Ready to accelerate your engineering career in just one week?
At Optiver, our engineers are at the forefront of technological innovation, developing and refining the advanced systems that keep us competitive in global markets. The problems we solve are complex, requiring not only technical skill but also diverse perspectives and creative thinking.
Understanding the power of diverse perspectives, we’ve created the Career Kickstarter: Women in Tech, designed to empower and transition aspiring female-identifying engineers into an impactful engineering career. In this five-day program, you’ll gain hands-on experience, collaborate with some of the industry’s leading engineers, and develop the critical technical skills necessary to thrive in a high-performance environment. You’ll also get an introduction to the trading concepts that matter from an engineering perspective, so no prior knowledge of trading or financial markets is required.
Top performers will be considered for a direct offer to join Optiver as a Graduate Software Engineer.
More than a learning experience — this is an opportunity to see if your skills and goals are a match with one of our full-time engineering roles, with the possibility of an offer once the program is complete.
WHAT TO EXPECT
PROGRAM PERKS
ELIGIBILITY
You’re curious, collaborative and excited to apply your problem-solving and engineering skills to real-world systems.
To join, you must:
No finance or trading experience required. Curiosity, problem-solving ability and a willingness to learn matter most.
WHO YOU ARE
WHO WE ARE
Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. For over 40 years, Optiver has been improving financial markets around the world, making them more transparent and efficient for all participants. With more than 2,000 employees in offices around the world, we’re united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and thorough risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world, we actively trade on 70+ exchanges, where we’re trusted to always provide accurate buy and sell pricing – no matter the market conditions.
APPLY NOW
Does this sound like the future you’re looking for? Take up the opportunity and apply today!
Please note that the application process consists of three stages: an online assessment, a behavioral, and a technical interview.
The online assessment will be sent after you submit your application and must be completed by 23:59 CET on 17 January. The interviews will take place from late January to mid-February 2027. Further details and invitations to the next stages will be shared after applications close on 10th January 2027.
Diversity statement
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.
We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. Please let us know if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments by contacting the Recruitment team via the contact form, selecting “Reasonable Adjustments” as the subject of your inquiry.
For answers to some of our most frequently asked questions, refer to our FAQs.
For applicants based in India, our entry route is via the placement office internship hiring season (July/August).
Optiver has a global application re-apply policy for our internship, graduate roles and programmes. If you have completed an online assessment or interviewed for a technology internship, graduate role or programme at any Optiver location in the past 8 months, please note that you are not yet eligible to reapply. We welcome you to re-apply to after the 8-month cool off period.