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Pricing Data Group builds and runs the systems that produce the pricing data the trading floor and systematic research desks across the firm depend on, both live and over many years of history. PDG sits at the intersection of pricing automation, quantitative research and data platform engineering. Rather than building infrastructure for others to consume, we build the pricing data products that researchers and traders use directly to develop and deploy new trading strategies. Researchers across the firm build real alpha-generating work on top of what we ship, extending Optiver's trading reach beyond the high-frequency market making the firm is built on, into systematic and longer-horizon strategies.\nWhat you'll do:\nYou'll see the engineering decisions you make - about data shape, replay performance, external coverage - land directly in what kinds of research the firm attempts next;\nYou'll work closely with traders, researchers and platform teams to build and run the pricing data systems the firm trades and prices off - both live and across many years of history;\nPDG owns the production pipelines that compute and serve our core pricing data. This includes:\nBuild and optimize live pricing systems that run continuously throughout the trading day \nDevelop replay frameworks that reproduce production pricing calculations over years of historical market data \nIntegrate new external datasets into Optiver's pricing ecosystem to expand research capabilities \n\nYou'll join a small, multidisciplinary group that ships across the C++/Python boundary daily, with a direct line to the trading and research consumers of your work;\n\nWho you are:\nStrong engineering instincts and a solid grounding in computer-science fundamentals;\nProductive in either C++ or Python, comfortable working in the other, and able to move fluidly between systems-level code and orchestration / ETL code;\nComfortable designing distributed data systems and understanding trade-offs around throughput, schema evolution and historical replay;\nExperience with data platforms (e.g. Delta Lake), cloud infrastructure or large-scale data engineering is a plus;\nPragmatic about delivery: able to spot the \"good enough\" path through a complex domain while keeping a clear-eyed view of where the right long-term investment is;\nOperational mindset - you reach for monitoring, validation, and data-quality checks instinctively rather than treating them as someone else's problem;\nA collaborator who can work with traders, researchers, and other engineering teams to turn ambiguous requirements into production systems;\nInterest in systematic trading, derivatives pricing, or quantitative finance more broadly is a strong plus - but not a hard requirement; we will teach you what you need to know.\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 safeguarding 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 unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool.\n\nThe opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.\n\n25 paid vacation days and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.\n\nTraining opportunities and discounts on health insurance.\n\nExtensive office perks, including breakfast and lunch, world-class barista coffee, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks, and weekly in-house chair massages.\n\nCompetitive relocation packages and visa sponsorship where necessary for expats.\n\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 for the position of Quantitative Developer. If you are selected from your application to proceed to the next round for the position of Core Software Engineer, you will be required to take an online assessment. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.\nPlease note:\nWe cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons.\nWe do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role.\nDiversity Statement:\nOptiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5090,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T14:11:55Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.46,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":89,"expected_fill_days":56,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-12T06:55:09Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/optiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/optiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-12T10:20:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15821,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":54501},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=54501"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Foptiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Foptiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Foptiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/optiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Foptiver-quantitative-developer-pricing-data"}]}