Quantitative Trading Intern
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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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You participate in a ten-week quantitative trading internship, learn trading fundamentals and market structure, develop trading skills through simulated live-market trading, conduct research projects using data analysis and hypothesis testing, apply AI to trading problems, and gain exposure to trading and research desks.
Requirements
- Penultimate-year STEM student
- Ability to work full-time upon graduation in 2028
- Exceptional quantitative reasoning skills
- Exceptional logical reasoning skills
- Interest in strategic games or competitive activities
- Programming or scripting experience in Python is a plus
Responsibilities
- Learn probability, market structure, trading strategy and trading technology
- Trade on live markets using simulated capital
- Conduct a research-led project
- Apply data analysis to trading strategies
- Analyse market behaviour
- Perform hypothesis testing
- Use AI to solve real-world trading problems
- Gain exposure to trading and research desks
Benefits
- Flights and accommodation covered for the duration of the internship
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Barista coffee
- Bi-weekly chair massages
- Bicycle for exploring Amsterdam
- Sports and leisure activities
- Social events for the intern cohort