Senior Software Engineer Job at Optiver (Shanghai)

Senior Software Engineer

Optiver

Location:
China , Shanghai

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
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Job Description:

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for setting architectural direction for parts of our system, delivering large bodies of well-engineered code and owning projects that directly impact Optiver’s cutting-edge trading systems. You will collaborate with fellow Engineers, Traders and Researchers across global offices to develop a deep understanding of trading, exchanges and what the ‘machine’ is doing. You’ll work with cutting-edge AI development tools and have the autonomy to shape how AI agents are integrated into our engineering workflows. Your challenge is to further innovate and maintain the foundation underlying our wider infrastructure.

Job Responsibility:

Own the design, development and deployment of services that comprise our globally distributed trading platform
Build partnerships across the business to ensure we’re feeding the best ideas into our solutions
Build automated trading stack that runs machine learning models over high-performance servers to execute high-quality trades in low-latency
Leverage AI agents to automate and accelerate engineering and research workflows, from code generation to experiment evaluation and continuous integration
Continuously improve our trading systems and strategies to optimize for the ever-evolving markets

Requirements:

At least 3 years’ work experience as a Software Engineer
Experience with large scale server side development, and high-throughput, low-latency system optimisations
Technologists passionate about adopting new tools and technologies — you actively explore emerging tech (AI agents, LLMs, novel dev tooling) and are excited to apply them to real-world engineering problems
Natural problem solvers who thrive on complex technical challenges — whether it’s shaving microseconds off latency, debugging a production crash under pressure, or architecting a system that scales globally
Team players who love working with like-minded peers and are always looking to learn and improve
Experience with making architectural recommendations on IT solutions, design & approach

What we offer:

Competitive salary package
Access to a plethora of Optiver-perks
Very flat structure
Work extremely closely with stakeholders
Highly empowered to deliver significant changes
Support of your team and your leaders
Collaborative and innovative working environment which nurtures brilliant minds

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Job Posted:
April 11, 2026

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