Campus Recruiter

Optiver’s biggest asset are our people. They’re the individuals solving the most challenging problems that drive our business forward. The Campus Recruitment team is instrumental to getting the best and brightest individuals into the firm. As a Campus Recruiter, you will be responsible for hiring into our Internship and Graduate programs, as well as attracting top talent to our early engagement initiatives. Have an innovative idea? You will have both the freedom and resources to make it happen – we believe in autonomy, ownership and providing a platform for everyone to make an impact. We know our best work is done together, so you’ll collaborate with other Campus Recruiters across the globe.

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

What you’ll do:

Our Recruitment team is formed of specialists that work across our three key departments: Trading, Technology and Business Operations. The core focus of our Campus Recruiters is to identify, attract, and secure top talent from our target markets for our early careers programs and opportunities. To help us achieve our goals, your responsibilities will include:

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with top-tier universities and target student groups.
• Planning and executing on-campus and in-house events for students including delivering company presentations, attending career fairs and hosting in-house days.
• Traveling across the US as needed during peak seasons.
• Developing innovative recruitment strategies supported by data-driven insights and in partnership with business partners.
• Proactively assessing and improving our current recruitment strategy.
• Exercising your interviewing toolkit – combining accurate assessment with a top candidate experience.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree.
• 3-5+ years of recruiting experience, preferably in a high-growth company within trading, tech, or a related industry.
• A clear, polished communicator with exceptional written and verbal skills.
• A team player with a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, able to balance competing priorities with strong follow-through.
• Passionate about leveraging data to shape recruiting strategies and decisions.
• Eager to understand how campus recruiting impacts the broader business and excited about shaping early talent pipelines.
• Willing to travel to travel for recruiting events.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening.
• This is an in-office role based in Chicago, IL.

What you’ll get:

• Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
• Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.
• Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.  

Alongside this you will get great other benefits such as 25 paid vacation days and market holidays, fully paid commuting expenses and health insurance, daily breakfast and lunch, training opportunities, 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities, regular social events and clubs, and many more.