Trading Operations Engineer

The Trading Operations Production Support Engineering team is responsible for maintaining and scaling Optiver’s low-latency trading systems. The team ensures a safe, stable, and efficient production environment while supporting profitability and sustainable growth across various regions.

Requirements

• Provide technical expertise and support to high-frequency trading floors, troubleshooting complex issues and resolving incidents in a fast-paced, dynamic setting.
• Deploy, maintain, and monitor proprietary trading applications, ensuring stability and performance in the trading environment.
• Review and analyze incidents to identify recurring themes, driving improvements to enhance automation and operational efficiency.
• Coordinate deployments of new trading products, systems, and exchanges, ensuring readiness for events such as corporate actions or special announcements.
• Architect and maintain services to maximize reliability, ensuring the trading systems operate within performance thresholds.
• Collaborate with development teams to establish best practices and ensure the long-term stability of production systems, even under extreme conditions.
• Set standards for system configuration and deployment to minimize risks and support smooth scaling.
• Manage the colocation to ensure the right level of redundancy and capacity for growth is available.
• Automate system management processes, while maintaining control over critical operations.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus structure
• Opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries
• 25 paid vacation days in the first year, increasing to 30 from the second year onwards
• Training opportunities
• Discounts on health insurance
• Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
• Extensive office perks