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About the Role
As a Software Engineering Intern, you will collaborate with mentors and teammates to develop software for Optiver’s real-time trading environment. You will work on projects to optimize systems, test and ship code, and observe its performance in production. This role involves tackling daily engineering challenges in evolving financial markets.
Responsibilities
- Build a strong foundation in trading fundamentals, theoretical concepts, and financial markets.
- Work closely with senior engineers and traders to design, develop, test, and ship code to production.
- Tackle complex, real-world problems to enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Learn how engineers collaborate with traders and researchers to understand requirements, respond to feedback, and improve systems.
Requirements
- Penultimate-year student in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
- Ability to work full time upon graduation in 2028.
- Passionate for clean code, simple, well-architected systems, and continuous improvement.
- Proficient in industry-standard coding languages such as C++, Python, or Java.
- Strong understanding of underlying computer architecture and system operations.
- Entrepreneurial attitude and an interest in the financial industry.
- Analytical mindset and strong problem-solving skills.
- Able to work closely with other engineers, traders, and business operations.
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the London Summer 2027 Internship.
- Optiver is unable to provide visa sponsorship, visa extension support, or other immigration support for this internship.
- Any offer will be conditional on satisfactory right-to-work verification before the internship begins.
- Must be able to take online assessments within 7 days of application.
- If you have completed an online assessment or interviewed for a technology graduate or internship role at any Optiver location in the past 8 months, you are not eligible to reapply.
Skills
- C++
- Python
- Java
- Computer Architecture
- System Operations
- Problem-solving
- Analytical Skills
Location
- London
- Amsterdam
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time upon graduation
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- Penultimate-year student in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive internship compensation package
Benefits
- Accommodation included
- Extensive office perks
- Breakfast and lunch provided
- World-class barista coffee
- Opportunity to participate in sports and leisure activities
- Social events
About the Company
- Optiver is building with cutting edge AI technology in the most competitive, data rich landscapes in the world: financial markets.
- Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.
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.
- Optiver has a global application re-apply policy for our intern and graduate roles.