Software engineer - Real-Time Pricing at Optiver
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At a glance
- Company
- Optiver
- Location
- Netherlands
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 2–5 years
- Working hours
- 40 hours
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered, according to the listing
- Posted
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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.
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About the role
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain the real-time pricing platform that prices millions of derivative contracts across 70+ exchanges.
- Optimize low-latency data pipelines and large-scale compute to meet strict performance and consistency requirements.
- Build systems for distribution of high-volume datasets across multiple physical locations with atomicity and consistency guarantees.
- Increase automation to speed development cycles and support multiple releases per day.
- Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and other teams to translate business problems into robust production software and iterate rapidly.
Requirements:
- Experience designing and building large-scale distributed or real-time systems with strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Ability to write reliable, maintainable production code and operate autonomously within cross-functional teams.
- Exposure to low-latency optimization, data distribution, and high-throughput processing.
- C++ experience is a significant plus; interest or background in systematic trading, derivatives pricing, or quantitative finance is desirable but not mandatory.
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize a highly reliable, scalable real-time pricing platform for millions of derivative contracts. Collaborate with traders and researchers to translate business problems into robust production software and improve low-latency data processing.
Requirements
Requires a software engineer with experience building large-scale distributed or real-time systems and strong engineering fundamentals. Proficiency in C++ and an interest in quantitative finance or systematic trading are highly valued.
Key skills
- C++ — in 133 other listings on The Stack
- Distributed Systems — in 342 other listings on The Stack
- Real-time Systems — in 11 other listings on The Stack
- Low-latency Data Processing — not in any other listing on The Stack
- Software Engineering Fundamentals — in 4 other listings on The Stack
- Systematic Trading — in 1 other listing on The Stack
- Derivatives Pricing — in 1 other listing on The Stack
- Scalable Architecture — in 10 other listings on The Stack
- Production Grade Software
On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)
Frequently asked questions about Optiver
Is this Software engineer - Real-Time Pricing role still open?
It was posted on 2026-07-22. 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 Netherlands. It is marked on-site.
What skills does this role ask for?
The listing names: C++, Distributed Systems, Real-time Systems, Low-latency Data Processing, Software Engineering Fundamentals, Systematic Trading, Derivatives Pricing, Scalable Architecture, Production Grade Software.