Posted Apr 4, 2026
Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical expertise and support to high-frequency trading floors, troubleshooting complex issues and resolving incidents in a fast-paced, dynamic setting. - Deploy, maintain, and monitor proprietary trading applications to ensure stability and performance in the trading environment. - Review and analyze incidents to identify recurring themes, driving improvements for enhanced automation and operational efficiency. - Coordinate deployments of new trading products, systems, and exchanges to ensure readiness for events such as corporate actions or special announcements. - Architect and maintain services to maximize reliability, ensuring that the trading systems operate within performance thresholds. - Collaborate with development teams to establish best practices and ensure the long-term 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. Qualifications Required:
Solid experience managing complex distributed systems in Linux environments (L2/L3 support), 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. Additional Company Details (if present): Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices across various locations worldwide. Established in 1986, Optiver is a leading liquidity provider in financial markets, committed to improving the market through competitive pricing, execution, and risk management. The company participates in safeguarding healthy and efficient markets by providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments. Optiver offers a range of perks to employees, including a performance-based bonus structure, continuous learning and development opportunities, daily meals, gym/club memberships, corporate health insurance, and more. The company is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Role Overview: The Global Production Operations Engineering (ProdOps) team at Optiver is responsible for maintaining and scaling the company's low-latency trading systems. As an engineer in this team, your primary focus will be to ensure a safe, stable, and efficient production environment while supporting profitability and sustainable growth across various regions. You will collaborate closely with traders, development, and operational teams to deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the trading infrastructure, enhancing reliability, performance, and automation. Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical expertise and support to high-frequency trading floors, troubleshooting complex issues and resolving incidents in a fast-paced, dynamic setting. - Deploy, maintain, and monitor proprietary trading applications to ensure stability and performance in the trading environment. - Review and analyze incidents to identify recurring themes, driving improvements for enhanced automation and operational efficiency. - Coordinate deployments of new trading products, systems, and exchanges to ensure readiness for events such as corporate actions or special announcements. - Architect and maintain services to maximize reliability, ensuring that the trading systems operate within performance thresholds. - Collaborate with development teams to establish best practices and ensure the long-term 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. Qualifications Required:
Solid experience managing complex distributed systems in Linux environments (L2/L3 support), with a strong understandi
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