Optiver
Optiver
Empowering markets through technology and trading expertise.
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
About Optiver
Optiver develops trading technology and market-making strategies from its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm specializes in electronic trading across various asset classes, including equities, options, and ETFs, leveraging proprietary algorithms and FPGA technology to optimize performance and reduce latency. Engineering teams focus on FPGA design, algorithm development, and systems architecture to enhance trading efficiency and reliability. With a commitment to innovation, Optiver employs a diverse range of engineers who tackle challenges in high-frequency trading and real-time data processing, ensuring they remain competitive in the fast-paced financial markets.
Current Job Openings
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FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Austin, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA Engineer -
Expired
Graduate FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 entry-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Graduate FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
Junior FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 junior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Junior FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍New York, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Chicago, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Austin, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍New York, United States 🇺🇸📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Chicago, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍New York, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
Graduate FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 entry-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Graduate FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
Junior FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 junior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Junior FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
Graduate FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Chicago, United States 🇺🇸📊 entry-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Graduate FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer Intern
@ Optiver
📍Chicago, United States 🇺🇸📊 internship⏱︎ internshipVHDL Verilog FPGAView FPGA Engineer InternView details -
Expired
Graduate FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Austin, United States 🇺🇸📊 entry-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView Graduate FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer Intern
@ Optiver
📍Austin, United States 🇺🇸📊 intern⏱︎ internshipFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA Engineer InternView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Shanghai, China 🇨🇳📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Chicago, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Mumbai, India 🇮🇳📊 senior⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details -
Expired
FPGA Engineer
@ Optiver
📍Austin, United States 🇺🇸📊 mid-level⏱︎ full-timeFPGA VHDL VerilogView FPGA EngineerView details
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About Optiver
Optiver develops trading technology and market-making strategies from its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm specializes in electronic trading across various asset classes, including equities, options, and ETFs, leveraging proprietary algorithms and FPGA technology to optimize performance and reduce latency. Engineering teams focus on FPGA design, algorithm development, and systems architecture to enhance trading efficiency and reliability. With a commitment to innovation, Optiver employs a diverse range of engineers who tackle challenges in high-frequency trading and real-time data processing, ensuring they remain competitive in the fast-paced financial markets.
Optiver Career Opportunities
Optiver currently has 1 active embedded systems position in 1 location. All positions are on-site, typical for hardware-focused roles requiring lab access and equipment. Recognized as a top-tier employer (75.0/100), Optiver offers competitive compensation and strong career development paths in embedded engineering.
Optiver Hiring Trends
* Data represents job posting activity over the past 6 months: Feb 2026 through Jul 2026
Hiring momentum at Optiver is currently increasing, with 1
opening posted this month compared to 0 last month.
This upward trend often signals product development acceleration, team scaling, or new project initiatives.
Over the past 6 months, Optiver averaged 1.5 job postings per month,
with peak hiring in May 2026 (6 openings).
For embedded systems roles, hiring activity typically correlates with product development cycles,
especially for firmware teams during pre-production phases and hardware engineers during prototyping.
📈 New hiring activity
Consistent hiring velocity
May 2026
Required Skills at Optiver
Verilog is the most in-demand skill at Optiver,
appearing in 108% of all job listings (past and present).
This universal requirement indicates Verilog forms the core of Optiver's
technical stack across all engineering teams.
Optiver's technology stack spans 12 distinct skills and tools,
reflecting the multifaceted nature of embedded systems development.
The broad technical diversity (12 technologies) suggests work on complex,
multi-domain projects requiring both hardware and software expertise.
Engineers joining Optiver should combine depth in key areas with adaptability. The mix of hardware skills (PCB design, schematics) and firmware expertise (RTOS, embedded C) indicates full-stack embedded development where engineers work across the hardware-software boundary. Candidates with adjacent skills (version control, testing frameworks, communication protocols) typically advance faster by contributing across the development lifecycle.
Engineering Roles at Optiver
Optiver is currently hiring for a focused FPGA Engineer position, likely to address a specific technical gap or project need.
Experience level distribution: 100% of openings target mid-level-level engineers.
Where Optiver is Hiring
Optiver operates across 5 countries with 7
total hiring locations. Multi-geography recruitment typically indicates either distributed engineering teams,
expansion into new markets, or proximity to manufacturing and customer operations.
Amsterdam, Netherlands serves as a primary hiring hub with 29% of all roles
(7 positions).
Engineering capabilities are distributed relatively evenly across locations, suggesting a
genuinely multi-site development model rather than a single headquarters-centric approach.
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