Software Engineer – Developer Experience

Optiver is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Developer Experience team. This team is crucial in building the tools and platforms that power our development workflows, enabling our engineers to work fast and with confidence. You ll be responsible for building the infrastructure, tooling and automation that power the entire software development lifecycle, from local development to production deployment; the improvements you make to our developer environment will improve the daily workflow of hundreds of developers across multiple regions.

What you ll do

• Design, build and maintain scalable build systems used across the company, including core build libraries, common CI/CD pipelines and Docker images
• Develop tools and integrations that make the local develop-build-test iteration loop faster and more seamless - including IDE extensions, CLI tools and container-based workflows
• Automate processes to streamline the release and deployment lifecycle, enabling rapid, continuous deployment
• Track emerging trends in Developer Experience and AI, exploring and supporting the integration adoption of AI assisted tools and coding agents into daily development workflows
• Help us define meaningful metrics to measure and better quantify developer productivity
• Partner with development teams to identify friction in their workflows and design solutions that simplify their set up, improve iteration speed and enhance productivity

Who you are

• Beneficial to have familiarity designing and optimising containerised build workflows using tools such as Docker, Bazel, CMake, Ninja, Poetry etc
• Skilled in building CI workflows on platforms like GitHub Actions or Jenkins that provide fast, reliable feedback and automate repetitive tasks
• Strong coding fundamentals and experience across both scripting and compiled languages, with a focus on writing scalable, high-quality software
• Have strong engineering instincts and a deep understanding of the end-to-end lifecycle of software development from ideation to deployment
• Passionate about improving the developer experience; with a proven track record of initiating and successfully driving developer productivity improvements at scale through impactful tooling and automation
• Curious, collaborative and eager to work in a high-performing environment that values continuous improvement
• Comfortable working autonomously and collaboratively, with a practical approach to solving real-world challenges