Optiver · 7 hours ago
Software Engineer - Equities/ETFs
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $200K/yrOptiver is a leading market-making institution focused on improving market efficiency and liquidity. They are seeking Software Engineers specializing in US cash equities and ETFs to lead technical projects and enhance trading infrastructure. The role involves building low-latency trading systems, optimizing data processing, and collaborating with traders and engineers to improve execution logic.
Financial ServicesFinTechMarket Research
Responsibilities
Help establish the vision and technical direction for major cash equities trading initiatives
Design, develop, support, and maintain large portions of our low-latency equities trading infrastructure, including order management systems (OMS) and execution management systems (EMS)
Contribute to our pricing, research and trading models that power our market-making and proprietary trading strategies in US equities and US ETFs
Develop a deep understanding of exchange-specific protocols, order book dynamics and exchanges connectivity
Optimize data processing pipelines to handle market data from multiple exchanges at scale while continuously improving execution speed and system performance
Work closely with FPGA engineers to leverage hardware acceleration for ultra-low-latency execution and explore novel ways to integrate FPGAs with software-driven trading infrastructure
Collaborate deeply with traders, engineers, and researchers to help us evolve our execution logic and market impact models
Qualification
Required
Familiarity with the market microstructure of the US Equities and/or US ETF markets
Strong engineering instincts and a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
Programming experience across C++ or C with other object-orientated languages also considered
Experience building low-latency trading systems on a large scale including across market data ingestion, order routing and execution performance
Experience with exchange connectivity, order matching, and execution logic for major venues
Experience optimizing high-throughput systems that must process and react in real-time to streams of market data
Familiarity with building and integrating FPGA-assisted trading systems
Innovative, big-picture thinking grounded in real-world pragmatism
Readiness to set technical direction, promote strong engineering principles and continuously seek ways to refine and optimize systems in a fast-moving, ever evolving environment
You can spot opportunities to enhance performance, efficiency, and maintainability
Benefits
401(k) match up to 50% and fully paid health insurance
25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more
Company
Optiver
Optiver is an international trading firm, headquartered in Amsterdam.
Founded in 1986
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Rutger Brinkhuis
CEO Optiver US
Charlie Whitmer
Chief People Officer
Recent News
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