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This role sits in the Global Cloud Platforms team and will report to the Global Head of Cloud Platforms.\nYou will help build the foundations for a new trading tenancy on Optiver’s existing cloud platform. With a mature hybrid cloud infrastructure already in place, this role allows you to optimize it for the unique operational and performance needs of digital assets trading. Your focus in this role will be on extending our cloud platform to meet the performance demands of a latency-sensitive, always-on trading environment.\nYou’ll be accountable for delivering a secure, performant, and robust infrastructure that directly supports trading outcomes - stability, latency, resilience, and safe change in the digital assets space.\nWhat you'll do \nDesign low-latency infrastructure using cloud primitives and optimized configurations.\n\nOwn and enhance cloud infrastructure performance setups.\n\nBuild and run high-throughput, resilient connectivity patterns for exchange integrations.\n\nDrive security hygiene both on and off cloud with secrets management, network segmentation and traffic isolation.\n\nImplement governance and best practices for shared cloud platform ensuring safe multi-tenant operation.\n\nDeliver infrastructure as code using Terraform and Terragrunt, following Optiver standards and workflows.\n\nBuild and maintain CI/CD and automated testing for changes minimizing risk in always-on markets.\n\nImplement and enhance observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and similar tools.\n\nParticipate in operational ownership through incident response, post-incident improvement, and continuous hardening.\n\nWho you are\nDemonstrated expertise in owning production infrastructure as an engineer (Platform, SRE, or Infrastructure engineering background).\n\nDeep cloud infrastructure knowledge, especially around VPC design, compute optimization, and performance networking features.\n\nProven ability to write and maintain Terraform modules and operate IaCsafely through reviews, testing, and deployment pipelines.\n\nSolid Linux fundamentals, including networking and systems performance tuning.\n\nAbility to program in at least one language (e.g., Python or Go) for tooling, automation, and integration work.\n\nCollaborative skills to work effectively with other team members and stakeholders. \n\nAbility to communicate technical information to both technical & non-technical stakeholders.\n\nAbility to gauge business problems and prioritize tasks accordingly.\n\nStrong preference will be given to candidates with:\nExperience managing multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, AliCloud, etc) infrastructure.\n\nExperience building & managing latency-sensitive systems in cloud (trading, real-time systems, market data, etc.).\n\nHands-on experience managing WebSocket infrastructure under burst load and unstable upstream conditions.\n\nSolid understanding of exchange rate limits / quota models (including weight-based limits) and how to engineer systems to respect them without compromising trading performance.\n\nFamiliarity with high-performance networking concepts (e.g., SR-IOV, kernel/network tuning, exposure to RDMA/DPDKis a plus).\n\nWho we are\nAt 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 the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.\nWhat you'll get\nYou’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 talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.\nIn addition, you’ll receive:\nA performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.\n27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays.\nDaily breakfast and lunch, along with support on commuting expenses.\nPrivate medical insurance, pension scheme, and ClassPass fitness membership.\nTraining and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.\nInternational transfer opportunities for global career growth.\nHow to apply\nAre you interested in furthering your career on one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe? \nApply directly via the form below. 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