Who we are

Optiver is a rapidly growing proprietary trading firm, with offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. We focus on electronic market making and arbitrage activities in a wide variety of products including derivatives, stocks and bonds.  We trade with our own money and at our own risk.

Our business covers 5 continents, 20 countries and each of the world’s major economic time zones. With more than 400 employees worldwide, our culture is one of our most valuable resources: we are young at heart, strongly results-driven, open and informal, team-based, ambitious and exceedingly flexible.

Although market making and arbitrage are our core activities, we rely heavily on our IT expertise and excellent Business Operations support in order to achieve the highest success with the lowest risk possible.

We focus exclusively on screen trading, so our IT development is as vital to our growth as the skill of our traders. Through teamwork and commitment, our IT teams partner with our traders to reach optimal performance levels.

We recognise that only the very latest hardware and software will ensure fast and reliable connections with option exchanges worldwide. Our success is the result of our continuous attention to innovation, and we aim to always stay ahead of the technology curve.

What you’ll do

As a service desk employee, you are the first point of contacts of our internal users, including traders.

You must make sure that every ticket is registered properly, and solved accordingly. It is particularly crucial that all trading-related applications are always working.

Inside the IT department, you are expected to be flexible and stress-resistant. Of course, all your ideas concerning the amelioration of the department will be discussed.

• Registration and coordination of all IT related calls and e-mails
• Ensuring all tickets are solved as quickly as possible

What we need

• (Near) native English speaking skills are mandatory!
• Good knowledge of the Dutch language
• Basic knowledge of Windows 2000/2003/XP
• Basic ITIL knowledge
• MBO Level
• Communicative and team player

What you’ll get

Good salary, good benefits, great growth opportunities. A superb high-tech learning environment with Unix, Network, Windows and Development experts. To broaden your horizons, you’ll work with specialists in many different areas with access to the latest hardware. To keep you on your toes, you’ll have considerable responsibility to keep matters on track. And to make sure your knowledge stays up-to-date, you can educate yourself with various internal and external courses.

At Optiver, we understand that our staff is our most important asset. In addition, today’s skills shortage means attracting and retaining the best employees is more important than ever. As a result, we provide a highly attractive compensation package to ensure that we can employ and hold on to the very best people.

Just imagine: 30 days’ holiday, fully paid first-class commuting expenses, a premium-free pension, great bonuses, training opportunities, relocation packages, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, Friday-afternoon drinks and even in-house chair massages. In addition, we offer the opportunity to work in the US or Australia.

Interested?
Apply directly via our website www.optiver.com. For more information, contact Benoit Monsavoir (IT recruiter) on +31 20 531 9000.

Unsolicited recruitment services for this position are not welcome.