Is Optiver a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Optiver have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 84 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Optiver employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Optiver now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Optiver .

Does Optiver pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Optiver with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 84 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Optiver.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Optiver?

79% of Software Developer employees at Optiver would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 12% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Optiver with a 3.1 rating for work-life-balance, 2.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 4.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Optiver?

Trader (98) , Software Engineer (68) , Quantitative Trader (31) , Software Developer (23) , Software Engineer(Internship) (18) , Junior Trader (17) , Trading Intern (14) , Quantitative Researcher (13) , Quantitative Trading Intern (13) , Intern (10) , Quantitative Analyst (10) , Derivatives Trader (9) , Quant Trader Intern (9) , Engineer (7) , Quant Trading Intern (7)

What are the pros of working at Optiver according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay (they'll almost always beat any competitor)" ((in 53 reviews)); "Smart colleagues who are very hardworking" ((in 35 reviews)); "Good benefits but all come with sacrifices" ((in 31 reviews)); "Good salary and other beneficts" ((in 29 reviews)); "Good work life balance with 25 vacations a year" ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Optiver according to real employee reviews?

"Can be stressful and long hours" ((in 28 reviews)); "Experience entirely dependent on your team and direct manager" ((in 17 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 9 reviews)); "The best idea does not win here, office politics does." ((in 6 reviews)); "Too much politics." ((in 4 reviews))

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4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(84 total reviews)

63% positive business outlook

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4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Career opportunities

3.7

Culture & values

3.2

Senior management

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.6

Diversity & inclusion

Software Developer employees have rated Optiver with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 84 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Optiver is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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84 reviews

5.0

Sep 9, 2017

Putting people around the problem

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- People figure out how to own and solve problems, aren't told how to solve them from top down - Great people (traders and engineers) to work with, respectful environment even when chaotic, smart people who leave egos at the door - High pay, benefits - Work/life balance, even in senior roles - Promotions/bonuses based on merit, not longevity or connections - As an engineer, you have the resources to build really well-engineered systems

Cons

- Very competitive industry, a solution that worked last year needs to be improved constantly to work next year, never done solving a problem, moving target - Hard to measure improvements to systems in constantly changing market - Sometimes decide to throw away code you worked hard on, can be tough

2.0

Aug 12, 2017

Engineers treated extremely badly, HR police state, unethical, avoid

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

money some perks (most of them not really)

Cons

- Amsterdam HR (you can find details on LI) running police state, very combative. - disrespect: IT gets absolutely zero credit, best have left - Firm is in disarray, people work on old machines, infrastructure is collapsing - Little to no innovation. No vision (except chasing arbitrary set profit number) - unable to hire from top schools, majority developers from outside EU/US, no name schools - Scam like tactics (disclosing fine print/important information days before starting job)

5.0

Dec 20, 2016

Great Place to Work

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The environment is friendly and the people working there are great both professionally and personally. The company realised it has lots of technical debt and it's investing heavily in reducing it. It's trying to become a world class software development firm.

Cons

For most of the lifetime of the company getting things done in an hacky was has been acceptable. This shows into the state of the codebase, which could be less than pleasant to work with

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