Good culture and people - Software Engineer Optiver Employee Review

4.0
Mar 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All the usual tech company perks (breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee) Reasonable hours for finance in general Good compensation, with transparent performance based bonus system.

Cons

Hours could still be better, 8-5:30pm is pretty much the minimum expected for software devs, and it only gets worse. Compared to some other tech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty bad. Compared to other fintech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty good/on par

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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
CEO approval
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Pros

you get some experience in the industry

Cons

the catering is too good

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