Optiver
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Job
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Amsterdam
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Up to 40 hours
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Starts all year through
Published on October 10, 2025
If you enjoy mathematical challenges and writing computer programs, you could be instrumental in the success of Optiver's dynamic trading floor as our next Graduate Quantitative Researcher. With your statistics knowledge and top-tier analytical abilities, you’ll create the insights that drive our trading strategies. Get ready to collaborate with world-class Traders and Software Engineers from more than 50 countries to improve financial markets across the globe. This is your chance to get involved and see how valuable research and data are to the future of electronic trading.
What you'll do:
Quantitative Research acts as the foundation upon which Optiver’s trading activities are built. Our research teams – experts in a variety of STEM subjects – utilise a scientific approach to research and design our world-class trading algorithms. This means applying and developing state-of-the-art stochastic models to price options and predict market volatility, as well as utilising Monte Carlo methods. It also means developing statistical arbitrage strategies by working with petabytes of low latency, high-frequency market data sets, an extensive high-powered computing back-testing framework and much more.
Optiver Researchers believe in academic discourse, and therefore invite their teammates and Traders to challenge each hypothesis. Constant testing, analysis, refinement and innovation ensures our quantitative models remain at the cutting-edge of constantly evolving capital markets – you will play a key role in keeping us there.
Who you are:
We're looking for aspiring Quantitative Researchers who are versatile and creative in innovating and suggesting new solutions. In return, we'll give you the freedom to pursue your ideas and implement them right into our production systems.
In terms of skills and qualifications, we're looking for:
What you'll get:
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talent colleagues, working collaboratively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.
In addition, you’ll receive:
How to apply:
Are you interested in furthering your career on one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe?
Apply directly via the form below for the position of Graduate Quantitative Researcher. Please provide us with a CV in English. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons.
If your application is selected to proceed to the next round, you will be required to complete online assessments. By submitting your application you are confirming that you will be able to take the assessment within 7 days.
Kindly note that we do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.
Diversity statement
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.
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. Please let us know if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments by contacting the Recruitment team via the contact form, selecting “Reasonable Adjustments” as the subject of your inquiry
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For applicants based in India, our entry route is via the placement office internship hiring season (July/August).
Valeria Boero