Software Engineer

at  OPTIVER SINGAPORE TRADING PTE LTD

WHO WE ARE

Optiver is global electronic market maker. We use our own capital, at our own risk, to trade on major financial markets around the world, 24 hours a day. We aim to always provide prices for a wide range of products including listed derivatives, equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange. As such, we have no clients but provide liquidity services to the financial markets on which we trade. We do this by developing our own trading strategies and systems, using originally developed code and cutting-edge technology.
Optiver Asia Pacific represents one of three business units of the Optiver group (the others being Europe and the US). The Asia Pacific business unit includes the following locations: Sydney (regional headquarters); Hong Kong; Shanghai; Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai.

WHO YOU ARE

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Engineer who possesses the following qualifications:

• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including operating systems, data structures, and algorithms.
• Excellent proficiency in C++ programming.
• In-depth understanding of how technology solutions intersect with the quantitative trading industry, including trading systems and strategies, risk management, and regulatory requirements..
• Proven experience as a software engineer in architecting and implementing intricate, scalable systems.
• Expertise in providing technical guidance and mentorship to team members, leading and delivering successful projects of outstanding results.
• Strong aptitude in effectively leading and developing a team, fostering their growth and maximizing their potential.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on our cutting-edge execution platform, which drives our industry-forward initiatives. Our execution platform is responsible for executing orders from auto-trading systems with minimal latency, implementing risk boundary checks, order management, and exchange connectivity. It processes vast volumes of data daily, executing thousands of trades. As part of our team, you will ensure that our trading platform operates securely, consistently, and promptly. We are seeking software engineers who can architect systems that balance factors such as latency, accuracy, risk, and time to market, with the aim of creating the most exceptional order execution platform in the Asia Pacific region.
As a Software Engineer, you will be part of our globally distributed, low-latency, market-making platform, which is renowned in the industry. On a daily basis, our trading platform handles enormous data volumes, prices thousands of financial instruments, makes numerous trading decisions, and does so with utmost safety, determinism, and real-time responsiveness. You will be responsible for driving forward projects that enhance the success of our trading platform. This could involve building new market gateways, enhancing risk controls, or experimenting with changes to trading strategies. You will own your projects from conception to deployment and collaborate closely with various departments across the organization. You will see the impact of your work every day.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Taking ownership of the design, development, and deployment of services that constitute our globally distributed trading platform.
• Cultivating strong partnerships with stakeholders across the organization to ensure we incorporate the best ideas into our solutions.
• Managing deployments to minimize risk and providing production support as necessary.
• Upholding quality standards across our systems, including conducting code reviews.
• Contributing to our ongoing pursuit of continuous improvement by offering feedback and innovative ideas to enhance our systems and controls.