-ordinator, as the organisation continues to grow and the team’s involvement in all facets of the business expands. WHO WE ARE: Optiver is a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management. Optiver’s APAC operations spans across multiple countries in the APAC region including, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. Optiver is proud of its unique organisational culture, which is simultaneously low on formality and bureaucracy and highly focused on performance and innovation. We have a performance-driven culture and continually strive for enhanced knowledge, improved systems and streamlined processes. We are passionate about creating value for the business and supporting the continued success of Optiver. We believe in people with ideas who challenge the status quo and want to help you reach your potential. WHAT YOU’LL DO: As part of our APAC People Team, you're here to make people's lives easier and create an impact. As a Regional HR Co-ordinator, you’re responsible for the coordination and execution of HR related activities and you’ll be the first point of contact for Managers and Employees on all HR system, process, policy and program enquiries, through every aspect of the employee lifecycle. While your primary focus will be supporting the India organisation, you are part of a Regional Operations team, so your activities will also expand out to supporting other countries and employees within the APAC region. Coordination and administration of tasks and processes relating to employee movements including onboarding, offboarding, transfers and leave management. First level support for all HR enquiries relating to HR systems, processes, policies and programs. Process transactions and maintain the integrity of all employee records and data in our HRIS (Workday) and other HR Systems. Assist with payroll related enquiries, monthly administration and reporting. Supporting HR Business Partners with creating and administering new HR processes. Sending out HR related employee and manager communications to the business. Partnering with the wider team and business, including the recruitment team, IT Enterprise to ensure processes and systems are working optimally. Identification of continuous improvement initiatives. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: 2+ years’ experience in a similar role Experience working with executing HR processes in Workday Strong administration and organisational skills with a high attention to detail Effective time management and multi-tasking ability Ability to take initiative, be committed and deliver results Enthusiasm for engaging with employees and managers at all levels across the business, with a strong focus on employee experience Eager to optimise processes and challenge the status quo. You are tenacious and pride yourself on having a growth mindset Working knowledge of MS Office including Outlook, Excel (strong), Word and PowerPoint What You Will Get We find talented people and give them what they need to do their best work. We believe in autonomy, responsibility and collaboration to deliver results. We expect the best - and we give it in return. We've built an enviable culture that focuses on smart people, not smart wardrobes. You will get the support and tools to develop your skills on the job s that you feel empowered to be at your best and develop your career. You will work in a high performance and stimulating environment, where you are seriously rewarded for your impact. To be concrete, we offer unparalleled remuneration and great secondary benefits, such as an attractive bonus structures, additional leave entitlements, training opportunities, breakfast and lunch facilities, premium gym and sports membership, even weekly massages and meditation sessions. At Optiver we believe that great ideas and impact can come from anyone – that each person is different and has their own background, perspectives and unique experiences that can add to Optiver’s success. Having an inclusive culture is important to us, we want to be a place where people feel like they belong, where they can show up and do their best work and be their authentic self. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Show more Show less

WHAT YOU LL DO Optiver leverages technology to solve a variety of complex problems: optimising for scarce bandwidth, responding to market events with nanosecond speed, automatically pricing complex sets of financial instruments with extremely low error tolerance, and analysing huge volumes of data. Our systems are built to add to the stability of the market, not detract from it; therefore, they must operate at peak efficiency in the most extreme market conditions. Our Software Engineers not only lead technical projects, but also help set the direction for our trading infrastructure and serve as role models within the organisation. As one of the first engineers on the ground, you will collaborate with fellow Engineers, Traders, and Researchers to develop a deep understanding of trading, exchanges and what the machine is doing. Your challenge is to further innovate and maintain the foundation underlying our wider infrastructure. Your other responsibilities will depend on what team you go into, but we expect our Engineers to also be involved with: The design, development and deployment of services that comprise our globally distributed trading platform. Delivering large bodies of well-engineered code. Building partnerships across the business to ensure were feeding the best ideas into our solutions. Managing deployments to reduce risk and provide production support where required. Finding the simplest, cleanest solutions and continually optimise them. Building software that balances complex system performance in a reliable trading environment. Mentoring junior engineers. WHO YOU ARE Optiver needs our next Software Engineer to be someone with: A solid grasp of Computer Science fundamentals like operating systems, data structures and algorithms. As our main body of software is written in C++ 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 learn new languages quickly. Proven ability to work through the full software development lifecycle, from gathering requirements, to testing and deployment. Experience making architectural recommendations on IT solutions, design & approach. A passion for solving complex problems with well-engineered, fit for purpose, code. WHAT YOULL GET The chance to work alongside diverse, intelligent, and driven peers in a rewarding environment Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities Competitive benefits

Who We Are Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies. In Asia Pacific, Optiver was one of the first global market makers to establish a presence in the region, with the incorporation our Sydney office in 1996. Since then, we have expanded our footprint by establishing offices in Taipei (2005), Hong Kong (2007), Shanghai (2012) and Singapore (2021). The business in Mumbai is newly established and deemed to be an integral part of the APAC strategy, with an anticipation of significant growth over the coming years. What You'll Do We are looking for an FPGA Development Team Lead to hit the ground running as one of the founding members of our Mumbai FPGA & low latency development team, working on Optiver's execution platforms. You'll be focused on achieving best-in-market trade execution on the highly competitive Indian exchanges: NSE, BSE and MCX. But you won't be alone - you'll be backed by a strong collaboration with established FPGA & low latency development teams in Sydney and Shanghai plus gain exposure to the challenges in execution in Optiver's global businesses including in the USA and Europe. As a leader you will have a strong relationship with internal stakeholders including the trading, risk, compliance, and research teams who will all be collocated with you in the Mumbai office. You'll define the future of our execution platform and execute that vision with your mixed team of FPGA developers and low latency software developers, and through influencing teams in the rest of the Asia Pacific region. You will also be responsible for building that team and growing your developers to reach their potential. As this is a hybrid role, you'll still have the opportunity to be hands-on with some VHDL and C++. The developers in your team seek out business problems and design innovative solutions, owning their changes end-to-end including understanding the business problem, design, implementation, testing, deployment and monitoring. They are specialists in hybrid FPGA/software system design and consider which parts of the system are in the FPGA or in software. Our development is often fast paced, fulfilling and rewarding, with the ability to work on features and see them running in production within days. Other responsibilities include: Build and run a high performance mixed FPGA development & low latency software development team, including managing performance, career development and delivery. Define the architecture of our ultra low latency trading stack in collaboration with other senior developers. Contribute to the vision and strategy for Optiver's Asia Pacific execution capability. Implement and/or build solutions to enable our low latency trading and make Optiver number one status in Indian markets. Work with stakeholders across the business in a highly collaborative, flat structure. Own the automated trading risk of our ultra low latency trading system, defining standards and practices to manage return on risk. Who You Are We need our next FPGA Team Lead to be someone with: 5+ years experience in FPGA development in financial services/capital markets. Experience leading and developing a team. Experience working through the full development lifecycle with responsibilities including gathering requirements, development, testing, deployment, monitoring and ongoing maintenance. You will also have experience leading projects. Proficient in one or more of the following: VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog. Basic skills in C++ (or something comparable) and Python. An understanding of computer networks and protocols (TCP/IP/UDP). What You'll Get You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Driven by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets. In addition, you’ll receive: Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure that is unmatched in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool, fostering a truly collaborative environment. The opportunity to work alongside diverse, intelligent, and driven peers in a rewarding environment. Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems. Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities Competitive benefits A work-from-home allowance and support DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. Please let us know if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments by contacting the Recruitment team via careers@optiver.com.au.