Please note, our formal applications for our 2022 Trader and Trading Intern positions are currently closed. However, we’d love to stay in touch for 2023 full-time and intern opportunities!

Register below to join our talent community and be the first to know when our 2023 roles open. We'll keep you up-to-date on upcoming opportunities and events for students in our Chicago and Austin locations.

About our trading programs:

If a leisurely summer bores you, our Quantitative Trader Internship might be just what you need.  Stimulating, challenging, educational, rewarding, immersive and fun – our Trader Interns get to experience it all. As an intern, you’ll spend ten weeks learning trading fundamentals, trading on simulated markets, and completing projects in quantitative research, data science and financial modeling. Additionally, you’ll be paired with an experienced Trader to gain exposure to different trading desks, experience the financial markets firsthand, and get a sense of our office culture. It’s an expedited training program that’ll put you on the fast track to your career as a Trader.

For full-time trading roles, we hire academically accomplished and well-rounded thinkers and mold them into great traders. Your career here will begin with six months of comprehensive training on the fundamentals of trading: theory, markets, strategies and cutting-edge technology. From there, you’re off and trading. You and your team will adjust prices, monitor positions, and make trades using our custom proprietary software. In partnership with our Engineers, you will continually refine and optimize your trading strategies. After all, the only constant in the market is change, and what worked today may not work tomorrow. The best part of it all? The immediate, high-visibility results – you’ll never have to wait long to see the impact of your decisions.  

Trading at Optiver:

Optiver makes markets. Our traders make it possible. Relying on a deep knowledge of math, stats, econ and engineering, you will design, execute and improve trading strategies. In the process, you will improve the very functioning of our financial markets by providing fair and accurate pricing. And you’ll do it in all market circumstances, no matter how volatile, thereby managing risk for anxious market participants. So the fruits of your labor will be apparent every minute the markets are open.

What you’ll need:

• Superior quantitative and logical reasoning skills
• Interest in strategic games and/or competitive activities
• Experience programming or scripting a plus
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening.

Intern Specifics:

• Sophomore or junior standing for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM field

Full-Time Specifics:

• Graduating with a BS or MS degree in a STEM field
• Have an expected graduation date between December 2022 and June 2023 (spring and fall 2023 start dates available)

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]