Software Engineer - Automated Trading Systems at Optiver

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and maintain the core infrastructural software that underpins low-latency automated trading systems.
- Collaborate closely with trading teams to translate trading requirements into robust, high-performance services and libraries.
- Optimize for latency, throughput and resource efficiency across CPU, memory and OS boundaries.
- Build and improve concurrency, synchronization and memory-management patterns for real-time processing.
- Produce clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews, design reviews and operational runbooks.
- Diagnose and resolve production issues, perform profiling and performance tuning under realistic load.
- Contribute to system architecture, tooling and standards that enable safe, repeatable deployments.

Requirements:
- 4+ years software engineering experience with strong emphasis on systems-level work.
- Proficiency in C++ and Linux, or strong demonstrated ability to learn quickly and apply them in production.
- Solid understanding of CPU architecture, concurrency models, memory models and low-level performance trade-offs.
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures and software architecture.
- Experience with testing, profiling, debugging and working in fast-paced, cross-functional teams.
- Clear communicator who can balance pragmatic delivery with long-term technical quality.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the infrastructural and strategic software backbone for automated trading systems. Collaborate with trading teams to build high-performing, reliable applications that ensure market stability.

Requirements

Requires 4+ years of software engineering experience with a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and CPU architecture. Proficiency in C++ and Linux is required or a strong willingness to learn, along with adaptability to other languages like Python and C#.

Key skills

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• Algorithms — in 38 other listings on The Stack
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• CPU Architecture — in 4 other listings on The Stack
• Operating Systems
• Relational Databases
• Software Architecture
• Clean Code

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Optiver has 17 other listings on The Stack, 10 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 66 visa-sponsored jobs in the Netherlands on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
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Frequently asked questions about Optiver

Is this Software Engineer - Automated Trading Systems role still open?

It was posted on 2026-05-29. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Optiver 's site before applying.

Does Optiver offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Optiver 's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: C++, Linux, Python, C#, Algorithms, Memory Models, Concurrency Models, CPU Architecture, Operating Systems, Relational Databases, Software Architecture, Clean Code.