Graduate Quantitative Researcher (2027 Start)

Optiver ·Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; London, England, United Kingdom·Posted 17 August 2026

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If you enjoy using mathematics and code to investigate difficult questions, you could make a direct contribution to Optiver’s success in global markets. As a Graduate Quantitative Researcher, you’ll work across the full research process, from framing the question and choosing the data to building, testing and deploying models. Machine Learning is central to the work, whether you’re extracting signals, forecasting prices or modelling relationships. Our data, compute and production infrastructure let you test ideas quickly, understand where they fail and decide what to investigate next. Our researchers believe in academic discourse and invite fellow researchers, traders and engineers to challenge each hypothesis. Different perspectives help improve the question, the model and how it performs in production. Through constant testing, analysis and refinement, you’ll help our quantitative models adapt as markets evolve. WHAT YOU’LL DO Your onboarding You’ll participate in Global Optiver Academy , a structured onboarding programme for graduates. It gives new joiners a shared foundation in how Optiver trades, builds systems, and manages risk before they move into their teams. As part of…

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