Optiver

Trading Application Engineer

Optiver US LLC is a worldwide market maker and derivatives trading firm with offices in Chicago, Amsterdam and Sydney.  Attracting very ambitious, talented and results-oriented individuals to become members of a highly selective trading application engineering team. This position is a primary contributor to our growth and success. Optiver takes pride in offering their employees a challenging career environment.  Optiver is registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer and participates in trading on various U.S. securities and commodities exchanges.

Position Title:

Trading Application Engineer

Location:

Chicago

Department:

IT Operations

Reports to:

Application Management Team Leader

 

Responsibilities:

·        Learn about Optiver’s proprietary trading applications in order to identify and resolve trading problems

·        Support, configure, troubleshoot multiple trading applications (Linux backend, windows frontend)

·        Actively improve the performance and availability of Optiver’s proprietary trading applications and the systems they run on

·        Drive innovation with specialized technical teams

 

Requirements:

·        Previous exposure to Python, Perl, or PowerShell experience preferred

·        Experience with SQL Server and SQL query language preferred

·        A willingness and desire to be trained in Linux

·        Experience in providing end-user support

·        Strong communication and problem solving skills

·        A quick learner who is organized and self motivated

·        Computer Science degree or similar experience

·        An understanding of ITIL processes, VMware concepts and C# programming language is preferred