Double edged sword - Senior Software Engineer Optiver Employee Review

1.0
Sep 1, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good learning experience, lots of hands on projects, give you a good career in the HFT field in long term. And obviously very good paid despite being stressful.

Cons

Extremely stressful. Competitive internally. Lots of Layoff for employees with no career growths, especially those that have been around for longer than 3 years without plan to be a senior developer. Direct feedback culture can be seen as toxic. Hire too much in short term and now the growth does not cover the cost anymore, be careful to join as a new grad.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
Recommend
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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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