Software Engineer - Trading Strategies

Optiver · Chicago, Illinois, United States · All 42 Optiver jobs

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Advertised pay
$200,000 a year
Checker · last seen live 06 Nov 2026
Pay readStill open
Advertised pay
$200,000 a year
Posted
26 Jun 2026
Age
90+ days old (since 26 Jun)
Source
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Typical pay for this role in Chicago

The median advertised range for a software engineer in Chicago is $137,750 to $175,000, from 222 adverts that state a yearly pay. This job, at $200,000, sits above the top of that range.

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Required skills

  • C++
  • Linux
  • Networking
  • Process Improvement
  • Problem Solving
  • Safeguarding

Nice to have

  • A/B testing
  • Fpga
  • Mental Health

About the job

Our engineers build the systems that power Optiver's trading business, solving complex technical problems at massive scale where performance, reliability and speed are critical. We're hiring senior engineers across five Trading Strategies teams in our Chicago office. You'll work directly with traders and researchers, owning systems and workflows end-to-end across the stack: from real-time trading infrastructure and execution through to tools, analytics and decision-support.

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