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      Used to be great, now a terrible place to work as a developer - Developer Optiver Employee Review

      1.0
      Dec 21, 2017
      Developer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Free lunches that usually taste good. Probably still a great place to work as a trader. Potentially a good stepping stone to other HFTs.

      Cons

      Used to be great, but then the old management was replaced by bean counters that don't value technology. To cut IT costs, instead of honest redundancies, they gave artificially low performance reviews to developers en masse to force people out. An awful place to work as a developer now because it's really hard to get recognition or promotion. Used to be BRW's Number 1 Place To Work in Australia (2013), now not even in the top 50.

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      5.0
      Feb 24, 2026
      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

      Cons

      constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

      3.0
      May 21, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

      Cons

      When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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