Head of Engineering - Systematic Options (Remote)

Keyrock; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Remote, flexible hours

Entrepreneurial team environment

Zusammenfassung

Keyrock seeks a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead to drive the Options Engineering team and evolve our Rust-native, systematic trading platform. You will guide trading infrastructure, automated quoting, execution, and risk controls, collaborating with traders, quants, risk, product, and infra across time zones.

The role focuses on scalable delivery, reliability, and leadership, with predominantly remote work and European or US East Coast hours.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of experience in systematic trading, options market-making or low-latency trading systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Rust, C++, or C.
• Willingness to become deeply proficient in Rust, if not already.
• Strong understanding of algorithmic options trading, including automated quoting, execution, pricing, risk controls, and market data workflows.
• Experience building or maintaining low-latency trading systems, ideally within options or derivatives markets.
• Experience working with SQL databases in production environments, with PostgreSQL preferred.
• Familiarity with functional testing, component testing, and production-grade validation practices.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service boundaries, and production reliability.
• Strong knowledge of gRPC and experience working with Node.js-based services is preferred.
• Previous experience with crypto exchange connectivity and/or FPGA technologies is strongly preferred.

Aufgaben

• Lead and grow an Options Engineering team of around 7 engineers.
• Bring hands-on experience in systematic options trading, ideally including options market-making, automated quoting, execution, and risk management.
• Own and evolve an existing Rust-native systematic options trading platform.
• Provide strong technical direction across trading infrastructure, system design, performance, reliability, and risk controls.
• Work pragmatically through complex engineering and trading-system challenges.
• Partner closely with trading, quant, product, risk, and infrastructure stakeholders.
• Balance technical leadership with people leadership, delivery ownership, and operational discipline.

Kenntnisse

Systematic trading

Options market-making

Low-latency trading

Rust

C/C++

SQL databases

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Node.js services

Crypto exchange connectivity

Tools

PostgreSQL

gRPC

Node.js

FPGA technologies

Jobbeschreibung

Keyrock seeks a Head of Engineering / Engineering Lead to drive the Options Engineering team and evolve our Rust-native, systematic trading platform. You will guide trading infrastructure, automated quoting, execution, and risk controls, collaborating with traders, quants, risk, product, and infra across time zones.

The role focuses on scalable delivery, reliability, and leadership, with predominantly remote work and European or US East Coast hours.