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Senior Software Engineer

Optiver
🇨🇳ShanghaiSeniorFull-timePosted August 27, 2026

About the Role

As a Software Engineer at the AI Lab Shanghai, you will be responsible for setting architectural direction for parts of our system, delivering large bodies of well-engineered code, and owning projects that directly impact Optiver's cutting-edge trading systems. You will collaborate with fellow Engineers, Traders, and Researchers to develop a deep understanding of trading, exchanges, and what the 'machine' is doing.

  • Own the design, development and deployment of services that comprise our globally distributed trading platform
  • Build partnerships across the business to ensure we're feeding the best ideas into our solutions
  • Build automated trading stack that runs machine learning models over high-performance servers to execute high-quality trades in low-latency
  • Continuously improve our trading systems and strategies to optimize for the ever-evolving markets

Requirements

  • You have at least 5 years’ work experience as a Software Engineer
  • Experience with large scale server side development, and high-throughput, low-latency system optimisations
  • Technologists who are passionate about software and not only like to learn about it at work, but also like to get involved in their own projects at home
  • Natural problem solvers who love nothing more than tackling a complex technical challenge
  • Team players who love working with like-minded peers and are always looking to learn and improve
  • Experience with making architectural recommendations on IT solutions, design & approach

What You'll Get

  • Competitive salary package
  • Access to Optiver perks