Machine Learning Performance Engineer

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Austin, TX
Mid level
Fintech
The Role
The Machine Learning Performance Engineer will build scalable training and inference pipelines, enhance deep learning frameworks, identify performance bottlenecks, and collaborate with engineers and researchers to improve trading systems.
Summary Generated by Built In

Optiver is a seeking a Machine Learning Performance Engineer to join our team, focusing on a pivotal AI initiative. This role would offer the opportunity to have significant impact across Machine Learning infrastructure, training, and inference challenges to advance our futures trading strategies.

What you'll do:

  • Build scalable and robust training and inference pipelines for deep learning
  • Dive into internals of open-source deep learning frameworks and enhance their functionality
  • Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks
  • Collaborate closely with researchers and other engineers
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of trading systems

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, 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, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

  • The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
  • A highly competitive compensation package
  • Global profit-sharing pool and 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

Who you are: 

  • Expertise in internals of deep-learning frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.
  • Deep understanding of computer architecture
  • Experience in programming in C++ and Python

Nice to have:

  • Experience with JAX ecosystem (XLA, Flax, etc.)
  • Experience in programming for GPUs or other accelerators (CUDA, Triton, Pallas, etc.)
  • Linux system programming experience
  • Experience with large-scale distributed training
  • Contributions to open-source projects related to data science and machine learning

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Diversity statement

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Top Skills

C++
Cuda
Jax
Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
1,600 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management.

Why Work With Us

People at Optiver love challenges, welcome collaboration, and strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Improving the market is an extraordinary challenge that requires a carefully crafted approach. Optiver provides a collaborative working environment to tackle these challenges. In fact, it is this way of working that sets us apart.

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