Software Engineer Developer Experience

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

Optiver is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Developer Experience team. This team is crucial in building the tools and platforms that power our development workflows enabling our engineers to work fast and with confidence. Youll be responsible for building the infrastructure tooling and automation that power the entire software development lifecycle from local development to production deployment; the improvements you make to our developer environment will improve the daily workflow of hundreds of developers across multiple regions.

Were looking for a strong engineer with a passion for improving developer experience an awareness of modern tooling and workflows with a track record of identifying and implementing high-impact productivity improvements. Youll join a growing global team on a mission to improve every part of the developer experience at Optiver.

Other responsibilities include:

• Design build and maintain scalable build systems used across the company including core build libraries common CI/CD pipelines and Docker images
• Develop tools and integrations that make the local develop-build-test iteration loop faster and more seamless - including IDE extensions CLI tools and container-based workflows
• Automate processes to streamline the release and deployment lifecycle enabling rapid continuous deployment
• Track emerging trends in Developer Experience and AI exploring and supporting the integration adoption of AI assisted tools and coding agentsinto daily development workflows
• Help us define meaningful metrics to measure and better quantify developer productivity
• Partner with development teams to identify friction in their workflows and design solutions that simplify their set up improve iteration speed and enhance productivity

Who you are

• Familiarity with designing and optimising containerised build workflows using tools such as Docker Bazel CMake Ninja Poetry etc
• Skilled in building CI workflows on platforms like GitHub Actions or Jenkins that provide fast reliable feedback and automate repetitive tasks
• Strong coding fundamentals and experience across both scripting and compiled languages with a focus on writing scalable high-quality software
• Have strong engineering instinctsand a deep understanding of the end-to-end lifecycle of software development from ideation to deployment
• Passionate about improving the developer experience; with a proven track record of initiating and successfully driving developer productivity improvements at scale through impactful tooling and automation
• Curious collaborative and eager to work in a high-performing environment that values continuous improvement
• Comfortable working autonomously and collaboratively with a practical approach to solving real-world challenges

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 structureunmatchedanywhere 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 rewardingenvironment.

• 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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