Quant jobs / Optiver

ETF Trader

An experienced trading seat quoting and risk-managing ETFs on screen and over the counter. It sits in the trading team of a market maker growing its ETF coverage, working beside quants and engineers.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Quote and hedge ETF positions against their underlying baskets
Spot relative-value and flow opportunities between ETFs and underlying stocks
Feed desk observations back to quants to improve pricing models
Use Python to analyse fills and refine execution tools

What they ask for

Required

3+ years trading ETFs or cash products
ETF valuation and basket construction
Primary versus secondary market dynamics
Market structure knowledge
Working with data
Clear communication

Preferred

China market experience
Python or similar

Education: No degree level stated.
Experience: 3+ years trading ETFs, cash products or closely related instruments
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Understand ETF creation and redemption and how arbitrage keeps prices aligned
Study how ETF flows interact with underlying markets
Practise analysing trade and quote data in Python
Read about market-maker hedging and inventory risk

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Optiver and doesn’t handle applications.