Trading Operations Analyst

Optiver is seeking a highly analytical Trading Operations Analyst to join its small, high-performing Options operations team in Amsterdam, dedicated to driving operational excellence across the trading desk. The successful candidate will bridge the gap between Traders, Quantitative Researchers, Software Developers, and Application Engineers, ensuring that trading systems remain stable and that daily execution risks are mitigated. Key daily responsibilities include owning end-to-end operational processes such as handling corporate actions, options expiries, early exercises, and onboarding new underlyings. Additionally, the analyst will build and maintain robust automated validation, reconciliation, and monitoring systems for trading positions, bookings, and reference data. In this role, you will write automation scripts and custom tooling using Python to eliminate manual processes. You will also leverage Optiver’s cutting-edge infrastructure to design and deploy AI-driven agentic workflows and large language models (LLMs) to solve operational challenges. Candidates should possess a strong STEM degree, solid Python skills, and a keen interest in applying advanced artificial intelligence to financial markets.