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Software Engineer - Research Infrastructure

Optiver
🇳🇱AmsterdamMediorFull-timePosted July 10, 2026

About the Role

You'll build the Quantitative Research framework at the core of Optiver's systematic equities business, developing tools, datasets and distributed systems that enable large-scale research across cash equities markets in the US, Europe and APAC. Working alongside quant researchers and traders, you'll develop software that underpins the systematic trading platform from research through to production.

  • Developing and extending the simulation framework used to research and run systematic cash equities strategies across ETFs and stocks.
  • Building distributed systems that scale backtesting and model training across cloud and on-premise compute environments.
  • Curating high-quality research datasets by combining live and historical market data into accurate, reproducible and scalable inputs for large-scale experimentation.
  • Working directly with researchers to understand new requirements and translate them into robust, production-ready software.
  • Improving the tools and workflows that allow researchers to experiment, validate ideas and deploy strategies efficiently.
  • Applying modern AI tools where they add value across the research and software development lifecycle.

Requirements

  • Strong Python development skills
  • Experience building simulation, backtesting or other large-scale computational frameworks
  • Experience designing and building large-scale, distributed or real-time systems
  • Experience using Python in research, data-intensive or analytical environments
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals
  • An interest in writing reliable, maintainable production code

What You'll Get

  • Performance-based bonus structure; profits are combined 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, organised 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