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Optiver
About Optiver
At Optiver the sales desk sells liquidity rather than a product: institutional sales traders bring buy-side firms to trade directly with its desks, a direct counterparty (DCP) business its postings put at more than 600 counterparties, then feed the traders the context that lets them price each flow. The seats are senior, and each is defined by asset class and market. New York has a US cash equity sales trader who also handles order flow across execution venues and passes client feedback to the quant and product teams behind its algorithmic offering, and a US options sales trader covering index and equity options buyers; they ask for five or more years in the market. One German cash equity institutional sales seat is posted in Amsterdam and in London, for someone who already has a network among German cash equity participants. There is also a London senior compliance officer who advises the institutional sales and trading desk, a control role rather than a selling one.
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, SalesJobs.Now shows 4 open Optiver sales roles; 2 of them print a salary figure.
Optiver sales openings
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Optiver as an employer
Market maker trading since 1986 whose hiring is overwhelmingly traders, researchers and engineers, with institutional sales trader seats in New York, Amsterdam and London. Posted pay: Stated per posting (stated by the company).
4 sales openings on its careers board right now4 sales openings at Optiver, as its own board showed them 14 Nov 2026.
Caveats
- The pay figure is stated by the company: a reference point from research, not a salary read off today's postings, so negotiate from the offer in front of you.
Pay at Optiver
Stated by the company, checked 2026-11-13From our research: stated by the company, checked 13 Nov 2026
Read from its postings on 13 Nov 2026: Its US sales trader postings state a single expected base salary rather than a spread and add a discretionary performance-based bonus drawn from a global profit-sharing pool, with no target given. Its Dutch and UK institutional sales postings state no pay and point to the same performance bonus structure. Ask for the base outside the US and, everywhere, how the bonus has paid out for the seat. The roles listed below state what Optiver posts now.
Only 2 of its 4 openings post pay, not enough to call a band typical for Optiver, so the figure above comes from research. What each sales role posts:
| Sales role | Openings | Pay posted | Top posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE | 4 | $200k/yr2 salaries | $200k/yr |
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Does Optiver sponsor visas for sales roles?
In the UK, Optiver is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors that may sponsor a Skilled Worker visa (as Optiver UK Limited), with 1 sales role open there on this board. Sales jobs with visa sponsorship in the UK.
In the Netherlands, Optiver is on the IND's register of recognised sponsors that may bring in a highly skilled migrant (as Optiver Holding B.V.), with 1 sales role open there on this board. Sales jobs with visa sponsorship in the Netherlands.
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Is Optiver a good company to sell for?
Market maker trading since 1986 whose hiring is overwhelmingly traders, researchers and engineers, with institutional sales trader seats in New York, Amsterdam and London.
Is Optiver still an active employer?
Yes. Market maker trading since 1986 whose hiring is overwhelmingly traders, researchers and engineers, with institutional sales trader seats in New York, Amsterdam and London. How its pay is structured: A base salary with a discretionary, performance-based bonus drawn from a profit pool shared across desks and offices; the New York postings add a 401(k) match up to 50% and 25 paid vacation days, and the Amsterdam posting offers relocation help and visa sponsorship.
What does a sales job at Optiver pay?
Stated per posting. Its US sales trader postings state a single expected base salary rather than a spread and add a discretionary performance-based bonus drawn from a global profit-sharing pool, with no target given. Its Dutch and UK institutional sales postings state no pay and point to the same performance bonus structure. Ask for the base outside the US and, everywhere, how the bonus has paid out for the seat.
Is selling for Optiver worth it?
Posted pay at Optiver: Stated per posting (stated by the company). Fintech suits reps who sell well to finance teams and can carry a deal through compliance review.
How is Optiver's sales comp put together?
A base salary with a discretionary, performance-based bonus drawn from a profit pool shared across desks and offices; the New York postings add a 401(k) match up to 50% and 25 paid vacation days, and the Amsterdam posting offers relocation help and visa sponsorship.
Where are Optiver's sales roles based?
Right now its 4 open sales roles are posted in New York (2), Amsterdam (1) and London (1). Read from its postings on 13 Nov 2026: New York (sales trader seats); abroad Amsterdam and London, where a German cash equity seat is open in either city, plus a London compliance post.
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