Senior Network Engineering Lead (APAC)
OptiverAbout the Role
Lead and develop a team of highly specialized network engineers while owning the technical strategy and evolution of Optiver's global network infrastructure across data centre, WAN and colocation environments. This is a senior, highly technical leadership role at the intersection of networking, infrastructure, trading and business strategy, requiring expertise in large-scale, low-latency network design and the ability to operate comfortably at multiple levels—from deep technical architecture to business strategy alignment. You will establish architecture standards, drive major network initiatives, own capacity planning and network performance optimization, and ensure the network remains observable, resilient and operationally sound. You will also partner with trading and technology teams to translate business priorities into infrastructure strategy and contribute to department-wide technical standards and engineering culture.
Requirements
- An experienced technical leader with a track record of leading, developing or technically guiding high-performing network engineering teams
- Deeply experienced in designing and evolving large-scale, low-latency networks across global data centre and colocation environments
- Strong in network architecture and design principles, including scalability, resilience, redundancy, performance optimisation and operational simplicity
- Technically credible and comfortable remaining close to complex production systems, architecture decisions and difficult operational problems
- Able to operate effectively across a global engineering organisation, influence beyond your immediate team and drive convergence without standardising for its own sake
- Experienced in establishing technical standards and engineering practices that improve consistency, maintainability and organisational effectiveness
- Strong in infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, declarative systems and network automation
- Comfortable operating in complex, multi-vendor environments with strong hands-on operational experience
- Interested in applying automation, AI and emerging technologies where they can materially improve infrastructure operations and engineering effectiveness
- Commercially minded and able to connect infrastructure decisions to trading outcomes, opportunity cost and risk
- Able to build trusted relationships with trading, technology and senior business stakeholders and navigate competing priorities constructively
- A strong communicator who can make complex technical issues clear to audiences with very different levels of technical depth
- Likely someone who has spent a significant part of your career close to complex production systems rather than moving entirely away from technology as your leadership responsibilities grew
- Technically curious and enjoy understanding how systems really behave
What You'll Get
- Competitive remuneration 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 a company trip every two years
- The chance to work alongside best-in-class professionals