Software Engineer Internship (2027 Start)

About the role

<p data-renderer-start-pos="29">&nbsp;</p> <p data-local-id="6618a4c09482" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">As a Software Engineering Intern, you will work side-by-side with your mentor and teammates to build software for Optiver’s real-time trading environment. You will work on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.optiver.com/join-us/stories/real-projects-real-impact-amsterdam-summer-tech-internship/" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link"><u data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="underline">projects</u></a> that further develop and optimize our systems, testing and shipping code with guidance from experienced engineers and seeing how your work performs in production. In our business, where markets are always evolving, each day brings new engineering problems shaped by live conditions, performance requirements and system reliability.</p> <p data-local-id="6618a4c09482" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Optiver is building with cutting edge AI technology in the most competitive, data rich landscapes in the world: financial markets. That means no two days are the same, and every day brings new, exciting technical challenges to solve.</p> <p data-local-id="e71efb55c8b9" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"><strong data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="strong">What you’ll do</strong></p> <p data-local-id="8afd6ffe29a0" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">During the ten-week internship, you will be mentored by Optiver engineers, play a key role in advancing our world-class trading systems and work on projects that push the boundaries of performance and efficiency. You will:</p> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="514e5e2c-2980-4193-ba6d-508c3f44edb6" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <li data-local-id="dff1cc03-cbf1-4a5b-9422-b191262a2a98" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-local-id="9cd8c58e269a" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Build a strong foundation in trading fundamentals, from theoretical concepts and financial markets to strategies and the technology that supports them</p> </li> <li data-local-id="a86da618-d5c5-4001-a928-9fbe3de87832" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-local-id="f21fa1514da3" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Work closely with senior engineers and traders to design, develop, test, and ship your code to production</p> </li> <li data-local-id="da489c30-a1e3-44f9-8256-92296dfe6a39" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-local-id="d0b1254a72a3" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Tackle complex, real-world problems to enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving skills</p> </li> <li data-local-id="15cfdbcc-410e-48a2-91c4-068b27943eb6" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-local-id="d5d7a4a71570" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Learn how engineers collaborate with traders and researchers to understand requirements, respond to feedback and improve systems quickly</p> </li> </ul> <p data-lo

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