7 jobs found in London

As an Institutional Trader at Optiver you will be instrumental in the decision making and execution of our large-order trading strategies through the management of our relationships with brokers and direct counterparties. We’re looking for a unique blend of communication skills and quantitative ability. The daily interactions you’ll have with our external partners will provide vital market insights; when these are combined with your analytical skills, intuition and close collaboration with our Screen Traders, you’ll be well placed to negotiate the best possible prices at speed. For many of the products we trade, this approach allows us to continuously operate at the forefront of the market. What you’ll do Identify and capitalize on market opportunities, both independently and within the trading team; Make split-second trading decisions that can instantly impact profitability; Constantly aim to identify new product/market opportunities to diversify our strategies and...

Optiver is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Novel Trading Opportunities team, who are responsible for conceptualising and bringing to life the solutions needed to achieve our ambitious business goals. Our engineers apply their thorough understanding of the low level technical challenges that we face as a market maker, to continue elevating and expanding our trading business in a fast, principled and risk-conscious manner. We're looking for an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to strategically identify the tools which are best placed and where time is best spent, to achieve the results needed for our business to continue performing at the highest possible level.  What you’ll do: You'll work closely with the trading team, designing and building the software required to help us trade new products, in new markets, in new and innovative ways; This team is focused on how we can achieve our business objectives while weighing up time-to-market, technical...

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Sales Trading Assistant – Trade Booking & Onboarding to join our team. This role is ideal for candidates with experience in trade support, trading desk assistant, middle office, or onboarding functions within financial markets. You will work closely with traders in a fast-paced environment, ensuring accurate trade booking, smooth client onboarding, and effective coordination across teams. Strong attention to detail, clear communication skills, the ability to thrive under pressure and seek to continuously improve are essential to succeed in this role. What You'll Do: Perform counterpart block trade bookings in a timely manner; mainly listed commodities options, with some CME rates/index/FX trades too. Work closely with commodities traders to understand Optiver’s trading workflows and ensure smooth post trade process with direct counterparts, including trade confirms and account settlement. Onboard new trading...

Optiver is looking for a Software Engineer to join our London Autotrading development team.  This team works both on expanding the functionality of our autotrading systems to meet the unique needs of the desks in London, as well as taking a lead on optimizing and improving the scalability of our core trading platform. Our systems are built to add to the stability of the market, not detract from it; therefore, they must operate at peak efficiency in the most extreme market conditions across every product we want to trade. We’re looking for a hands-on engineer with deep technical knowledge to help us in this mission. What you’ll do: Work closely with the trading team to understand their needs, and build out new functionality and strategies in our autotrading systems; Develop performance critical code that must handle huge amounts of data in an environment where nanoseconds matter; Build mission critical software to the highest level of quality with risk management at the...

Based in London or Amsterdam - please apply to the opening of your preferred base location.  This opening is for London. As one of the world’s leading Market Making firms, we at Optiver pride ourselves on our ability to improve the market by providing liquidity in all market conditions. Our Institutional Sales teams are central to that success, trading directly with counterparties across the globe.  As we look to continue our growth, we are seeking an experienced and dynamic institutional sales.   The ideal candidate has experience building relationships within the German cash equity market and possesses strong selling capabilities. In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a big impact to our business by driving revenue and building out our market participant network. Who we are: At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter...

Based in London or Amsterdam - please apply to the opening of your preferred base location.  This opening is for London. As one of the world’s leading Market Making firms, we at Optiver pride ourselves on our ability to improve the market by providing liquidity in all market conditions. Our Institutional Sales teams are central to that success, trading directly with counterparties across the globe.  As we look to continue our growth, we are seeking an experienced and dynamic institutional sales.   The ideal candidate has experience building relationships within the Italian cash equity market and possesses strong selling capabilities. In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a big impact to our business by driving revenue and building out our market participant network. Who we are: At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter...

Our traders need fast information of fundamental market changes and trends. As an Agri Macro Analyst for Optiver’s agricultural options team, you will be joining a burgeoning set up aiming at providing the best insight possible into the agriculture commodity market. You will be collaborating closely with other Analysts and Traders by providing research and scenario analysis plus suggesting how this could impact the price or volatility of a commodity. What You'll Do: As a Agri Macro Analyst for our agricultural options trading team you will need to understand the wider the picture and be able to relate this to volatility into fundamental and pricing decisions. This is a role where you’ll get to shape how we approach this market and build out our macroeconomic understanding. Continuously interact with our option traders, communicating what’s driving intra-day moves in commodities markets as they happen together with potential consequences for realized and implied volatility...