Market maker · Founded 1986 · Amsterdam
Optiver quant careers
What is it like to work at Optiver?
One of the largest options market makers globally, with a strong graduate programme and a trading culture built around speed of reasoning. Amsterdam base salaries look modest until the bonus multiple is accounted for.
What Optiver is hiring right now
No live vacancy feed for this firm
Optiver does not publish vacancies on a source we currently read, so we show no live count rather than guess one. Everything below is editorial market context, clearly labelled as such.
Compensation by role
Indicative mid-level total compensation, US dollars.
| Role | Total comp |
|---|---|
| Quant Trader | $420k |
| Quant Developer | $320k |
| HFT / Low-Latency Engineer | $380k |
Interview process
- 1
Numerical test
Timed mental arithmetic and sequences — a genuine filter.
- 2
Technical / probability
Options intuition, expected value and market-making scenarios.
- 3
On-site
Trading games, case discussion and culture assessment.
Candidate backgrounds
- —Quantitative undergraduates
- —Econometrics
- —Engineering graduates
Methodology
Figures are expressed as annual total compensation (base salary plus expected performance bonus) in the reference market's local currency, converted from a US dollar base. They describe typical market ranges rather than any individual offer, and exclude sign-on payments, deferred equity and carried interest. Portfolio-manager figures reflect formulaic profit-share arrangements and are therefore far more dispersed than any other role.
KnowQaunt 2026.1 · Updated September 2026
These are indicative ranges pending first-party verification. They will be replaced by verified submissions as the Quant Salary Index dataset builds.
Optiver profile · KnowQaunt 2026.1