Data Center Engineering Lead - Europe
OptiverAbout the Role
As the EU Data Center Engineering Lead, you'll own the operational and project delivery layer for Optiver's European data center engineering team spanning Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London. You'll drive major infrastructure projects end-to-end, build the team's capability, and ensure consistent execution to standard.
- Lead a team of 8 data center engineers across 3 European locations, providing day-to-day direction and career development
- Own delivery of major infrastructure projects (colocation builds, site migrations, capacity expansions) from conception to completion
- Drive operational improvement — reduce toil, standardise processes, and ensure consistent execution across sites
- Coordinate cross-team dependencies with Networks, Platform, and Linux teams to deliver integrated infrastructure outcomes
- Manage vendor and third-party relationships for physical infrastructure delivery
Requirements
- Experience managing or leading a technical infrastructure team
- Understanding of physical infrastructure, not necessarily as a Data Center Engineer — or demonstrated ability to learn a technical domain fast
- Familiarity with project delivery in physical infrastructure environments
- Ability to engage credibly with network engineers, systems engineers, and platform teams on cross-functional work
- Proven track record leading people through delivery
- Operates independently
- Strong prioritisation and communication skills
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and competing stakeholder demands
- Willingness to travel within Europe to support regional data center operations
What You'll Get
- A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool.
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries.
- 25 paid vacation days in your first year, increasing to 30 from your second year onwards.
- Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, world-class barista coffee, in-house physio and chair massages, organized sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks.
- Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.
- Competitive relocation packages and visa sponsorship where necessary for expats.