Software engineering at a proprietary trading company: Optiver

kept by eddie aug 12

Optiver, a proprietary trading firm, has evolved from latency-focused trading to AI-driven models, building custom hardware and full-stack systems while maintaining high engineering ownership and risk-averse speed.

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