Options Research Platform Engineer

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

We have an agile and high-performing technical environment that encourages people to adopt new approaches and learn new technologies. We are now looking for a senior Software Engineer to join the China option team to solve both data scientific and technical problems in the research platform domain. This role will collaborate closely with researchers & traders to build out the research platform that drives that growth. Your responsibilities included:

• Closely collaborate with researchers and traders on new experiments, new capabilities, and new data sources.
• Design and implement improvements to optimise researcher productivity and quality.
• Blend your own development expertise with the best open-source frameworks and tools.
• Drive experimental rigour through repeatable processes on assured data.
• Diagnose and resolve any unexpected operational issues or data quality issues.
• Leverage cloud infrastructure to solve substantial challenges in computational and data scale.
• Integrate to internal & external data sources.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Proficient in designing and implementing data processing systems.
• Curiosity into trading problems (we want the person to build business knowledge gradually).
• Solid experience with engineering business critical real-time ETL pipelines and experience with big data technologies.
• Outstanding communication skills. You’re able to coordinate with multiple stakeholder groups, challenging thinking and obtain buy-in.
• Strong proficiency in Python.

BONUS QUALIFICATION:

• Experience in running production machine learning infrastructure at a large scale.
• Experience with Python data science stack (e.g., Pandas, NumPy and SciPy).

WHAT YOU’LL GET

At Optiver, we have a very flat structure. We work extremely closely with our stakeholders, often working as a single team to solve Optiver’s problems. Individually, you are very highly empowered to deliver significant changes, with the support of your team and your leaders. Above all we value the passion of our technical team and foster a collaborative and innovative working environment which nurtures brilliant minds.

In return for your expertise, you will be offered a competitive salary package as well as access to a plethora of Optiver-perks. 

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.

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