Great as a career starter - Software Engineer Optiver Employee Review

4.0
Jul 30, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Amazing history of developing systems and solving problems, you touch and own a lot of projects that were really creative and tell a story 2. Interesting work and its diversity, from being close to research and trading to being a full systems developer 3. Amazing people and lack of documentation makes you keep talking to them a lot and learning from them directly. 4. Great pay, perks like free food, great office outings, etc.

Cons

1. Possibly longer work hours 2. Some lock in to Optiver specific technology and setup

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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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