Great Place to Work - Software Developer Optiver Employee Review

5.0
20 Dec 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The environment is friendly and the people working there are great both professionally and personally. The company realised it has lots of technical debt and it's investing heavily in reducing it. It's trying to become a world class software development firm.

Cons

For most of the lifetime of the company getting things done in an hacky was has been acceptable. This shows into the state of the codebase, which could be less than pleasant to work with

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5.0
24 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

Cons

constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

3.0
21 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

Cons

When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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