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About the Role
The Senior Tech Risk Engineer will join the Tech Risk and Enablement team, ensuring the firm's technology function operates efficiently, scales effectively, and manages risks. This role partners with global CTOs to provide insights into technology organization performance and collaborates with risk and control teams to strengthen technology risk governance and response.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional initiatives across trading, technology, and control teams to scope problems and drive alignment.
- Run incident reviews with engineering leaders to synthesize patterns and risks, driving improvements across the technology function.
- Provide global CTOs with insights and suggestions for achieving operational excellence.
- Identify emerging technology risks, including those from AI adoption, and shape the firm's response.
- Contribute to the team's tools by generating metrics and dashboards or improving workflows.
Requirements
- A degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
- Ability to write code to automate workflows and handle data effectively.
- Proven track record of driving ambiguous, open-ended problems to outcomes with a proactive mindset.
- History of influencing and collaborating with individuals at all levels in high-performing organizations.
- Pragmatic thinking and strong communication skills.
- Strong aptitude for understanding complex technical systems.
- Genuine interest in the financial industry and motivation to learn.
Skills
- Risk Management
- Technology Governance
- Data Analysis
- Workflow Automation
- Cross-functional Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Technical Systems Understanding
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus structure
- Global profit pool
- Training, mentorship, and personal development opportunities
- Daily breakfast, lunch, and in-house barista
- Gym membership and weekly in-house chair massages
- Regular social events
- Company trip every two years
- Guided relocation
- Competitive relocation package
- Visa sponsorship
About the Company
- Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam with offices worldwide.
- Established in 1986, Optiver is a leading liquidity provider with nearly 2,000 employees globally.
- The company's mission is to improve markets through competitive pricing, execution, and risk management.
- Optiver provides liquidity to financial markets using its own capital, trading a wide range of products.
- The Sydney office is a primary player in Asian markets and serves as Optiver's APAC head office.
- Optiver fosters a culture of collaboration and excellence, encouraging continuous improvement.
Equal Opportunity
- Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds.
- Reasonable adjustments are welcomed during the application process.