Campus Recruiter

The key to Optiver’s success as a leading market maker is our people. We place a strong focus on education and internal growth, making the Campus Recruitment team pivotal to the development of our Amsterdam and London operations. As a Campus Recruiter, you will be responsible for hiring into our Internship and Graduate programs, as well as attracting top talent to our early engagement initiatives. Have an innovative idea? You will have both the freedom and resources to make it happen – we believe in autonomy, ownership and providing a platform for everyone to make an impact. We know our best work is done together, so you’ll both collaborate with and potentially mentor other Campus Recruiters across our Amsterdam and London teams. Please note: this role could be based in Amsterdam or London – please highlight your preference when you apply.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Our Recruitment teams are formed of specialists that work across our three key departments: Trading, Technology and Business Operations.
• The core focus of our Campus Recruiters is to identify, attract, and secure top talent from our target markets for our early careers programs and opportunities.
• To help us achieve our goals, your responsibilities will include:

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with top-tier universities and target student groups
• Planning and executing on-campus and in-house for students including delivering company presentations, attending career fairs and hosting in-house days
• Traveling across Europe as needed during peak seasons
• Developing innovative recruitment strategies supported by data-driven insights
• Proactively assessing and improving our current recruitment strategy
• Exercising your interviewing toolkit – combining accurate assessment with a top candidate experience
• Mentoring and supporting the development of your colleagues

WHAT YOU’LL GET:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets. In addition, you’ll receive the relevant local benefits:

• A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool
• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries
• 25 paid vacation days in your first year, increasing to 30 from your second year onwards
• Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first‑class commuting expenses
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, world‑class barista coffee, in‑house physio and chair massages, organised sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks

WHO YOU ARE:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• 2+ years of relevant or related experience (preferably in graduate/campus or other high‑volume recruitment within the UK or EU market)
• Experience recruiting from the UK/broader EMEA markets is highly valued
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Able to handle competing priorities and to work effectively in a challenging, fast‑paced environment
• An appetite to utilize data to inform strategic thinking and decision‑making
• Flexibility with regards to working hours, since events and traveling can take place during evenings and weekends

WHO WE ARE:

At Optiver, our mission is to continuously improve the market. By providing liquidity and accurate pricing in various financial instruments, to multiple exchanges across the world, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets.

HOW TO APPLY:

Apply directly via the form below for the position of Campus Recruiter. Please provide us with a CV. When we think there is a potential match, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. Please note: We cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons. We do not require any assistance from third‑parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role.