About the Role
FutureFocus is an immersive five-day program designed to ignite your potential as a future developer, trader, or researcher at Optiver. It offers insights into trading fundamentals and Optiver’s cutting-edge trading systems, building key skills for success.
Responsibilities
- Guide participants through the intricacies of market making via hands-on and classroom learning.
- Provide opportunities to explore tech career pathways and discover cutting-edge techniques.
- Showcase world-class trading systems in action.
- Teach core trading fundamentals and strategy building for virtual market deployment.
- Facilitate connections with recent graduates to share personal experiences.
- Offer mentorship and support from in-house trainers and senior developers.
- Provide an experience of Optiver's culture and perks.
Requirements
- Must be a pre-penultimate university student graduating in 2028 or 2029.
- All degree backgrounds are considered.
- Must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or have full working rights.
- Must be an inquisitive thinker with a passion for quantitative problems and collaborative environments.
- Must possess superior quantitative and logical reasoning skills.
- Must enjoy working on a variety of problems with a strong focus on results.
- Must be excited to test yourself in dynamic financial market areas.
Skills
- Quantitative problem-solving
- Logical reasoning
- Collaboration
- Adaptability in dynamic environments
Location
- Optiver Sydney office
Work Type
- Full-time
- Program
Experience Level
- Student
Education Level
- University student (pre-penultimate)
Benefits
- Travel and accommodation costs covered (if residing outside Sydney)
- Daily breakfast, lunch, and coffee
- Weekly massages
About the Company
- Optiver is a leading tech-driven trading firm.
- Optiver operates at the forefront of global financial markets with world-class trading systems.
Equal Opportunity
- Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
- Welcomes requests for reasonable adjustments during the application process.
