Trading Automation and Operations Intern (Summer 2027)

Trading Automation and Operations Intern (Summer 2027) As a Trading Auto matio n and Operations Intern, you'll work o n our trading f loor enhancing fully systematic trading strategies and solving operat i onal challenges that directly support our core market-making business. Over ten weeks, you'll build automation, investigate real production issues, and improve our trading strategies, systems , an d workf lows . You'll take ownership of real business problems with the support of experienced teammates and mentors, while deepening your understanding of financial markets and market making. Like teams across Optiver, you’ll use AI to accelerate how you investigate problems, build solutions, and learn, while applying your own judgment to decide what works. What you’ll do: Develop a deep understanding of financial markets, market making, and the systems that support our trading business. Build tools, automated workflows, and data pipelines that traders rely on daily. Improve systems and workflows by identifying opportunities to simplify manual processes and reduce operational friction. Use AI-native workflows to investigate problems, analyze information, and develop solutions while applying your own judgment to evaluate results. Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to understand problems from multiple perspectives and deliver practical solutions. Take ownership of a project from problem definition through implementation, with guidance and feedback from an