Market Connectivity & Trading Infrastructure Lead (Remote)

BHFT; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible schedule

Remote work

Job summary

BHFT is seeking a Head of Connectivity with deep expertise in traditional finance trading connectivity and regulatory compliance. You will bridge technology and regulations, shaping the roadmap for gateway solutions and internal users.

You will lead design, delivery, and optimization of market connections while ensuring robust risk management and regulatory adherence. The role requires extensive experience with exchange architectures, low-latency protocols, and a proven track record

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in trading with a particular focus on exchange connectivity.
• Strong understanding of algorithmic trading and financial markets.
• Experience communicating with exchanges and brokers.
• Expert-level knowledge of one or more exchange architectures (T7 Optiq XStream etc)
• Familiarity with MiFID II ARTEC and other financial regulations.
• Experience working in production support alongside traders is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand how to best connect to the required market.
• Oversee and optimize trading infrastructure including servers, gateways and trading platforms.
• Manage external communications with exchanges, brokers and financial institutions.
• Advise on best practices for trading technology and risk management, and devise implementation methods.
• Document requirements clearly for traders and developers.
• Explain the functionality of connectivity solutions, market gateways and order routing mechanisms.
• Manage backlog, set priorities and decide what should be done quickly versus thoroughly.
• Define observability and maintainability of developed integrations.
• Identify and mitigate technology-related risks that could impact trading performance.
• Ensure proper MiFID II, ARTEC, CFTC, NMS compliance.

Skills

Trading connectivity

Low-latency protocols

C or Rust

SDLC & Agile

Regulatory awareness

Job description

BHFT is seeking a Head of Connectivity with deep expertise in traditional finance trading connectivity and regulatory compliance. You will bridge technology and regulations, shaping the roadmap for gateway solutions and internal users.

You will lead design, delivery, and optimization of market connections while ensuring robust risk management and regulatory adherence. The role requires extensive experience with exchange architectures, low-latency protocols, and a proven track record