Quant jobs / Optiver

Lead Quantitative Engineer

A hands-on technical lead role building quantitative trading systems for Indian exchanges and wider Asia-Pacific. It sits in a newly set up Mumbai strategy technology team working with Sydney.

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.

Design C++ auto-traders for Indian exchange products
Build tooling for traders and researchers
Set engineering practices such as reviews, testing and monitoring
Mentor engineers and shape the regional systematic roadmap

What they ask for

Required

8+ years as a quantitative engineer with traders
Architectural decisions for trading systems
Machine learning applied to trading
Stakeholder management
Technical ownership of projects

Preferred

Systematic options strategy experience
Direct team leadership

Education: No degree level stated.
Experience: 8+ years as a quantitative engineer working with traders and researchers
Languages and tools: C++
Markets: options, futures, equities

How to prepare

Study NSE, BSE and MCX market structure and products
Review auto-trader architecture: market data, signals, order management
Learn how ML signals are deployed safely in live trading
Practise code review and production monitoring habits

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.