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About the Role

Join the Critical Engineering APAC team in Sydney as an experienced software engineer. You will build and operate the systems that Optiver's trading stack runs on, processing huge volumes of data, pricing thousands of financial instruments, and making millions of trading decisions in a safe, deterministic, real-time manner. You will own systems spanning real-time risk controls, reference data, trade-lifecycle infrastructure, and trading-integrity systems.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate components of the Critical Engineering APAC platform, taking ownership of meaningful, cross-team projects.
Write production-grade C++ for real-time, low-latency, and high-throughput services enabling Optiver's trading at scale.
Set technical direction and make architectural decisions within your area of ownership.
Partner with representatives from all domains to translate business problems into technical solutions.
Manage deployments to reduce risk and provide production support.
Maintain system quality through code review, automated testing, and strong observability.
Drive continuous improvement by replacing legacy or manual processes with better-engineered systems.
Mentor and act as a role model for less experienced engineers.

Requirements

Strong C++ programming ability, productive in production C++ from day one.
Excellent computer-science fundamentals: operating systems, data structures, algorithms, and networking.
Practical Linux/Unix proficiency.
3+ years building and operating production software systems.
Experience working through the full software development lifecycle: requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation.
A track record of solving technically challenging problems and shipping them to real users.

Skills

C++
Linux/Unix
Python
Distributed systems patterns
Observability tooling
CI/CD pipelines
Real-time systems
Low-latency systems
High-throughput systems
Relational databases
Modern data stacks
Trade lifecycle
DevOps
Operational excellence
Incident response
SLOs
Capacity planning

Location

Sydney

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years of experience building and operating production software systems

Benefits

Performance-based bonus structure
Global profit pool
Training, mentorship, and personal development opportunities
Daily breakfast, lunch, and in-house barista
Gym membership
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 in 1986, with offices worldwide. We are a leading liquidity provider with close to 2,000 employees committed to improving the market through competitive pricing, execution, and risk management.
We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, trading a wide range of products including listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, and foreign currencies.
Optiver's Sydney office, established in 1996, is a primary player in Asian markets and serves as Optiver's APAC head office, active on exchanges in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan.

Equal Opportunity

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.