Trade Supervisor
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 supervise automated trading systems across multiple markets and assess live trading for risk, compliance, production, and unusual market-condition issues. You will alert relevant staff, coordinate real-time issue resolution with risk, trading, engineering, brokers, and exchanges, and document procedures and production incidents. You will also take preventative action to reduce recurrence.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in trade supervision, trading, risk, application engineering, or a similar role
- Understanding of exchange-specific rules and procedures
- Excellent communication, project management, and time management skills
- Singapore working rights
- Prior trading exposure across asset classes and strategies
- Experience with high-frequency automated trading strategies
- Experience with Python, Linux command line, and large data sets
Responsibilities
- Supervise and monitor automated trading systems across markets
- Assess live trading for risk, compliance, production, and market-condition issues
- Respond quickly to unusual trading behaviours and market conditions
- Alert key staff about intraday trading issues
- Coordinate real-time issue resolution with risk managers, trading teams, engineers, brokers, and exchanges
- Document procedures and log production issues
- Take preventative action to prevent recurring issues
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus structure
- Training, mentorship, and personal development opportunities
- Daily breakfast and lunch
- Weekly in-house chair massages
- Corporate health insurance
- Regular social events
- Company trip every two years