Software Engineer Talent Tooling
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.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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.
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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 will design, develop and maintain the talent-assessment tooling platform and recruitment features. You will work with global recruitment teams to improve scalability, reliability, and usability. You will write maintainable code, participate in code reviews, and use frontend technologies to improve user interfaces and experiences.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of full-stack development experience
- Server-side development with C# .NET or Python
- Experience with PostgreSQL or SQL Server
- Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks
- Problem-solving
- Written and verbal communication
- Stakeholder collaboration
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain the assessment-tooling platform and recruitment features
- Collaborate with global recruitment teams to keep the platform scalable, reliable and user-friendly
- Write maintainable code and participate in code reviews
- Use React or Angular to improve user interfaces and experiences
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus structure
- 25 paid vacation days in the first year and 30 days from the second year
- Health-insurance discounts
- Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Barista coffee
- In-house physiotherapy and chair massages
- Organized sports and leisure activities
- Friday afternoon drinks
- Access to conferences and tech events
- Relocation package
- Visa sponsorship where necessary
Hiring Process
Application review followed by an online assessment for selected candidates.