Trading Operations Analyst

OptiverAmsterdamHybridFull-time21 Sept 2026

Optiver is seeking a Trading Operations Analyst for its Options operations team in Amsterdam. The role focuses on operational excellence across the trading desk, including positions, bookings, reference data, corporate actions, and trading system stability. Candidates should have up to 2 years of experience, strong Python skills, and an interest in AI tooling and financial markets.

What you'll do

Own recurring operational processes end-to-end (corporate actions, expiries, early exercises, onboarding new underlyings).
Build and maintain validation, reconciliation and monitoring for positions, bookings and reference data.
Deliver automation and tooling in Python that removes manual work and scales our operational coverage.
Apply AI and agentic workflows to operational problems.
Drive larger improvement projects, sometimes owning delivery directly, sometimes representing trading on cross-team initiatives with Developers and Application Engineers.
Coordinate with Application Engineers on incidents and system upgrades.
Participate in an on-call rota.

What you need

Must-have

PythonAILLMsAgentic WorkflowsAutomationReconciliationMonitoringValidation

Nice-to-have

Trading OperationsAutomation at Scale

Soft skills

Analytical MindsetProblem DecompositionCommunicationCollaborationCuriosity

Trading OperationsFinancial ServicesOptionsPythonAIAutomationHybridAmsterdamEntry LevelMarket Making

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