Optiver

About the Company

Create better access and prices for all - that's our goal for financial markets the world over. As a leading global electronic market maker, we are dedicated to our mission of continuously improving the market. It's a responsibility we don't take lightly. It's the driving force behind our business. Even in times of extreme volatility, we stay the course. Resolute in our belief that the market should always be liquid for economies to thrive.

As one of the oldest market-making institutions, we're a trusted partner of exchanges. Our contribution to them ensures they remain stable, transparent and competitive. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, and foreign currencies.

We strongly believe in the positive power of the world's markets. That's why we're committed to leading the way in market making for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) products.

Optiver is a global company with offices in Amsterdam, Sydney, Chicago, Austin, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London and Singapore.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Optiver

Job Title

Quantitative Developer Intern (Summer 2026 - Austin)

Job Description

**Job title**: Quantitative Developer Intern (Summer 2026) **Role summary**: Intern develops and maintains high‑performance trading infrastructure for a high‑frequency trading team. Builds and refactors production‑grade software, collaborates with developers, traders, and business stakeholders, and delivers solutions that improve system performance, reliability, and scalability. **Expectations**: - Critical thinker with fast learning and problem‑solving skills. - Strong commitment to clean code, robust design, and continuous improvement. - Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment. - Interest in trading fundamentals, financial markets, and the role of technology in finance. **Key responsibilities**: - Design, implement, test, and deploy code for trading and infrastructure systems. - Collaborate with senior engineers, traders, and product teams to define requirements and deliver production‑ready solutions. - Optimize existing code for latency, throughput, and scalability. - Participate in code reviews, documentation, and knowledge‑sharing sessions. - Troubleshoot and debug production incidents. - Contribute to system architecture discussions and performance benchmarking. **Required skills**: - Proficiency in C++, Python, or Java. - Strong grasp of computer‑science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, concurrency). - Experience writing maintainable, well‑architected code. - Analytical problem‑solving and debugging skills. - Excellent communication and teamwork abilities. - Familiarity with low‑latency trading systems, network protocols or distributed systems is a plus. **Required education & certifications**: - Pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. - Junior standing or higher, expected graduation between December 2026 and June 2027. ---

Austin, United states

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01-10-2025