Is Optiver a good company to work for?

Optiver has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 835 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 5% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Optiver to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Optiver have been left by employees working as Quantitative Trader , Software Engineer and Trader .

Does Optiver pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Optiver employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Optiver. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Optiver?

63% of Optiver employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Optiver 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Optiver?

Trader (98) , Software Engineer (69) , Quantitative Trader (31) , Software Developer (23) , Software Engineer(Internship) (18) , Junior Trader (17) , Trading Intern (14) , Quantitative Researcher (13) , Quantitative Trading Intern (13) , Intern (11) , Quantitative Analyst (10) , Derivatives Trader (9) , Quant Trader Intern (9) , Engineer (7) , Quant Trading Intern (7)

What are the pros of working at Optiver according to real employee reviews?

"workers and good pay" ((in 65 reviews)); "Good benefits but all come with sacrifices" ((in 44 reviews)); "Smart colleagues who are very hardworking" ((in 39 reviews)); "Good salary and other beneficts" ((in 30 reviews)); "Good work life balance with 25 vacations a year" ((in 27 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Optiver according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and very demanding" ((in 29 reviews)); "Experience entirely dependent on your team and direct manager" ((in 21 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 9 reviews)); "High pressure, we need to trade with high" ((in 7 reviews)); "The best idea does not win here, office politics does." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Optiver layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Optiver layoffs and their outlook for job security at Optiver in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Optiver locations?

Chicago , Austin , New York , Belgium , Omaha , Seattle , Bangor , Washington , Netherlands

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3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

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63% positive business outlook

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3.8

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3.4

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3.2

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3.2

Senior management

3.1

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5.0

Jun 5, 2020

Company where you can truly make an impact

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Great local management team, values employees, challenging work, tangible impact, compensation directly correlates with good work ethic and increased responsibilities

Cons

Sometimes it takes a while to get new ideas and processes approved, but understandably that is for security purposes

4.0

Mar 24, 2020

Good culture and people

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All the usual tech company perks (breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee) Reasonable hours for finance in general Good compensation, with transparent performance based bonus system.

Cons

Hours could still be better, 8-5:30pm is pretty much the minimum expected for software devs, and it only gets worse. Compared to some other tech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty bad. Compared to other fintech firms my peers are working for, that's pretty good/on par

2.0

Feb 12, 2020

Toxic culture built on fear: great benefits

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Benefits are amazing, great 401(k) match, fully funded insurance, 25 vacation days a year, annual bonus. Breakfast and lunch provided.

Cons

Culture is extremely toxic, especially within IT. Long-time employees fired without warning regularly. CTO gave a speech about how fear should be the main motivator for our jobs, and that keeping our jobs was the reward for good work. Regularly heard others engaging in racist and sexist language during the workday. This was ignored because the individuals were partners within the business. Little to no career advancement opportunity.

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