Facts & News Amsterdam
  • Around 300 Europe based employees in Trading, IT & Business Operations
  • Handles over 3000 phone calls daily in the Wholesale trading market
  • Largest number of PMM’s (Primary Market Maker) on Euronext Amsterdam
  • Optiver named as Expat Employer of the Year 2010!
  • Expat counter: Optiver represents 33 nationalities

Like a hot internet start-up. Only better.

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We have been profitable from year one so unlike a start-up we don't have backers looking for an IPO payday. This enables us to maintain a stable, simple idea of where we want to be and constantly invest a large proportion of our profits to take us there. With this long term perspective comes a strong ethical policy and a calculated attitude to risks.

People who fit at Optiver tend to stay a long time, often mentioning the opportunities and training available here. If you like to travel we have data centres around Europe and regular exchange trips between Europe, America and Australia. If you have ambitions then perhaps you could go even further than the Amsterdam junior lab engineer who after 3 years at Optiver is now head of IT in Chicago! And of course the salary, Lego, friendly atmosphere, pinball, social events, access to the latest tech etc etc all help too.