Good for starters - Software Engineer Optiver Employee Review

4.0
Sep 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good for starters, you don't need financial market background be employed. The company provides necessary training , good bonus for a good job.

Cons

Technical debt slows down the innovation cycle, you need to be very creative to arrange some time for innovation, lack of system architect and quality assurance.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
Recommend
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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
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

you get some experience in the industry

Cons

the catering is too good

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