Senior Software Engineer
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
WHAT YOU’LL DO
We are now looking for a Software Engineer to join the China Options team. You will be responsible for setting architectural direction for parts of our system, delivering large bodies of well-engineered code and owning projects that directly impact Optiver’s cutting-edge trading systems. You will collaborate with fellow Engineers, Traders and Researchers to develop a deep understanding of trading, exchanges and what the 'machine' is doing.
You're not attached to tools and technologies, you focus on solving problems. Your challenge is to further innovate and maintain the foundation underlying our wider infrastructure.Some of the things you could be involved in are:
- Own the design, development and deployment of services that comprise our globally distributed trading platform
- Build partnerships across the business to ensure we're feeding the best ideas into our solutions
- Build automated trading stack that runs machine learning models over high-performance servers to execute high-quality trades in low-latency
- Continuously improve our trading systems and strategies to optimize for the ever-evolving markets
The difference with technology at Optiver is how fast the pace is, and the direct impact it has on trading. Where traditional software development teams can take months or years to build systems from business requirements, our developers work closely with traders to ensure a short development life cycle and quick feedback on the impact of your work.
WHO YOU ARE
- You have at least 3 years’ work experience as a Software Engineer
- Curious about how trading works and motivated to understand the business impact behind the technology you build
- Experience with large scale server side development, and high-throughput, low-latency system optimisations
- Technologists who are passionate about software and not only like to learn about it at work, but also like to get involved in their own projects at home
- Natural problem solvers who love nothing more than tackling a complex technical challenge
- Team players who love working with like-minded peers and are always looking to learn and improve
- Experience with making architectural recommendations on IT solutions, design & approach
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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The team: Software HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 32 open in Software. 3 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
C++ (24 of 32), Python (22 of 32), Machine Learning (9 of 32), C (8 of 32), Java (8 of 32), C# (5 of 32), Linux (5 of 32)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Software Engineer (C++) - Derivatives posted Oct 22
- Software Engineer - Agentic SDLC posted Oct 8
- Data Operations Engineer posted Oct 7
- Senior Software Engineer posted Aug 20
- Senior Software Engineer posted Aug 18
- Software Engineer Internship (2027 Start) posted Aug 17
- Software Engineer Internship (2027 Start) posted Aug 17
- 2027 Shanghai Software Developer Summer Internship posted Aug 12
- 2027 Shanghai Machine Learning Engineer Summer Internship posted Aug 12
- Software Engineer - Build Platform posted Aug 12
- Lead Quantitative Engineer posted Aug 11
- AI Engineer posted Aug 3
- Software engineer - Real-Time Pricing posted Jul 22
- Senior Software Engineer - Research Platform posted Jul 15
- Quantitative Developer - Pricing Data posted Jul 14
- Software Engineer - Research Infrastructure posted Jul 10
- Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027 - Austin) posted Jul 1
- Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027 - Chicago) posted Jul 1
- Software Engineer - Trading Strategies posted Jun 26
- Senior Software Engineer – Critical Engineering posted Jun 2
- Software Engineer posted May 29
- Software Engineer - Equities/ETFs posted Apr 24
- Software Engineer - C++ posted Apr 24
- Senior Software Engineer C++ posted Apr 23
- Data Operations posted Mar 24
- Expressions of Interest - Graduate Software Developer 2027 posted Mar 6
- Software Engineer - Research Platform posted Jan 22
- Software Engineer - Automated Trading Systems posted Jan 14
- Data Support Engineer posted Nov 28
- Software Engineer - Research Platform posted Sep 25
- AI Engineer posted Apr 22
From the team and dates on Optiver's own job board.
Other openings for this role
3 open postings for this role in Shanghai, China, first posted 3 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 3 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 3 October 2026 – open
- 3 October 2026 – open
Salary context
323 other open postings titled Senior Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 220,000 a year.
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