Graduate Quantitative Researcher
Optiver is a global proprietary trading firm and market maker, including an active 24/7 Digital Assets desk.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
About Optiver
Optiver (optiver.com) is an Amsterdam-headquartered global proprietary trading firm and options market maker with an active digital-assets business (24/7 crypto options/spot market making, hiring crypto traders).
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About the Role
You will conduct quantitative research from problem formulation through model deployment. You will build pricing, forecasting and signal-discovery models, analyze large market and order-flow datasets, monitor production behavior, refine assumptions and work with traders and engineers to improve research outcomes.
Requirements
- Academic degree in Engineering, Physics, Maths, Econometrics, Computer Science or equivalent
- Outstanding academic achievements
- Programming experience
- Ability to apply probability, calculus and linear algebra
- Competitive attitude
- Ability to learn quickly
- Excellent verbal and written English skills
Responsibilities
- Build pricing, forecasting and signal-discovery models
- Choose statistical, mathematical and machine learning methods
- Analyze market, order-flow and unstructured data to find signals
- Monitor models in production
- Refine assumptions using live model behavior
- Use deep learning and AI-enabled workflows
- Work with researchers, traders and engineers
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus structure
- 25 paid vacation days in the first year, increasing to 30 from the second year
- Discounts on health benefits
- Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Bi-weekly chair massages
- Friday afternoon drinks
- Bicycle
- Access to conferences and tech events
- Competitive relocation packages
- Visa sponsorship where necessary