AI Operations Engineer

Join to apply for the AI Operations Engineer role at Optiver . Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, and Mumbai. Established in 1986, it employs around 2,000 people worldwide and is a leading liquidity provider that enhances market pricing, execution, and risk management across multiple financial instruments. What You’ll Do Deploy and maintain third‑party and in‑house containerised components of the AI platform. Architect, build, and maintain systems that drive efficiency and support Optiver’s evolving needs. Ensure system reliability by swiftly resolving incidents and optimizing performance to meet business demands. Research and implement new technologies or build enhanced in‑house solutions to improve performance and system stability. Maintain and monitor system health with performance metrics and observability tools. Participate in rotating support and roster to facilitate operations. Who You Are Experience in Linux engineering, container orchestration debugging, administration, and OS system provisioning. Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, TCP/UDP/multicast, and packet analysis. Hands‑on experience with system/network tools such as EBPF, tcpdump, strace, ntp/ptp, lsof, nc. Experience with Linux security hardening techniques. Understanding of SSO/SCIM for third‑party tool integration. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (Git), and PR‑based workflows. Familiarity with Ansible/Terraform for managing deployment and configuration of systems. Strong experience with monitoring and alerting tools like ElasticSearch, Victoria Metrics, Grafana, and Alert Manager. Proficiency in Python for automating operational tasks and system administration. Ability to manage large projects, work collaboratively in a team, and communicate effectively to drive technical improvements. Willingness to learn new technologies, navigate frequent change, and contribute to a high‑performance engineering environment. A Plus Would Be Experience with AI observability platforms (MLFlow, Arize, LangSmith) or other AI background. Experience with writing and maintaining evals for AI systems. Experience with sandboxing tools (bubblewrap, e2b, daytona). What You’ll Get The chance to work alongside best‑in‑class professionals. Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure and additional leave entitlements. Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities. Gym membership plus weekly in‑house chair massages. Daily breakfast, lunch and an in‑house barista. Regular social events including an annual company trip. Guided relocation, a competitive relocation package and visa sponsorship where necessary. DIVERSITY STATEMENT Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. PRIVACY DISCLAIMER Optiver takes the protection of your personal information seriously and is committed to keeping your personal information safe and confidential. For full details about how Optiver uses your personal information in our recruitment process, please see our Privacy Policy. I give permission to Optiver to contact me by email about Optiver roles, company updates, recruitment activities, and events relevant to my career. If you would prefer that we do not retain your personal information for this purpose please let us know by emailing us at #J-18808-Ljbffr