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Data Operations

Optiver
🇦🇺SydneyMediorFull-timePosted March 24, 2026

About the Role

This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, operations and market data. You'll monitor critical data pipelines, improve system resilience, and build automation to detect and prevent issues before they impact trading or research. You'll play a key role in shaping how Optiver ingests and delivers trusted, high-quality data at scale, supporting a growing, data-driven global business.

  • Monitor and optimize the performance and stability of data pipelines to meet SLAs
  • Design and maintain data quality tests for accuracy, consistency and completeness
  • Investigate data incidents and implement preventive measures
  • Apply SRE principles to enhance reliability, alerting and recovery mechanisms
  • Develop automation and tooling to reduce manual intervention and improve scalability

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in data engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE) or data operations
  • Proficient in SQL, ETL processes and at least one programming language (Python, Scala or C++)
  • Strong focus on automation, system resilience and continuous improvement
  • Passionate about data quality, observability and performance optimization
  • Structured and methodical in problem-solving, with strong debugging skills
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, proactive mindset
  • Nice to have: Experience with Databricks, data observability platforms or distributed/cloud-based data systems
  • Nice to have: Familiarity with alerting and monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, Airflow or similar)
  • Nice to have: Exposure to financial data pipelines or low-latency trading environments

What You'll Get

  • A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry.
  • The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.
  • Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities.
  • Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista.
  • Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages.
  • Regular social events, including a company trip every two years.