Senior Data Engineer

You'll join a team building the foundations of how Optiver understands and operates its business. The data products you build will be used by business teams, leadership, and increasingly by AI-powered tools and conversational analytics experiences.

You'll work across a broad range of domains, from People and Finance to Procurement and Compliance, gaining exposure to how a global trading firm operates while building solutions on a modern stack that includes Databricks, dbt, Unity Catalog, DataHub, and Databricks Genie.

No prior trading or financial experience is needed – our onboarding program will kick-start 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 constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

What you'll get You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets. In addition, you’ll receive:

A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.

The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries.

25 paid vacation days in your first year, increasing to 30 from your second year onwards.

Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.

Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, world-class barista coffee, in-house physio and chair massages, organized sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks.

Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.

Please note:

We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role

We cannot accept applications via email

Diversity statement Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.