Trading Automation Specialist

Optiver · Chicago

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Company
Optiver
Location
Chicago
Salary
$200,000 — $200,000
Posted
July 28, 2026

About this job

Optiver is seeking a Trading Automation specialist responsible for the daily operations, automation, and continuous improvement of our market making activity in Chicago. Think: trading, technology, and operational excellence. This role sits closer to the business than a software engineer and closer to the systems than a trader. It’s the connective tissue between them: a unique opportunity in the industry to build range across data, coding, and trading, find where your edge lies, and then go deep and scale your impact. You will be expected to take ownership of critical workstreams and own solving them in real time on the desk. What you’ll do As a Trading Automation Specialist, your key responsibilities include: Automate the desk — build the workflows and tooling traders rely on every

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