Optiver

Systems Engineer

Amsterdam, NetherlandsEnglishOn-sitePosted 11 mrt 2026

Our Linux engineering team ensures that our critical trading servers and infrastructure operate efficiently and reliably across the globe. In a highly customized, bare-metal environment powered by proprietary tools and technology, you’ll help design and implement cutting-edge solutions that enable scalable technologica...

Role summary

Our Linux engineering team ensures that our critical trading servers and infrastructure operate efficiently and reliably across the globe. In a highly customized, bare-metal environment powered by proprietary tools and technology, you’ll help design and implement cutting-edge solutions that enable scalable technological evolution while maintaining peak performance together with speed and precision.

What you'll do Designing, deploying, and managing the lifecycle of a large-scale fleet of Linux servers across multiple data centers, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability. Architecting, building, and maintaining systems that drive efficiency and support Optiver’s evolving technology stack.

Ensuring system reliability by swiftly resolving incidents and optimizing performance to meet trading demands, even during extreme market conditions. Researching and implementing new technologies or building enhanced in-house solutions to improve performance and system stability.

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