Career Kickstarter: Women in Tech 2025

• When: 31 March - 4 April, 2025
• Where: Optiver’s Amsterdam Headquarters
• Application deadline: 23:59 on 9 January, 2025

Ready to fast-track your engineering career in just one week?

At Optiver, our engineers are at the forefront of technological innovation, developing and refining the advanced systems that keep us competitive in global markets. The problems we solve are complex, requiring not only technical skill but also diverse perspectives and creative thinking.

Understanding the power of diverse perspectives, we’ve created the Career Kickstarter: Women in Tech, designed to empower and transition aspiring female-identifying engineers into an impactful engineering career. In this five-day program, you’ll gain hands-on experience, collaborate with some of the industry’s leading engineers, and develop the critical technical skills necessary to thrive in a high-performance environment.

More than a learning experience — this is an opportunity to see if your skills and goals are a match with one of our full-time engineering roles or internships, with the possibility of an offer once the program is complete.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Technical skills workshops: Enhance your technical abilities and existing coding skills in our hands-on workshop sessions, where you'll receive expert guidance from Optiver’s engineers.
• Women-led panels: Gain insights from experienced engineers at Optiver, who will share valuable advice on building a successful career. Learn about the diverse paths they've taken and how to discover your own.
• Networking events: Engage with peers and professionals across Optiver through various networking opportunities designed to help you build meaningful connections within the industry.
• Technical lectures: Attend in-depth technical lectures, giving you the advanced knowledge and understanding of the technologies driving the industry. These sessions will also highlight the various career trajectories available within at Optiver.

PROGRAM PERKS

• Industry insights: Gain a deeper understanding of the industry and build the confidence needed to excel in a high-performance environment.
• Pathway to a career: Demonstrate your potential, and you could secure an internship or full-time role at Optiver, setting the stage for a successful engineering career.
• Cultural immersion: Get a taste of Optiver’s incredible company culture and take advantage of our perks and benefits firsthand, including daily breakfast, lunch, coffee and more.
• Amsterdam up close: Picture your future career based in our vibrant city, sampling a taste of life in the historic Dutch capital.
• Hotel & travel: Enjoy a comfortable stay with fully covered accommodation and travel expenses, allowing you to focus on making the most of the program.

ELIGIBILITY

• Female-identifying student;
• Graduating in 2025, 2026 or 2027;
• Studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent;
• Strong in a coding language such as C++, Python, or Java;
• Studying at a university in the EU, EEA or UK;
• You are able to demonstrate at the time of application that you have the requisite visa or other travel arrangements or authorisations in place in order to allow you to attend the program in person.

WHO YOU ARE

• Passionate about creating simple and efficient solutions through clean code, well-architected systems and optimized workflows;
• Demonstrates a proactive problem-solving nature;
• Possesses an entrepreneurial attitude and an interest in the financial industry.

WHO WE ARE

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. For over 35 years, Optiver has been improving financial markets around the world, making them more transparent and efficient for all participants. With more than 2,000 employees in offices around the world, we’re united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and thorough risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world, we actively trade on 70+ exchanges, where we’re trusted to always provide accurate buy and sell pricing – no matter the market conditions.

APPLY NOW

Does this sound like the future you’re looking for? Take up the opportunity and apply today!

Please note that this application process consists of three stages: an online assessment, a behavioral interview, and a technical interview.

Further information and invitation to these assessments will be extended once applications have closed.

Diversity statement

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.

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. Please let us know if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments by contacting the Recruitment team via [email protected].

For answers to some of our most frequently asked questions, refer to our Campus FAQs.