# Software Engineer - Research Infrastructure at Optiver

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> Responsibilities: - Design, extend and maintain the quantita

- **Company:** Optiver (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/optiver)
- **Location:** Netherlands
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Python, C++, Distributed Systems, Simulation Frameworks, Backtesting, Quantitative Finance, Data Pipelines, Spark, Polars, Airflow, Cloud Infrastructure, Software Engineering Fundamentals, Real-time Systems, AI Tools, Systematic Trading, High Frequency Trading
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-07-10
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-07-10
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://www.optiver.com/join-us/jobs/8622246002/?gh_jid=8622246002 (the employer's own application page)
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## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, extend and maintain the quantitative research and simulation framework for systematic cash equities.
- Build distributed backtesting and model-training systems that scale across cloud and on-premise compute.
- Curate reliable, reproducible research datasets from live and historical market feeds.
- Partner closely with researchers and traders to translate research needs into production-ready tools.
- Improve researcher tooling, workflows and CI/validation to speed up experimentation and deployment.
- Apply modern AI and data tools where they add clear value to research or software workflows.

Requirements:
- Strong Python skills and experience in large-scale research, data or analytical environments.
- Experience building simulation, backtesting or computational frameworks; background in systematic trading/HFT is highly advantageous.
- Proven ability designing and operating distributed or real-time systems.
- Familiarity with data pipeline tooling (e.g., Spark, Polars, Airflow) and cloud/on-prem compute orchestration.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: testing, performance profiling, and reproducibility.

## Responsibilities

Develop and extend the simulation framework used to research and run systematic cash equities strategies. Build distributed systems for backtesting and curate high-quality research datasets for large-scale experimentation.

## Requirements

Requires strong Python development skills and experience building large-scale computational or distributed systems. Experience in systematic trading, HFT, or quantitative finance is highly advantageous.

## FAQ

- **Is this Software Engineer - Research Infrastructure  role still open?** It was posted on 2026-07-10. 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: Python, C++, Distributed Systems, Simulation Frameworks, Backtesting, Quantitative Finance, Data Pipelines, Spark, Polars, Airflow, Cloud Infrastructure, Software Engineering Fundamentals, Real-time Systems, AI Tools, Systematic Trading, High Frequency Trading.

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