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4.6
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Software Developer - Graduate Program (Feb 2025)

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  • Australia

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  • New Zealand

    New Zealand

Location

Sydney, New Zealand

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • SalaryAUD 250000 / Year
  • Number of vacancies20-25 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 31 May 2024
  • Start dateStart date 22 Feb 2025

As our Graduate Software Developer, you'll work alongside some of the world's brightest developers and traders to build and maintain industry-leading proprietary trading systems that directly impact global financial markets.

Ready for the opportunity of a lifetime? Apply/register now.

WHO WE ARE

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. For over 35 years, Optiver has been improving financial markets around the world, making them more transparent and efficient for all participants. With more than 1,600 employees in offices around the world, weโ€™re united in our commitment to improving the market through competitive pricing, execution and thorough risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world, we actively trade on 70+ exchanges, where weโ€™re trusted to always provide accurate buy and sell pricing โ€“ no matter the market conditions.

Optiverโ€™s Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets, trading a range of products. Established in 1996, we're an active participant in the Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan exchanges, and act as Optiverโ€™s APAC head office.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Know anything about trading or financial markets? Don't worry, you bring the passion and we'll bring the training to support you along the way.

As our Graduate Software Developer, you'll take ownership of critical projects right from the start. Whether it's developing ultra-low-latency exchange protocol encoders and decoders, or fine-tuning our automated trading strategies and pricing models, your goal is to find the simplest and cleanest solution to the problem at hand.

Youโ€™ll experience the excitement of a fast-paced development cycle โ€“ owning a tight feedback loop, testing and shipping your code to production. You could be working on a change to a trading system in the morning and see it running live in the afternoon. Our collaborative culture means youโ€™ll work closely with traders and other engineers to identify and solve problems that make a tangible impact on the business.

WHO YOU ARE

Youโ€™re a problem solver at heart. You wonโ€™t stop until youโ€™ve found a solution and then you'll take one step further to improve it. In addition, youโ€™re:

  • Keen to create high-performance, low-latency designs that critically impact the trading success
  • Curious to learn and comfortable discussing/exploring complex technical ideas
  • Have a range of out-of-classroom projects or extra-curricular activities that demonstrates your passion for technology, particularly software development
  • Keen to work alongside the best developers and traders in the industry, with the humility to continually upskill and improve yourself
  • Knowledgeable about object-orientated design and development concepts (experience with C++, C# or Java is required for our technical assessment)

ELIGIBILITY

  • A final-year university student or recent graduate
  • Studying a Computer Science, Software/Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering or similar technical degree
  • An Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or able to provide evidence of full working rights

WHAT YOU'LL GET

  • The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment
  • Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure and additional leave entitlements
  • Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
  • Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
  • Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista
  • Regular social events including an annual company trip
  • Work-from-home allowance and support
  • Guided relocation and a competitive relocation package

As an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected because we believe our best work is done together.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any background, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.

Does this sound like the future youโ€™re looking for? Take up the challenge and apply/register today!

If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please contact us at careers@optiver.com.au.

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australia
Australian Citizen โ€ข Australian Permanent Resident โ€ข Australian Work Visa (All Other)
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New Zealand
New Zealand Citizen

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    New Zealand Citizen
  • Study fields
    Engineering & Mathematics
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Reviews

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Graduate
Sydney
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5 months ago

I am a trader. It is my responsibility to make decisions about which trades to make, how to parametrise our systems, and work with other traders and developers to improve our systems

user
Graduate
Sydney
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2 years ago

Due to the emphasis on business acumen, employees know about the business impact of what they work on, and why it matters. As a software dev, I work on maintaining and developing software solutions to solve business/compliance problems.

user
Graduate
Sydney
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2 years ago

Working with traders to improve the behaviour of auto traders. Very interesting and rewarding. Given a lot of project ownership.

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About the employer

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Optiver

Rating

4.6

Number of employees

1,000 - 50,000 employees

Industries

Trading

Ready to accelerate your career? Discover Optiver, a global tech-driven trading firm.

Pros and cons of working at Optiver

Pros

  • The responsibility to work on impactful projects from early on.

  • The perks - company trip, daily meals, weekly massages.

  • Opportunities are there for people who want them -- you can very quickly take ownership of a problem or space.

  • Lots of smart people and interesting problems to solve.

  • People challenge each other to be best that they can be. There is no blame with errors and every opportunity to learn is taken.

Cons

    • You will constantly be working on di๏ฌ€erent products, with tight timelines and high ownership.

    • The finance domain is quite complex, and onboarding/learning about new financial concepts... is challenging.

    • The expectations are high and constant.

    • Too many things that could be done.

    • Can be intense at times