Technology Educator

Optiver • Chicago, IL

8h • Onsite

About The Position

Optiver’s success in the world's most competitive markets is a function of our engineer, researcher, and trader quality. Our Technology Education team owns how engineers are assessed, onboarded and developed, from the first campus interview to experienced-hire ramp-up. As a Technology Educator, you'll be responsible for improving the quality of engineers at Optiver. The Technology Education team shapes practices that influence technical hiring and talent development globally. This is a hands-on role for an experienced software engineer who is passionate about developing people. You'll collaborate with engineers, recruiters, and educators across the business to create engaging learning experiences for classroom delivery, improve technical assessments, and continuously evolve how we develop engineering talent at Optiver.

Requirements

• Substantial hands-on software engineering experience with strong technical depth
• Experience mentoring, teaching, coaching, or developing other engineers through training, curriculum design, technical assessments, or similar initiatives
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers at different experience levels
• Passion for developing technical talent and creating engaging, effective learning experiences
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to partner with engineering, recruitment, and education teams to improve technical development programs
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing technical assessments or interview processes is a plus
• Familiarity with agentic development, adult learning principles, or instructional design is a plus
• Exposure to high-performance, low-latency, or trading systems is a plus

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering technical interview assessments to ensure a consistent, high-quality hiring process
• Developing and leading technical training programs for interns, graduates, and experienced hires through workshops, coding labs, simulations, and coaching
• Collaborating with engineering teams to integrate new software development and AI practices into training and assessment
• Partnering with engineering and recruiting teams to connect hiring directly to on-the-job performance
• Driving improvements to assessment and curricula through analysis of performance outcomes and participant feedback
• Growing the Education function by identifying opportunities for the firm to improve the quality of its engineers

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed