Very nice place to work if you are okay with stress and pressure - Trading Application Engineer Optiver Employee Review

5.0
Dec 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great colleagues - very smart, humble, helpful. - Many opportunities to take ownership and responsibility. - There is always plenty to learn, and the company is very dynamic, you will never get bored. - Generous compensation. - All the perks you might wish: restaurant-level breakfast, lunch, and dinner; barista in-house; 1st class public transport commute; weekly chair massages; awesome company events.

Cons

- Can get stressful due to natural pressures of the industry. - Pressure to perform. The company has a culture of excellence. - Limited opportunities to grow in ranks due to flat organizational structure.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
May 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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