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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Options Market Maker to lead our presence across U.S. options exchange trading floors. You will be the primary link between our electronic trading desks, floor brokers, DPM/LMM communities, and exchange personnel, driving liquidity provision, execution quality, and market structure opportunities across venues.

Responsibilities

• Make markets in eligible equity, ETF, and index options.
• Represent the firm across options exchanges; build relationships with floor brokers, DPMs/LMMs, and exchange officials.
• Track exchange rule changes, fees, and incentive programs.
• Partner with electronic traders to optimize quoting and execution quality.
• Facilitate large or complex executions; monitor floor specific KPIs, fill rates and market share across venues.
• Ensure compliance with exchange rules and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor’s degree.
• Deep understanding of financial instruments, trading exchanges and markets.
• Possess a high aptitude with mathematics.
• Excellent communicator and team player.
• Strong relationship-builder across traders, brokers, and exchange personnel.
• 3+ years in options trading, market making, floor brokerage, or exchange operations.
• Prior listed options market-making experience.
• Series 57 active and in good standing.
• Existing relationships within the floor broker and market maker communities.

Skills

• Options trading
• Market making
• Floor brokerage
• Exchange operations
• Mathematics
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Relationship building

Location

• U.S. options exchange trading floors

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $200,000—$200,000 USD

Benefits

• Work alongside best-in-class professionals from 40+ countries.
• Highly competitive compensation, global profit-sharing pool, and performance bonus.
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage.
• 25 paid vacation days plus market holidays.

About the Company

• At Optiver, our mission is to improve markets by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing markets in all conditions. As one of the largest market-making firms, we're a trusted partner on 100+ exchanges globally.

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.