Senior Tech Risk Engineer

Who we are

Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam with offices in London Chicago Austin New York Sydney Shanghai Hong Kong Singapore Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986 today we are a leading liquidity provider with close to 2000 employees in offices around the world united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital at our own risk trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives cash equities ETFs bonds and foreign currencies.

Optivers Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets trading a range of products. Established in 1996 were an active participant on the Hong Kong Korea Singapore Taiwan and Japan exchanges and act as Optivers APAC head office.

What youll do

Were looking for a Senior Technology Risk Analyst to join our Tech Risk and Enablement team. The team ensures that the firms technology function operates efficiently scales effectively and stays in control of its risks. You will partner with global CTOs to provide insight into how the technology organisation is performing and work alongside risk and control teams to strengthen how we govern and respond to technology risks as they evolve.

In the projects we run we act as a central link between technology trading compliance and risk the services we provide - such as hosting the firms incident retro process and reviewing emerging risks with senior leadership - youll work closely with senior leaders gaining broad exposure across domains and connecting the dots between teams.

While not a software development role youll have opportunities to contribute to the teams own tools - generating metrics and dashboards or improving workflows.

You will:

• Lead cross-functional initiatives across trading technology and control teams to scope the problem and drive alignment on the path forward.

• Run incident reviews with engineering leaders to synthesise patterns and risks and use them to drive improvements across the technology function.

• Provide global CTOs with insight and suggestions that enable them to achieve operational excellence within the technology function.

• Identify emerging technology risks including those introduced by the rapid adoption of AI tools and platforms and shape how the firm responds.

Who you are

Were looking for candidates:

• With a degree in Computer Science (or a similar field).

• Who can write code to automate workflows and handle data effectively (extensive software engineering experience is not required).

• With a track record of taking ambiguous open-ended problems and driving them through to outcomes with a hands-on proactive mindset.

• With a history of influencing and working well with individuals at all levels across high-performing talent-dense organisations.

• Who think pragmatically and communicate strongly.

• With a strong aptitude for understanding how complex technical systems work.

• Who are genuinely interested in the financial industry and motivated to learn more.

What youll get

Youll join a culture of collaboration and excellence where youll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Driven by a passion for continuous improvement youll thrive in a supportive high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues working collectively to tackle some of the most complex problems in the financial markets.

In return for your expertise you will have access to a range of Optiver perks including:

• A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment.

• The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.

• Training mentorship and personal development opportunities.

• Daily breakfast lunch and an in-house barista.

• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages.

• Regular social events including a company trip every two years.

• Guided relocation a competitive relocation package and visa sponsorship where necessary.

Diversity

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

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