What jobs is Optiver hiring for right now?

As of Oct 12, 2026, Optiver has 142 open jobs on Alion. 33 of them state a salary (23%). They are posted in 10 cities. Its postings score A on the Alion truth index.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Oct 12, 2026
Open jobs
142
With salary
33 (23%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
23
Median age
102 days

How Optiver hires

Truth index
A 86/100
Median time to fill
56 days
Ghost roles
24%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Optiver scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 141 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 24% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 56 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

What Optiver posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
10
Busiest day
4 Sep 29, 2026
Days with postings
5 / 14
Sep 29, 2026: 4 posted Sep 30, 2026: 2 posted Oct 1, 2026: 0 posted Oct 2, 2026: 1 posted Oct 3, 2026: 0 posted Oct 4, 2026: 0 posted Oct 5, 2026: 0 posted Oct 6, 2026: 0 posted Oct 7, 2026: 2 posted Oct 8, 2026: 1 posted Oct 9, 2026: 0 posted Oct 10, 2026: 0 posted Oct 11, 2026: 0 posted Oct 12, 2026: 0 posted
Sep 29, 2026 weekend Oct 12, 2026

Which roles Optiver is hiring for

111 Jobs
Backend 28 25.2%
Data Science 19 17.1%
AI/ML 14 12.6%
Early Careers 13 11.7%
DevOps 12 10.8%
Other roles 25 22.5%

Where Optiver is hiring

Optiver hires from 10 offices across 8 countries, holding 167 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Optiver is set up

Work format
In office 141 100%
Level
Senior 26 25%
Intern 21 21%
Junior 20 20%
Middle 18 18%
Lead 14 14%
Staff+ 3 3%
Employment
Internship 28 82%
Full-Time 5 15%
Contractor 1 3%

Salaries in Optiver vacancies

33 of 142 vacancies state a salary (23%). The range below is built from those 33 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$170k
Median
$200k
Upper quartile
$200k
$100k$200k

All salaries at Optiver

Open vacancies at Optiver

≈ $57k – $124k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Amsterdam
Databricks
AI/ML
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AI Agents
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Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Management
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≈ $50k – $84k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Austin • Chicago
Python
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$70k – $88k per year • In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
Python
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In office • PhD • Shanghai
Reinforcement Learning
Machine Learning
Apply
$200k per year • In office • Full-Time • PhD • New York • Chicago • Austin
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
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≈ $100k – $215k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Austin • New York • Chicago
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
Apply
≈ $53k – $89k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • PhD • Austin • Chicago
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
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$80k – $100k per year • In office • Internship • PhD • Chicago • Austin
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
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$200k per year • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Chicago • New York • Austin
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
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$38k per year • In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
Python
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Questions about jobs at Optiver

Is Optiver hiring right now?

Yes. As of Oct 12, 2026, Optiver has 142 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Optiver hire for?

Optiver is hiring mostly for Backend, Data Science, AI/ML. The largest group is Backend with 28 open vacancies.

How much does Optiver pay?

23% of vacancies at Optiver state a salary. Across those 33 stated figures the range runs from $170k to $200k, with a median of $200k.

Where does Optiver hire?

Optiver has open vacancies in 10 places, most of all in Chicago, Amsterdam, Shanghai. It keeps 10 offices with open roles, spread across 8 countries. Optiver is run from Amsterdam.

How long have Optiver vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 102 days or less. 78 vacancies at Optiver have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How reliable are Optiver job postings?

Optiver scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 141 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 24% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 56 days.

How do you apply to Optiver?

Optiver accepts applications through Greenhouse, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

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