Technology Educator

About the role

Optiver’s Technology Education team owns how engineers are assessed, onboarded, and developed—from the first campus interview to experienced-hire ramp-up. As a Technology Educator, you will improve the quality of engineers at Optiver by shaping practices that influence technical hiring and talent development globally. This is a hands-on role for an experienced software engineer passionate about developing people. You will collaborate with engineers, recruiters, and educators across the business to create engaging learning experiences, improve technical assessments, and continuously evolve how we develop engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver technical interview assessments to ensure a consistent, high-quality hiring process.
• Develop and lead technical training programs for interns, graduates, and experienced hires through workshops, coding labs, simulations, and coaching.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate new software development and AI practices into training and assessment.
• Partner with engineering and recruiting teams to connect hiring directly to on-the-job performance.
• Drive improvements to assessment and curricula through analysis of performance outcomes and participant feedback.
• Grow the Education function by identifying opportunities for the firm to improve the quality of its engineers.

Qualifications

• Substantial hands-on software engineering experience with strong technical depth.
• Experience mentoring, teaching, coaching, or developing other engineers through training, curriculum design, technical assessments, or similar initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers at different experience levels.
• Passion for developing technical talent and creating engaging, effective learning experiences.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to partner with engineering, recruitment, and education teams to improve technical development programs.
• Experience designing technical assessments or interview processes is a plus.
• Familiarity with agentic development, adult learning principles, or instructional design is a plus.
• Exposure to high-performance, low-latency, or trading systems is a plus.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; sponsorship is not available for this role.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure.
• 401(k) match up to 50%.
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage.
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays.
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch, snacks, regular social events, clubs, and sporting leagues.

Pay

Expected base salary range: $200,000—$200,000 USD. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus and Optiver’s benefits package.

About the company

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. As one of the largest market-making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe. Our differences are our edge, and we foster a culture of collaboration and excellence surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers.