Optiver Trader - Trader Optiver Employee Review

3.0
Nov 4, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Make money in most markets * Responsibility from an early stage * Compensate very very well * Hiring in most periods. But particularly when banks are not.

Cons

* No loyalty to employees. * Quite pro-dutch. They have been burned by promoting non Dutch citizens in the past only for them to leave soon after so they have a natural bias against foreigners now. * Have had their problems with regulatory bodies in the past and continue to face future challenges. * Regularly force people out by asking them to 'leave of their own accord'

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

Cons

constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

3.0
May 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

Cons

When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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