Trading Production Engineer 2025
Trading Production Engineer 2025
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Job Description
Trading Production Engineer
The Trading Operations Production Support Engineering team is responsible for maintaining and scalingOptiverslowlatency trading systems. The team ensures a safe stable and efficient production environment while supporting profitability and sustainable growth across various regions. Collaborating closely with traders development and operational teams the engineer will deploy monitor troubleshoot and optimize our trading infrastructure to enhance reliability performance and automation.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Provide technical expertise and support to highfrequency trading floors troubleshooting complex issues and resolving incidents in a fastpaced dynamic setting.
- Deploy maintain and monitor proprietary trading applications ensuring stability and performance in the trading environment.
- Review andanalyzeincidents to identify recurring themes driving improvements to enhance automation and operational efficiency.
- Coordinate deployments of new trading products systems and exchanges ensuring readiness for events such as corporate actions or special announcements.
- Architect and maintain services to maximize reliability ensuring the trading systems operate within performance thresholds.
- Collaborate with development teams to establish best practices and ensure the longterm stability of production systems even under extreme conditions.
- Set standards for system configuration and deployment to minimize risks and support smooth scaling.
- Manage the colocation to ensure the right level of redundancy and capacity for growth is available.
- Automate system management processes while maintaining control over critical operations.
WHO YOU ARE
Technical Skills:
- Prior experience managing complex distributed systems in Linux environments with a strong understanding of networking fundamentals build deployment and version control systems.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tooling and scripting in Python or similar languages to automate tasks.
- Experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) or other database systems.
- Demonstrated ability to drive system improvements and work across global teams to deliver changes.
NonTechnical Skills:
- A collaborative team player with a positive attitude capable of coordinating effectively across departments.
- A pragmatic and logical thinker who thrives under pressure in highintensity environments with strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve incidents efficiently.
- Effective communicator able to clearly explain technical concepts and ask insightful questions.
- Highly organized able to manage multiple responsibilities while keeping stakeholders informed.
- Passionate about technology curious about the interaction between hardware and software and driven to learn and grow by embracing frequent change.
- Prior experience in highfrequency trading environments is a plus but not required.
No prior trading or financial experience is needed our onboarding program will kickstart your career at Optiver and support you in gaining all the relevant knowledge about our business.
WHO WE ARE
At Optiver our mission is to continuously improve the market. By providing liquidity and accurate pricing in various financial instruments to multiple exchanges across the world we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets.
HOW TO APPLY
Are you interested in furthering your career on one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe
Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via .
Please note:
- We cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons.
- We do not require any assistance from thirdparties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Optiver is committed todiversity and inclusion.
Employment Type
Full Time
