Performance Researcher Summer Internship
Optiver is a global technology- and research-driven proprietary trading firm and market maker providing liquidity across financial markets, including through an active 24/7 Digital Assets desk.
About Optiver
Founded in Amsterdam in 1986, Optiver uses its own capital, quantitative research and proprietary technology to continuously quote, price and trade financial instruments across global markets. Its activities include listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, foreign currencies and digital assets; its Digital Assets desk operates crypto options market-making strategies across major venues with follow-the-sun coverage.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will investigate execution-performance challenges involving market data, low-latency trading systems, networks, broker infrastructure, and exchanges. You will analyze data to reconstruct event flows, identify patterns, develop hypotheses, run experiments, build prototypes and visualizations, and collaborate to evaluate and implement improvements.
Requirements
- Be a university student graduating in 2028 or after September 2027.
- Pursue or have recently completed a technical degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic or Communication Engineering, or a related field.
- Have strong foundations in computer systems and quantitative reasoning.
- Be proficient in Python and data analysis.
- Demonstrate technical depth through research, systems or networking projects, internships, or substantial personal projects.
Responsibilities
- Investigate execution-performance problems across market data, trading systems, networks, broker infrastructure, and exchanges.
- Analyze market, order, system, and network data to reconstruct event flows and uncover performance patterns.
- Develop hypotheses and run statistical experiments or black-box analyses.
- Build analyses, prototypes, metrics, and visualizations to test ideas and quantify results.
- Work with traders, researchers, and engineers to evaluate and implement improvements.
Benefits
- Optiver-covered flights and accommodation for the duration of the internship.
- Gym membership.
- Weekly in-house chair massages.
- Daily breakfast, lunch, and in-house barista.
- Regular social events.