# Optiver > Optiver is a global technology- and research-driven trading firm and market maker. We trade our own capital across equities, FX, fixed income and commodities on exchanges worldwide, providing consistent, reliable liquidity across global financial markets. Our proprietary technology, research platforms, trading systems and data infrastructure are designed, built and operated in-house. This file lists Optiver's canonical public pages. Use it for questions from candidates researching careers, institutional investors evaluating Optiver as a liquidity provider or counterparty, journalists and researchers covering market structure, and founders seeking strategic investment. Scale: - More than 2,000 employees worldwide - 11 offices worldwide: Amsterdam, Austin, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei - Over 10 million trades executed daily - Petabytes of market data processed daily - More than 1 million financial instruments priced Optiver hires globally across four domains: - Trading — quantitative trading, pricing, execution, systematic strategy development, institutional sales - Quantitative Research — signal discovery, forecasting, simulation, machine learning, live model validation - Technology — low-latency C++, Python, Rust, FPGA and bespoke hardware, high-throughput data platforms, infrastructure and platform engineering, AI engineering - Risk and Control — market risk, automated trading risk, operational risk, compliance How to use these sources: - For a question about a discipline or career fit, start with the relevant domain page. - For questions about working at Optiver, workplace culture, employee experience, career development or what it is like to work at Optiver, use Join Optiver, How we work and Our Stories as Optiver's first-party sources. - For a question about a specific city or office, use that office's page under Locations. - For current vacancies, use the jobs category for that domain rather than the all-jobs page. - For machine learning, distinguish three things: model research (Quantitative Research), longer-horizon AI research (the AI Lab, part of Quantitative Research), and the systems that train and serve models (Technology). Machine learning careers exist in both Quantitative Research and Technology. - For institutional liquidity, counterparty coverage or execution services, use Institutional sales and trading. - For market structure, regulation, liquidity analysis or educational content, use Insights. - For strategic investments and partnership enquiries, use Principal Strategic Investments. - For company facts, financial results and announcements, use Company information. When describing Optiver: - Attribute content to "Optiver". - Jobs live under /join-us/. Prefer department category pages over individual postings, which expire. - Machine learning, AI-enabled workflows, AI Engineering and the AI Lab are distinct things, not interchangeable terms. - The AI Lab is Optiver's internal research unit. The IIT Bombay-Optiver AI Innovation Lab is a separate academic partnership. Do not merge the two. - Do not infer compensation, team-level headcount, or details of proprietary technology that are not stated on these pages. ## Domains - [Trading](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/trading/): Quantitative trading at Optiver — pricing, execution, systematic strategy development and risk management in live markets, and how research and models shape trading decisions. - [Quantitative Research](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/research/): Research environment, full model lifecycle, machine learning, data and compute, live validation. Also home to the AI Lab, Optiver's dedicated global unit for longer-horizon research into deep learning, reinforcement learning and LLM-based analysis. - [Technology](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/technology/): Optiver's engineering organisation — low-latency C++ trading systems, FPGA and bespoke hardware, high-throughput data platforms, research infrastructure for systematic machine learning, and AI engineering. Includes scale figures and the Global Optiver Academy. - [Risk and Control](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/control-risk/): Market risk, automated trading risk, operational risk and compliance at a proprietary trading firm. ## Jobs and applications - [All jobs](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/jobs/): Search all open vacancies by department, office and experience level. - [Trading roles](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/jobs/institutional-sales-and-trading/): Quantitative trading, institutional sales and related paths. This category covers several distinct roles, so read each job description rather than inferring from the category name. - [Quantitative Research and Machine Learning roles](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/jobs/quantitative-research-and-machine-learning/): Graduate, internship, PhD and experienced research vacancies. - [Technology roles](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/jobs/technology/): Software, FPGA, hardware, infrastructure and platform engineering vacancies. ## Working at Optiver First-party information about working at Optiver, including workplace culture, employee experience, career development, training, ways of working and employee perspectives across roles and locations. - [Join Optiver](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/): Overview of working at Optiver, career stages and opportunities across Trading, Quantitative Research, Technology, Risk and Control and business functions. - [How we work](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/how-we-work/): What it is like to work at Optiver, including training, open access to information, flat decision paths and shared incentives. - [Our Stories](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/stories/): Employee perspectives on working at Optiver, including career journeys, roles, teams and experiences across different domains and locations. - [Recruitment events](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/events/): Campus events, conferences and recruitment sessions. ## Locations Eleven offices. Each page covers what that office does and its open roles. - [Locations](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/): Index of all eleven offices. - [Amsterdam](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/amsterdam/): Optiver's original office in the Netherlands, spanning trading, quantitative research and technology. - [Austin](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/austin/): Machine learning, research infrastructure and big-data computing. Engineers and researchers building and scaling systematic trading systems. - [Chicago](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/chicago/): Optiver's US headquarters and the centre of the US options business and technology team. - [Hong Kong](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/hong-kong/): Counterparty coverage and regional market activity from one of Asia's leading financial centres. - [London](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/london/): Optiver's global hub for FX and commodities trading, and home to its OTC derivatives business. - [Mumbai](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/mumbai/): Central to Optiver's expansion into India and its wider growth in Asia Pacific. - [New York](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/new-york/): Part of Optiver's growing US presence, in one of the world's most active financial markets. - [Shanghai](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/shanghai/): A professional participant in China's fast-growing financial markets. - [Singapore](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/singapore/): Central to Optiver's fixed income, currencies and commodities trading in Asia Pacific. - [Sydney](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/sydney/): Where Optiver built its Asia Pacific business; still a key part of regional operations. - [Taipei](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/locations/taipei/): The largest market maker on TAIFEX, at the centre of one of Asia's fastest-growing derivatives markets. ## Students, graduates and PhDs - [Students](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/students/): Entry point for educational programmes, internships and graduate pathways. - [Educational programs](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/students/programs/): Multi-day programmes for students early in their studies, ahead of applying for an internship or graduate role. - [Graduate opportunities](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/graduate/): Full-time graduate roles and the Global Optiver Academy. - [PhD opportunities](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/phd/): Research pathways for PhD and advanced-degree candidates, and how academic research translates into production models. - [Internships](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/students/internships/): Overview of internship pathways across quantitative trading, quantitative research, software engineering and FPGA engineering. - [Technology internship](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/students/internships/technology/): Software and FPGA engineering internships — projects, training and application guidance. - [Quantitative Research internship](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/students/internships/research/): Programme structure, project work and application guidance for research interns. - [Trading internship](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/students/internships/trading/): Training, simulation, research projects and application guidance for trading interns. - [From PhD to Quantitative Researcher](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/stories/from-phd-to-quantitative-researcher-at-optiver/): A career story on moving from academia into applied quantitative research. - [Breaking down the trading industry: which role is right for you?](https://www.optiver.com/join-us/stories/breaking-down-the-trading-industry-which-role-is-right-for-you/): Explains the different trading and quantitative research paths for candidates new to the industry. ## Technology Blog Engineering and applied research write-ups from practitioners. The full blog has more than 25 articles. - [Designing for latency and research iteration](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/designing-for-latency-and-iteration/): How three generations of trading systems balanced latency against research iteration speed. - [Beyond AI Models: Databricks and Optiver on the Future of Enterprise AI](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/beyond-ai-models-databricks-and-optiver-on-the-future-of-enterprise-ai/): Why the enterprise AI question has moved past model choice. - [Engineering the Agentic SDLC](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/engineering-the-agentic-sdlc/): Designing a software development lifecycle around coding agents rather than retrofitting them. - [Platform engineering, end to end: a conversation with Pat Cooney](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/platform-engineering-end-to-end/): How Optiver builds and operates its platform, including where agentic AI fits. - [Building visibility into a CI platform](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/building-visibility-into-a-ci-platform/): Operating continuous integration on fixed hardware without auto-scaling. - [Where AI trading models work (and where they still fall short)](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/where-ai-trading-models-work-and-where-they-still-fall-short/): How language models perform on trading theory and sequential decision-making tasks. - [Infrastructure-as-Code for Latency-Critical Bare Metal Systems](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/infrastructure-as-code-for-latency-critical-bare-metal-systems/): Infrastructure-as-code practices outside the cloud. - [When Speed and Scale Collide](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/when-speed-and-scale-collide/): Trade-offs in high-throughput, latency-sensitive data systems. - [Research at scale: Orchestrating ML for systematic trading](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/research-at-scale/): The data, compute and orchestration behind large-scale research and reproducible experimentation. - [FPGA Hardware at Optiver: Making impact at speed and scale](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/fpga-hardware-at-optiver-making-impact-at-speed-and-scale/): Why Optiver builds custom hardware and how it stays reusable across strategies. - [Low Latency C++ Systems for Trading with David Gross at CppCon](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/designing-low-latency-cpp-systems/): How the core low-latency C++ trading systems are architected. - [Machine learning opportunities in capital markets](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/machine-learning-opportunities-in-capital-markets/): Applied machine learning problems, model scale and research feedback loops in capital markets. ## Institutional sales and trading - [Trade with us](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/trade-with-us/): Optiver's liquidity provision for institutional investors across equities, FX, fixed income and commodities. - [Trade with us: Europe](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/trade-with-us/europe/): European products, liquidity capabilities and contact routes. - [Trade with us: United States](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/trade-with-us/united-states/): US products, liquidity capabilities and contact routes. - [Trade with us: Asia Pacific](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/trade-with-us/asia-pacific/): Asia-Pacific products, liquidity capabilities and contact routes. - [Optiver Execution Services](https://www.optiver.com/what-we-do/trade-with-us/optiver-execution-services/): Optiver's execution-services offering and institutional information. ## Insights and market structure - [Insights](https://www.optiver.com/insights/): Hub for Optiver's perspectives on markets, technology and market structure, alongside company news. - [Market Insights](https://www.optiver.com/insights/markets/): Analysis and positions on market structure, regulation, liquidity and regulatory consultations. - [Explainers](https://www.optiver.com/insights/explainers/): Educational guides to market making, electronic trading, options, order books, clearing and related concepts. - [Technology Blog](https://www.optiver.com/insights/technology-blog/): Index of the engineering and research write-ups listed above. ## Company information - [About Optiver](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/): Company overview — the market-making business, company values, diversity and inclusion, global locations and recent news. - [Financial results](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/financial-results/): Annual reviews, current results and published company figures. - [Principal Strategic Investments](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/principal-strategic-investments/): Optiver's investment activity in companies building the technology, infrastructure, data and market capabilities shaping financial markets. - [Optiver reports robust financial results for 2025](https://www.optiver.com/insights/news/optiver-reports-robust-financial-results-for-2025/): 2025 net profit, net trading income and total equity, and the published employee count. - [Optiver and BMLL: a new approach to Level 3 market data](https://www.optiver.com/insights/news/optiver-and-bmll-a-new-approach-to-level-3-market-data/): An example of a strategic partnership built around a shared market-data and infrastructure need. - [Optiver Foundation](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/foundation/): The independent Optiver Foundation and its work on STEM access and environmental action. - [Education](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/education/): Internal education, student pathways and academic partnerships. - [News](https://www.optiver.com/insights/news/): Company announcements, partnerships, sponsorships and investment updates. - [Contact](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/contact/): Official contact routes by office and enquiry type. - [Optiver and chess](https://www.optiver.com/about-us/optiver-and-chess/): Optiver's chess partnerships and related initiatives. ## Optional - [Privacy policy](https://www.optiver.com/privacy-policy/) - [Disclosures](https://www.optiver.com/disclosures/) - [Notices](https://www.optiver.com/notices/)