Production Operations Engineer (Trading Systems / SRE / Application Support)

The Global Production Operations Engineering (ProdOps) team is responsible for maintaining and scaling Optiver’s low-latency trading systems. The team ensures a safe, stable, and efficient production environment while supporting profitability and sustainable growth across various regions. Collaborating closely with traders, development, and operational teams, the engineer will deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize our trading infrastructure to enhance reliability, performance, and automation. WHO WE ARE Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies. Since its establishment in 2012, our Shanghai office is a rapidly growing participant in the Chinese markets, trading exchange-listed futures, options and equities in China mainland. Our vision is to become the trusted partner in the development of Chinese financial markets. With the culture of a start-up but the backing of a 35+ year-old trading firm, the Optiver Shanghai office is truly unique. Everyone who joins us will help shape the future of our company and its global impact. Get ready: we are only just beginning. WHAT YOU’LL DO • Provide technical expertise and support to high-frequency trading floors, troubleshooting complex issues and resolving incidents in a fast-paced, dynamic setting. • Working hours will involve a combination of standard business hours and rotational weekend for weekend trading support and test (with time off during the week). • Deploy, maintain, and monitor proprietary trading applications, ensuring stability and performance in the trading environment. • Review and analyze incidents to identify recurring themes, driving improvements to enhance automation and operational efficiency. • Coordinate deployments of new trading products, systems, and exchanges, ensuring readiness for events such as corporate actions or special announcements. • Architect and maintain services to maximize reliability, ensuring the trading s