Technology Educator
OptiverAbout the Role
As a Technology Educator at Optiver, you'll be responsible for improving the quality of engineers through the Technology Education team, which shapes practices that influence technical hiring and talent development globally. This is a hands-on role for an experienced software engineer passionate about developing people. You'll collaborate with engineers, recruiters, and educators across the business to create engaging learning experiences, improve technical assessments, and continuously evolve how the company develops engineering talent.
- Design and deliver technical interview assessments to ensure a consistent, high-quality hiring process
- Develop and lead technical training programs for interns, graduates, and experienced hires through workshops, coding labs, simulations, and coaching
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate new software development and AI practices into training and assessment
- Partner with engineering and recruiting teams to connect hiring directly to on-the-job performance
- Drive improvements to assessment and curricula through analysis of performance outcomes and participant feedback
- Grow the Education function by identifying opportunities for the firm to improve the quality of its engineers
Requirements
- Substantial hands-on software engineering experience with strong technical depth
- Experience mentoring, teaching, coaching, or developing other engineers through training, curriculum design, technical assessments, or similar initiatives
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers at different experience levels
- Passion for developing technical talent and creating engaging, effective learning experiences
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to partner with engineering, recruitment, and education teams to improve technical development programs
- Experience designing technical assessments or interview processes is a plus
- Familiarity with agentic development, adult learning principles, or instructional design is a plus
- Exposure to high-performance, low-latency, or trading systems is a plus
What You'll Get
- $200k base salary
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more