Trader Level 2 - Anonymous employee Optiver Employee Review

5.0
26 Aug 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great environment with smart people. Cutting edge technology. Fair and diversified pay structure. Company reinvests a lot in the infrastructure.

Cons

Very corporate as far as trading firms. Long hours.

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5.0
24 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

Cons

constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

3.0
21 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

Cons

When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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