Optiver quant salary and jobs
An options market maker famous for its numerical test, posting one flat $200,000 base across US roles.
Quant roles at Optiver
Optiver is a global options market maker founded in Amsterdam, with US offices in Chicago, Austin and New York. Its graduate program is best known for its assessments, including a timed mental-arithmetic test, and for a structured training period for new traders. Every US listing that posts pay shows the same $200,000 base, with a discretionary bonus on top.
Optiver’s US board showed 152 postings on Nov 11, 2026, 29 of them US quant, research or engineering reqs across Chicago (14), New York (8) and Austin (7).
Optiver quant salary
Base: “Base Salary Range $200,000 — $200,000” on Graduate Quantitative Researcher, PhD (2027 Start) in Chicago and New York and on Graduate FPGA Engineer (2027 Start), read from Optiver’s US board on Nov 11, 2026. The experienced Quantitative Trader/Researcher – Systematic Options Trading, Quantitative Researcher and Software Engineer listings in Chicago and New York post the same $200,000. Austin listings carry no figure. All are eligible for a discretionary bonus.
Optiver pay by track
| Track | Role title | New-grad base | Summer 2027 internship | Experienced base | Open now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quant trader | Quantitative Trader | Not posted | Not posted | $200k | Yes |
| Quant researcher | Graduate Quantitative Researcher, PhD | $200k | Not posted | $200k | Yes |
| Quant developer | Software Engineer | Not posted | Not posted | $200k | Yes |
Posted base pay, except figures marked “package”, which are the firm’s estimated annual compensation package. Bonuses, sign-on payments and housing are extra to base pay.
What Optiver employees report
Self-reported total compensation from Levels.fyi. These are not posted figures and play no part in the ranking. They cover every office and all years of experience, and the site does not show how many reports are behind each one.
| Title on Levels.fyi | Total compensation |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | L3 $351K · L4 $483K |
| Trader | Median $475K |
Only figures the site labels a median or breaks out by level are shown. Source: Levels.fyi, read November 11, 2026.
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