Optiver
Software Engineer - Trading Strategies
$200K
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Full-time · Posted Jun 26, 2026
- Experience
- Experienced engineers; no specific number of years stated.
About the job
Build and own trading systems, strategies, research platforms, and execution workflows across Optiver’s Trading Strategies teams.
What you'll do
- Develop trading infrastructure, algorithms, execution systems, and research or simulation platforms.
- Partner with traders and researchers to improve execution, pricing, analytics, and trading workflows.
- Lead complex engineering projects and take ownership of technical direction and outcomes.
What they ask for
- Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment.
- Proficiency in systems-level programming, such as C or C++, with Linux and networking fundamentals.
- Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution.
Pay
$200,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Linux
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