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# Software Engineer - Talent Tooling

- **Company:** Optiver
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Code Review, Relational Databases, Design of User Interfaces, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Web Application Frameworks, ReactJS, AngularJS, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl/vacature/dd3ea365-44db-47f9-8799-5f5d598a59ea/software-engineer-talent-tooling

## About the Role

+ Strong technical background consisting of 3+ years of experience in full stack development
 + Proficiency in server-side development utilizing C# .NET or Python
 + Experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL or SQL Server)
 + Experience with frontend technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend frameworks
 + A proactive approach to problem solving and an entrepreneurial attitude
 + Ability to clearly explain your thoughts through written and verbal communication, ask the right questions, and work collaboratively with a range of technical and non technical stakeholders
Nice to Haves

 + Experience in UI/UX design
 + Experience with server hosting on cloud providers (e.g. AWS)
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.

## Description

As a Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our talent assessment tooling platform and our assessments. This critical infrastructure is key to our ability to hire at scale and speed, representing one of the first interactions individuals have with Optiver during their recruitment journey. You'll work within a dynamic team to ensure the platform's scalability and reliability, contributing to the success of our global talent assessment initiatives. You'll work closely with our recruitment teams globally on a day to day basis to ensure that the platform is scalable, reliable, and user-friendly.
Some of what you'll do day to day:

 + Design, develop and maintain our assessment tooling platform and features supporting recruitment
 + Collaborate with recruitment teams on a global scale to ensure that the platform is scalable, reliable, and user-friendly
 + Write clean, maintainable code that is easy to understand and modify and participate in code reviews to ensure that code meets quality standards
 + Utilize frontend technologies (React/Angular) to enhance user interfaces and experiences.
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