AI Engineer

What you'll get

You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers.

Motivated by continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment while tackling some of the toughest technical challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you'll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside world-class engineers and researchers from more than 40 countries
• A highly competitive compensation package, including a performance-based bonus
• A 401(k) match of up to 50%
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, mental health, disability, and life insurance
• 25 days of paid vacation, plus market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch, snacks, social events, clubs, sports leagues, and more

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including extensive production experience developing applications in Python
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including software architecture, object-oriented design, design patterns, distributed systems, testing, and building scalable, resilient applications
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating production LLM applications, with practical knowledge of model evaluation, prompt engineering, tool calling, context management, agent orchestration, and common failure modes
• Experience defining evaluation frameworks and using quantitative metrics to guide model selection, prompt iteration, and production readiness
• Experience integrating AI systems with external tools, APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and modern AI application frameworks
• Strong engineering judgment, with the ability to determine when AI is the right solution—and when traditional software or deterministic automation is more appropriate
• Experience building highly reliable production systems where correctness, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence are essential
• Strong product mindset, with the ability to translate ambiguous business problems into practical technical solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering directly with cross-functional teams and end users to refine requirements, challenge assumptions, and deliver scalable solutions
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions.

With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants.

As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge.

Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position.

This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process.

This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.