Meet Maurice – FPGA Engineer

What is a tech career like at Optiver?

Optiver has two types of technology teams. Market Facing teams are aligned directly with the trading team. The teams that develop software used across markets we refer to as Core teams. Market Facing teams are the most closely aligned with our trading internal clients and generally have the most significant interaction. They’re in constant contact […]

From Trading Analyst to Trader. Meet Bob, Trader at Optiver Europe

We had a chat with Bob Muijs, he started as a Trading Analyst at Optiver and is now a full-time Trader at the firm. His interest in financial markets, combined with the excitement and energy he experienced on the trading floor got him hooked on trading. He holds a Master’s degree in Quantitative Finance and […]

A day in the life of a Site Reliability Engineer at Optiver Amsterdam

The role of a Site Reliability Engineer, a type of Application Engineer is crucial to Trading. Our AE’s are close to the action. They are sitting right next to the Traders and maintain, monitor and improve the reliability, scalability and performance of our trading software.  We checked with Chiel from our Amsterdam office to find out what […]

Meet George – Trading Intern at Optiver US

Where did you go to school and what did you decide to study? I pursued a double major in Computer Science and Business Administration at UC Berkeley. For me, computer science was always a no brainer because I always enjoyed solving programming problems. I viewed solving these problems more of a game than a challenge while […]

Trading Careers at Optiver APAC

What’s it like to Work in Trading at Optiver? We asked our Trading team to explain what it’s like to work on our Trading floor, and what it takes to be great. What is Market Making? Market Making is our core trading strategy. Many exchanges recognise Market Making as an official role within the trading […]

Q&A with a Software Engineer at Optiver

Meet Dovile, one of Optiver’s C++ developers. Originally from Lithuania, Dovile joined Optiver following internships at Goldman Sachs in London and HDE in Japan. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh. We asked Dovile a few questions about her chosen career: What do you love about your work?One of the […]

Searching for the cause of dropped packets on Linux

Hi all, just wanted to share a recent experience I had investigating a packet drop issue on a linux system. Hope it’s useful to anyone facing similar issues. Recently I was alerted by our monitoring system that it detected network packet loss. The loss was not excessive, only a couple of hundred packets, nothing compared […]

CME iLink and FPGAs

Our first series of posts aims to introduce a few high-level principles which guide our thinking. These principles are more a mindset than specific technical recommendations, but they play a large role in and undergird a lot of our thinking. The three we will examine are: Constraints + Discipline = Innovation + Flexibility Simple Designs […]

FPGA Engineer at Optiver

A career in hardware design Andy, FPGA Engineer at Optiver Amsterdam, says that the pursuit of performance and well-engineered solutions keep him fully engaged every day. Learn more about his story and why he chose to pursue a career in hardware design at Optiver. #PeopleAtOptiver Where did you study and what was your major?I went […]