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About the Role

Join Optiver's High-Frequency Trading (HFT) team as a Senior Software Engineer to design, improve, and execute fully automated trading strategies using machine learning. Lead complex technical projects, shape trading infrastructure, and drive technical progress. Work on challenging algorithmic problems, owning the end-to-end process from data to production execution, building robust systems for scalable research and low-latency machine learning models across thousands of financial instruments.

Responsibilities

Establish technical vision and direction for machine learning-driven trading systems in futures and equities.
Partner with researchers to solve complex, high-value business problems.
Build and maintain end-to-end trading infrastructure, from research to production.
Push frequent, impactful code changes to production.
Contribute to Optiver's pricing, research, and trading models from ideation to implementation.
Ensure programs adhere to coding, architectural, and operational standards.

Requirements

Experience leading large-scale projects.
Solid engineering instincts and deep understanding of computer science fundamentals.
Innovative, pragmatic thinking.
Desire for continuous improvement in a rapidly evolving environment.
Readiness to set technical direction, promote engineering principles, and ensure best practices.

Skills

C++
C
Python
Linux

Location

Austin, TX
On-site

Work Type

On-site

Experience Level

Senior level
Experience leading large-scale projects
2+ years of C++ experience in low-latency systems (e.g., market data ingestion, order routing, execution performance, simulation frameworks)

Salary/Compensations

Highly competitive compensation package
Global profit-sharing pool
Performance-based bonus structure

Benefits

401(k) match up to 50%
Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
Extensive office perks including breakfast, lunch, snacks, regular social events, clubs, and sporting leagues

About the Company

Optiver is a global market maker driven by technology.
Mission: improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing the market.
Prioritizes safeguarding market health and efficiency for all participants.
One of the largest market making institutions, a respected partner on 100+ exchanges globally.
Austin office serves as the firm’s innovation nucleus, focusing on quantitative research, software development, and hardware engineering.
Austin team advances investments in machine learning, research infrastructure, and big data computing.
Austin office located in The Domain neighborhood, surrounded by music, food, and outdoor spaces.

Equal Opportunity

Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.