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Network Engineer – Low Latency

Morad Law Group
Palo Alto, California, US
Full-time

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Optiver is looking for a Senior Network Engineer with a passion for solving problems and reducing complexity. You will join a team responsible for owning the networks that our industry-leading proprietary trading systems rely on.

From day one, your contributions to the design, optimization and maintenance of our globally distributed networks will allow our traders and engineers to continue operating at the highest level of performance, making a direct impact to our business.

Speed, reliability and scalability is at the center of everything that we do.

Who we are :

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions.

With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

What you’ll do :

Working in Optiver’s Network Engineering team will see you contributing to challenges across low-latency, network automation, data center and WAN technologies through to colocation design and enterprise security to support our competitive market-making business.

We're not interested in siloes, our engineers touch everything.

Specifically you will do the following :

  • Provide technical expertise to enable a high frequency trading floor in a competitive market-making environment;
  • Identify, design, own and implement network optimizations;
  • Automate and eliminate manual elements of our network infrastructure;
  • Assist with planned upgrades and maintenance (migrations, expansions, hardware and software upgrades);
  • Ensure all aspects of our WAN network function correctly across our global data centers and colocations;
  • Contribute to capacity planning, connectivity improvements and traffic flow optimization;
  • Contribute to the ongoing standardization of our environments & our Infrastructure as Code vision.

Who you are :

  • Passionate about low latency network performance, monitoring & capacity planning;
  • In depth experience with network transport & routing protocols (Multicast, OSPF, BGP, TCP / UDP,);
  • Comfortable working in a multi-vendor environment (Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto);
  • Keen to develop your Python automation skillset;
  • Strong communication skills, ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical colleagues across Trading and other business areas;

What you'll get :

Secondary benefits include 25 paid vacation days in year one, 30 in year two; fully paid first-class commuting expenses; training opportunities;

discounts on health insurance; breakfast and lunch facilities; sports and leisure activities; Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages.

Being an international office, we are accustomed to guiding expats through their relocation, offering competitive relocation packages and providing visa sponsorship where necessary.

How to apply :

Apply directly via the form below for the position of Network Engineer. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English.

If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruiter Ruby Mulvaney via [email protected] . Please note, we cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons.

Kindly note that we do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role.

Diversity statement :

As an intentionally flat organization, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive.

Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.

More information on how Optiver Europe processes your personal data can be found in our Privacy Policy .

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