Summer 2025 Software Engineer Intern

Description

About Optiver

Optiver is a leading global market maker, specializing in providing liquidity to financial markets. They are known for their high-performance trading systems and innovative technology. Optiver values a culture of collaboration and excellence, fostering a supportive environment where individuals can learn, grow, and contribute to solving complex problems in the financial industry.

Software Engineer Intern at Optiver

As a Software Engineer Intern at Optiver, you’ll be part of a team working on real-world applications that drive the company’s success. You’ll work alongside experienced mentors and colleagues, contributing to projects that optimize and develop their trading systems.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Deep Dive into Trading: Gain a comprehensive understanding of trading fundamentals, from theoretical concepts to financial markets, trading strategies, and cutting-edge technology.
• Develop and Ship Code: Collaborate with senior engineers and traders to design, develop, test, and deploy your code to production environments, seeing the direct impact of your work.
• Problem Solving: Tackle complex, real-world challenges that will enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Potential projects include:

• Profiling and optimizing software and systems
• Developing real use-case applications
• Building tools using vast data sets

What you’ll gain:

• A supportive and collaborative environment: Be surrounded by curious minds and creative problem solvers, driven by continuous improvement.
• A chance to learn and grow: Thrive in a high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working on challenging problems in the financial markets.
• Competitive compensation and benefits: Enjoy a highly-competitive internship package, including Optiver-covered flights, living accommodations, commuting stipends, daily breakfast and lunch, social events, and club membership.

Who you are:

• A student pursuing a degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, graduating between December 2025 and June 2026.
• Passionate about clean code, well-architected systems, and continuous improvement.
• Proficient in coding languages like C++, Python, or Java.
• Possessing strong engineering skills and a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• An entrepreneurial spirit with an interest in the financial industry.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
• Capable of collaborating effectively with developers, traders, and business operations.

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. They encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.