Databricks Platform Engineer

Overview

Optiver is seeking a Databricks Platform Engineer to manage, and operate Optiver’s deployment of the Databricks platform. This role focuses on infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence, enabling teams to use Databricks effectively while maintaining strong security, consistency, and governance.

As markets grow more data-driven and competitive, our ability to ingest, model, and deliver high-quality data at scale is fundamental to maintaining our trading edge. This role will offer ownership of a critical internal platform in a high-impact role with influence over platform standards and direction.

• Design, deploy, and operate Databricks work spaces and environments
• Manage workspace configuration, cluster policies, access controls, and platform settings
• Establish and enforce standards for reliability, security, and cost governance
• Support and Improve Databricks platform operations

• Build and maintain infrastructure using
• Automate platform operations and maintenance using Python and shell scripting

• Design and maintain CI/CD systems for infrastructure and platform configuration
• Implement automated validation, testing, and promotion of configuration changes
• Support Git-based workflows and environment lifecycle management
• Troubleshoot Platform level issues
• Help manage system configuration, networking, and access controls
• Improve observability, logging, and operational tooling

• Implement role-based access control, secrets management, and security best practices
• Ensure platform compliance with internal security and operational standards
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements

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
• Global profit pool structure only Highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit pool structure only Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

• 2+ years experience administering Databricks environments
• Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Proficiency in Python for automation and tooling
• Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and tooling
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Proficiency in using Linux CLI
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts (networking, IAM, compute, storage)
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices
• Experience with AWS infrastructure using Terraform is beneficial
• Ideally experience operating shared developer platforms or internal tooling as well as with multi-environment or multi-account setups
• Knowledge of cloud cost management and governance is nice to have

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.