Multi-day programs
Programs are designed for different stages of study, from early university to final year. They are built around real trading, research and engineering problems, giving participants direct experience of the work.
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Learning built for live markets and real-time systems
Education at Optiver
Why education matters
Markets evolve quickly. So do the systems, tools and models behind them. Our engineers, researchers and traders need to build context fast: how decisions get made, what good looks like in practice, and how the work fits together. At Optiver, education helps build that understanding.
Access to education
The Optiver Foundation supports initiatives focused on STEM education and expanding access to opportunity globally. This includes partnerships and programmes that support underrepresented groups and broaden access to technical education over the long term.
There is no single path into Optiver. Each entry point is designed for a different stage of study, experience and role across trading, research and engineering.
Entrance
Internships
Internships are hands-on from the start. Interns work on real problems, contribute to systems used in production, and build an understanding of how trading, research and engineering come together in practice.
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Graduate roles
Graduate roles combine structured onboarding through the Global Optiver Academy with direct exposure to live systems, giving new joiners the foundation and context needed to contribute early.
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Built by people who know the work
These entry points are designed and delivered by a global education team made up of former traders, researchers and engineers who have worked in the roles themselves. They lead structured onboarding through the Global Optiver Academy, support internships across our global offices, and run multi-day programs across trading, research and technology.
Education runs year-round across global offices
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We partner with universities to bring real trading, research and engineering problems into academic settings.
Academic partnerships
In partnership with the Cambridge University Algorithmic Trading Society, students work through market-making concepts, build trading algorithms and test strategies in a simulated environment based on real trading systems.
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