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About the Role

Develop cutting-edge strategies that directly impact and improve the global financial markets. Manage a trading book as part of a team of expert traders and work alongside researchers and engineers to design, develop and enhance trading strategies, fully immersing in the world of market making. This is an expression of interest for the 2026 campaign.

Responsibilities

• Trading, while constantly looking for creative quantitative solutions to real-world events, ahead of the competition.
• Developing robust pricing models and algorithms to offer the best price on the products you trade.
• Building tools, conducting analysis and leading projects that take your team’s trading strategies to the next level.
• Working collectively with our talented team of traders, engineers and researchers, to solve complex problems and remain at the forefront of the industry.
• Seeking continuous improvement in everything you do.

Requirements

• Final year university student or recent graduate.
• An Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or able to provide evidence of full working rights.
• Lateral thinker, with a passion for quantitative problems and working in collaborative, dynamic environments.
• Holds superior logical reasoning skills.

Skills

• Pragmatic mindset
• Logical problem-solving skills
• Mathematical precision
• Programming or scripting in Python is a plus

Location

• Amsterdam
• Sydney

Work Type

• Full-time
• Graduate

Experience Level

• Graduate

Education Level

• University student or recent graduate

Salary/Compensations

• Performance-based bonus structure

Benefits

• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
• Gym membership
• Weekly in-house chair massages
• Daily breakfast
• Daily lunch
• In-house barista
• Regular social events

About the Company

• Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.